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===Controversy===
During an interview with [[Kotaku]], executive producer Ron Rosenberg stated that during the game, Lara Croft "gets taken prisoner by scavengers on the island. They try to rape her."<ref name="kotaku_controversy">{{cite web|last=Schreier|first=Jason|title=Tomb Raider Creators Are No Longer Referring to Game’s Attempted ‘Rape’ Scene As an Attempted Rape Scene|url=http://kotaku.com/5918193/tomb-raider-creators-are-no-longer-referring-to-games-attempted-rape-scene-as-an-attempted-rape-scene|publisher=[[Kotaku]]|accessdate=14 June 2012|date=June 13, 2012}}</ref> This soon caused outrage and controversy.<ref>{{cite web|last=Griffiths|first=Daniel Nye|title=That Was Quick: Crystal Dynamics Responds On Tomb Raider Controversy|url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/danielnyegriffiths/2012/06/13/crystal-dynamics-tomb-raider/|work=[[Forbes]]|accessdate=14 June 2012|date=06/13/2012}}</ref> The game's designer Darrell Gallagher later denied this, stating that one of "the character defining moments for Lara in the game, which has incorrectly been referred to as an 'attempted rape' scene is the content we showed" where "Lara is forced to kill another human for the first time. In this particular selection, while there is a threatening undertone in the sequence and surrounding drama, it never goes any further than the scenes that we have already shown publicly."<ref name="kotaku_controversy"/>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 05:17, 14 June 2012

Tomb Raider
File:Tr2011cover.jpg
Developer(s)Crystal Dynamics
Publisher(s)Square Enix
Director(s)Cory Barlog
Designer(s)Darrell Gallagher
Artist(s)Visual Works (CGI)
SeriesTomb Raider
EngineCrystal Engine (heavily modified)[2]
Platform(s)PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows
Release5 March 2013[1]
Genre(s)Platform, Action-adventure, action role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Tomb Raider is an upcoming platform action-adventure video game with role-playing elements. Published by Square Enix, Tomb Raider is the fifth title developed by Crystal Dynamics in the Tomb Raider franchise. As the first entry in a new Tomb Raider continuity, the game is set to provide no correlation to the entirety of the previous entries in the series; a reboot that emphasizes the reconstructed origins of the culturally influential lead character, Lara Croft.[3][4]

Tomb Raider is scheduled for release on 5 March 2013 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows.[1]

Plot

Tomb Raider explores the intense and gritty origin story of Lara Croft and her ascent from a frightened young woman to a hardened survivor. Setting out to "make [her] mark", the ship Lara travels on, the Endurance commanded by Conrad Roth, is hit by a violent storm and split in two. She and many other survivors are stranded on an isolated tropical island in the Dragon's Triangle. She awakes inside a coastal cave, beside other corpses. In the process of escaping, she is wounded, finds one of her fellow travelers dead in a ritualistic pose, and has to fight off a mysterious human figure who is killed as the cave collapses. After escaping, Lara has to find food and water to survive, fighting off the more dangerous animal inhabitants and trying to trace the other survivors. But a darker threat awaits as she is forced to harden herself against killing people in order to fight a group of malevolent mercenaries who seek to kill her and her companions...

Development

File:New Lara Croft.jpg
A conceptual render of Lara Croft in Tomb Raider. She wields a bow, pistol and an ice tool.

Following Tomb Raider: Underworld, Crystal Dynamics was split into two teams; the first beginning work on the next sequential pillar of the Tomb Raider franchise, while the second focusing on the newly created spin-off Lara Croft series (debuting with Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light in 2010).[5] Following pre-announcement media hype while the game's title was under embargo, in November, 2010, Square Enix filed for trademark of the slogan for the new Tomb Raider game; "A Survivor is Born".[6]

On 6 December 2010, Square Enix announced Tomb Raider had been in production for nearly 2 years; "Square Enix Ltd. is excited today to announce Tomb Raider, the new game from Redwood City based studio Crystal Dynamics".[7] Studio head Darrell Gallagher said, "Forget everything you knew about Tomb Raider, this is an origins story that creates Lara Croft and takes her on a character defining journey like no other".[8] Game Informer website and magazine ran a world exclusive cover reveal in its January 2011 issue, as well as exclusive coverage of emerging details directly from Crystal Dynamics from 12 December 2010.[4] Tomb Raider will be the first game in the series expected to receive a M rating in the United States.[9]

Lara Croft's model is animated using compiled performance capture, a technique used in the previous instalment, Tomb Raider: Underworld.[10] The game will be the built on Crystal Dynamics's game engine called the "Crystal Engine".[11]

On 3 June 2011, the "Turning Point" CGI teaser trailer premiered at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2011, emphasising the release date will be the third quarter of 2012.[12] The trailer was produced by Square Enix's CGI studio Visual Works.[13]

