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Eidos' Livingstone presumes we need more iconic characters
Eidos' Product Acquisition Director Ian Livingstone, speaking at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival, said that game developers need to create more iconic characters. Not just for games, but so they can be used in various other products as well. He showed the audience a series of iconic characters and mixed in there were game heroes ... some people in the audience couldn't put names to the characters. Livingstone said, "If we all work in the games industry, what does that say?"Eidos has definitely had a focus on iconic characters. From Lara Croft to Agent 47, to the upcoming Kane & Lynch. From what we saw of the game at E3, the characters exude bad-boy personality, which can also be seen in the trailer. Livingstone says that Kane originally looked much younger -- "a bit of a ladies' man." He says the decision was made to age him up and scar him to keep in line with the story. He also says that Lara Croft was originally going to be Lara Cruz, but then the decision was made to make her a posh British lady, so the team went through the phone book until they found the right name.
Confirmed: 10th Anniversary Edition of Tomb Raider
Eidos Interactive confirmed yesterday, by way of press release, that a 10th Anniversary Edition of the original Tomb Raider would make its way to the PSP, along with other consoles. The game is currently under development through Crystal Dynamics, who're responsible for the recent Tomb Raider: Legend. Nothing else in the way of features or release date were mentioned in the release, so stay tuned to PSP Fanboy for further updates in the future.
Tomb Raider: Legend exclusive PSP content revealed
Tomb Raider: Legend will be releasing for the PSP on the 21st of this month over here in the states and this PS2 port has been holding back some details on exclusive content up until now. In utilizing the PSP's wireless capabilities, three multiplayer modes will be present in multiplayer racing, head-to-head treasure hunting, and obstacle course modes. In addition to the added game modes, new skins for Ms. Croft will be available along with image galleries, wallpapers, and songs from the soundtrack. With what has already been a solid showing on the PS2, PSP owners should definitely get their money's worth when this releases later this month.
Tomb Raider Legend coming to DS
Chief Executive Jane Cavanagh of SCi, the company that acquisitioned Eidos in early 2005, recently spoke with MCV about the company's plans going on into the future, attempting to recover from a multi-million-dollar loss last year. One of the company's goals is that the next Tomb Raider and Hitman games see a lot of success, and with the Tomb Raider title, this means releasing on as many consoles as they can. So the upcoming Tomb Raider Legends, slated for release on the PS2, Xbox, PSP, and Xbox 360, will now see an incarnation on the GameCube, GBA, and more importantly, the DS. Sadly, however, nothing was said in regards to how the game will interact on the handheld in regards toward the touch screen or when it will release.[Via Nintendo Gal]