In January 2012, when asked if the game would be available on Nintendo's Wii U console, Crystal Dynamics global brand director Karl Stewart responded there are no plans to have the game available on that platform. According to Stewart, the reason for this is that "it would not be right" for the game to simply be ported, as the developers built the game to be platform-specific before the Wii U was announced, and goes on to mention that if they started building the game for the platform "[they] would build it very differently and [they] would build it with unique functionality."[14]

In May 2012, it was a announced by Darrell Gallagher, the studio head of Crystal Dynamics, that the game has been delayed and is now due to be released in the first quarter of 2013. He said: "We're doing things that are completely new to Tomb Raider in this game, and the additional development time will allow us to put the finishing touches into the game and polish it to a level that you deserve. We believe this is the right choice, and I guarantee it will be worth the wait."[15]

On 31 May 2012, a new gameplay trailer was released online, showcasing more survival and action-based gameplay along with plot elements. The trailer also confirms the presence of several other non-playable characters besides Lara on the island, many of which appear to be in a menacing organization, much like in previous instalments in the franchise.[1]

On 4 June 2012, at Microsoft's E3 2012 press conference, a new gameplay demonstration was shown, depicting environmental destruction and other interactivity, mild stealth combat using a bow and arrow, quick-time events and parachuting.

Voice cast

Keeley Hawes will not be returning as Lara Croft for 2013's Tomb Raider, after completing Tomb Raider: Legend, Anniversary, Underworld and Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. Her contribution spanned four years; the longest role of any of Croft's voice actresses in English. In December 2010, Crystal Dynamics was said to be trialling dozens of voice actresses.[16] As revealed in the trailer and the gameplay at E3 2011, a voice actress for Croft has been cast. On 17 October 2011, Global Brand Director Karl Stewart teased the announcement of the yet-to-be-revealed voice actress.[17]

Music

A podcast was released by Game Informer on 21 December 2010, featuring a "sneak peek at a track from the game itself"[16] composed by Aleksandar Dimitrijevic.[18] However, 6 days later, tweets from Crystal Dynamics Global Brand Director, Karl Stewart, clarified Game Informer's statement; confirming that "Alex Dimitrijevic is scoring the trailer. We officially haven't announced the composer for the game".[19] On June 8, 2011, after the trailer's première, Stewart stated in regard to the final Turning Point score that "...this piece is not a piece that [Alex Dimitrijevic]'s worked on".[20]

On 7 June 2011, Meagan Marie (Community Manager at Crystal Dynamics) expressed on the official Tomb Raider blog that "Our goal [is] to make sure that we release a soundtrack".[21] Stewart added "this is a complete new composer and somebody who we' ve brought in to work on the game as well as this [trailer] piece" and that "we're going to make a bigger announcement later in the year".[20] In the Making of Turning Point, sound designer Alex Wilmer explained that the unannounced composer had remotely directed an in-house concert violinist to perform the "very intimate" piece.[22]

In the fourth Crystal Habit podcast which premiered at the Tomb Raider blog on 17 October 2011, Marie spoke to Wilmer and lead sound designer Jack Grillo about their collaboration(s) with the unannounced composer. Grillo stated that "We're doing this overture... where we're taking an outline of the narrative structure and having our composer create different themes and textures that would span the entire game" while Wilmer emphasised that the composer's music will dynamically adapt in-game; scored "...emotionally so that it reacts instantly to what happens" [23]

Reception

Awards

Year Honour Awards Presented by
2011 Best Action Game[24] Best of E3 2011 Digital Trends
Coolest Character Reinvention[25] GamesRadar E3 2011 Awards GamesRadar
Most Valuable Game Award[26] E3 2011 MVG Award Winners
Best Stage Demo (Readers' Choice)[27] The Best Games of E3 2011 GameSpot
Best Trailer[28] GameSpy's Best of E3 2011 Awards GameSpy
Best Action Game[29] IGN's Best of E3 2011 Awards IGN
Best Trailer[29]
Most Valuable Game Award[26] E3 2011 MVG Award Winners Official PlayStation Magazine
Best Action Game[30] The Shortlist Best of E3 Awards ShortList
2012 Most Valuable Game Award[31] E3 2012 MVG Award Winners GamesRadar
Best Overall Game[32] IGN's Best of E3 2012 Awards IGN
Best Trailer[32]
People's Choice[33]
Most Valuable Game Award[31] E3 2012 MVG Award Winners Official Xbox Magazine
Official PlayStation Magazine

Controversy

During an interview with Kotaku, executive producer Ron Rosenberg stated that during the game, Lara Croft "gets taken prisoner by scavengers on the island. They try to rape her."[34] This soon caused outrage and controversy.[35] The game's designer Darrell Gallagher later denied this, stating that one of "the character defining moments for Lara in the game, which has incorrectly been referred to as an 'attempted rape' scene is the content we showed" where "Lara is forced to kill another human for the first time. In this particular selection, while there is a threatening undertone in the sequence and surrounding drama, it never goes any further than the scenes that we have already shown publicly."[34]

References

  1. ^ a b c Yin-Poole, Wesley (1 June 2012). "Tomb Raider release date announced". Eurogamer. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  2. ^ Stellalune (2011-12-29). "New TOMB RAIDER 9 Announced for 2013!". Tombraiders.net. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
  3. ^ Cullen, Johnny (6 December 2010). "Square announces Tomb Raider". VG247. Videogaming 247. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  4. ^ a b Makuch, Eddie (6 December 2010). "Next Tomb Raider to be origin story". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  5. ^ Walton, Mark (9 January 2009). "Tomb Raider sales fall short, Eidos shares plummet". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  6. ^ McElroy, Griffin (27 November 2010). "Square Enix files trademark for 'A Survivor is Born'". Joystiq. AOL. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  7. ^ Baker, Elyas Gorogo (6 December 2010). "The Return of Tomb Raider". World Gaming Network. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  8. ^ Robinson, Martin (6 December 2010). "New Tomb Raider Unveiled". IGN. News Corporation. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  9. ^ Marie, Meagan. "Tomb Raider Lara Croft Reborn". Game Informer (January 2011). GameStop Corporation: 48.
  10. ^ Marie, Meagan. "Tomb Raider Lara Croft Reborn". Game Informer (January 2011). GameStop Corporation: 42.
  11. ^ Nath, Debabrata (30 April 2011). "Survival instinct: Mass of new Tomb Raider details revealed". VG247. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  12. ^ Eckstein, Eric (2 June 2011). "Official Tomb Raider Trailer E3 2011 -- Game Release Set For Fall 2012". G4.com. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  13. ^ Ben Gilbert (14 July 2011). "Visual Works explains how Tomb Raider's big E3 trailer came to be". Joystiq. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  14. ^ Sinclair, Brendan (26 January 2012). "Tomb Raider skipping Wii U". GameSpot. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  15. ^ Marie, Meagan (14 May 2012). "Tomb Raider release date shifts to 2013". Official Tomb Raider Blog. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  16. ^ a b Matt Helgeson, Karl Stewart and Tim Longo (21 December 2010). "Special Edition Podcast: Tomb Raider". Game Informer (Podcast). Game Informer Show. Retrieved 21 December 2010. {{cite podcast}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |website= (help)
  17. ^ Twitter / @ CrystalDKarl: Off to LA tomorrow to demo ...
  18. ^ Aleksandar Dimitrijevic on Facebook
  19. ^ Stewart, Karl. "6:59 PM Dec 27th, 2010 via Twitter". Retrieved 27 December 2010 Webcitation. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); External link in |accessdate= (help)
  20. ^ a b "Crystal Habit Podcast 2". Official Tomb Raider Blog (via Tumblr). 8 June 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011 Webcitation. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); External link in |accessdate= (help)
  21. ^ Marie, Meagan (7 June 2011). "Soundtrack". Tomb Raider Official Blog (on Tumblr). Retrieved 7 June 2011 Webcition. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); External link in |accessdate= (help)
  22. ^ Official Tomb Raider YouTube Channel: Making Of The "Turning Point" Trailer
  23. ^ Official Tomb Raider Blog @ Tumblr - THE CRYSTAL HABIT PODCAST: EPISODE 4
  24. ^ June 17, 2011 (2011-06-17). "Best of E3 2011". Digital Trends. Retrieved 2012-06-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  25. ^ "E3 2011 Awards: Coolest Character ..." GamesRadar. 2011-06-21. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  26. ^ a b "The Most Valuable Game Awards Powered by Future Winners Announced at E3 2011". Marketwire.com. 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  27. ^ "Best Stage Demo of E3 2011 on GameSpot". E3.gamespot.com. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  28. ^ "GameSpy's Best of E3 2011 Awards - Page 6". GameSpy. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  29. ^ a b "E3 2011: Best of E3 Awards - Games Feature at IGN". Games.ign.com. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  30. ^ "The ShortList Best Of E3 awards - Gaming - ShortList Magazine". Shortlist.com. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  31. ^ a b "E3 Most Valuable Game Awards". Digital Future. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  32. ^ a b "IGN's Best of E3 2012 Awards". IGN. 2012-06-05. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  33. ^ "Tomb Raider Wins IGN People's Choice and Editor's Pick for "Game of Show" at E3 2012 - Yahoo! News". News.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2012-06-11.
  34. ^ a b Schreier, Jason (June 13, 2012). "Tomb Raider Creators Are No Longer Referring to Game's Attempted 'Rape' Scene As an Attempted Rape Scene". Kotaku. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  35. ^ Griffiths, Daniel Nye (06/13/2012). "That Was Quick: Crystal Dynamics Responds On Tomb Raider Controversy". Forbes. Retrieved 14 June 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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