In Mumbai for the Golden Cursor Animation Awards, recently appointed Eidos "life president" Ian Livingstone sat down with the folks at GamingIndians and spilled a full bag of beans. Unsurprisingly, he says the Square Enix acquisition was "a great deal in many ways" and that the various Eidos development studios would remain largely independent. "It's great news for the brand and for the people," he says.
And also, apparently, great for sequels, as Livingstone confirms work on the next Hitman game, a sequel to Kane & Lynch currently targeted for a September release date and -- big shock! -- a re-imagining of Lara Croft and the Tomb Raider series. "The next Tomb Raider, I think, will surprise a lot of people and reinvigorate the franchise," Livingstone notes, stressing the relevance of game characters in mainstream media these days. Incidentally, he more than intimates that Eidos Montreal is working on Thief 4, though now we know that to be a fact -- the "worst kept secret in the industry," in fact.
Reader Comments (33)
Posted: May 11th 2009 11:05AM (Unverified) said
Where's Legacy of Kain?!? Seriously, let Crystal D make that instead of another Tomb Raider game.
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Posted: May 11th 2009 11:29AM (Unverified) said
yeah where the heck is Legacy of Kain?! Screw Tomb Raider. Give that chick a break.
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Posted: May 11th 2009 12:27PM MystileArmor said
How long did it take you to come up with that one?
Also, I'm gonna go out on a limb here, but judging from your creativity, I have a feeling;
1) Never in a million years
2) You'd shit your pants if she'd even smile in your general direction
3) We'll have Duke Nukem Forever 5 before you can even get a dog to hump your leg.
But that's just my guess. I guess I've made my daily quota of being an asshole.
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Also, I'm gonna go out on a limb here, but judging from your creativity, I have a feeling;
1) Never in a million years
2) You'd shit your pants if she'd even smile in your general direction
3) We'll have Duke Nukem Forever 5 before you can even get a dog to hump your leg.
But that's just my guess. I guess I've made my daily quota of being an asshole.
Posted: May 11th 2009 4:04PM MystileArmor said
I guess I offended everyone that thought they had a chance with the Lara Croft models?
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Posted: May 11th 2009 4:49PM MystileArmor said
Maybe not creative, but you've got a sense of humor.
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Posted: May 11th 2009 11:10AM (Unverified) said
Man, who cares if that's not Ian Livingstone? YOU GO FOR IT DUDE!!!
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Posted: May 11th 2009 5:45PM Brendan H said
Actually, the man in the pic is Ian Livingstone; the woman is not, which is what the text in the image is trying to clear up.
Anyway, is he motioning to keep her away from hugging him, or his he going in for a boob squeeze?
Only one answer makers sense...
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Anyway, is he motioning to keep her away from hugging him, or his he going in for a boob squeeze?
Only one answer makers sense...
Posted: May 11th 2009 11:08AM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said
September?? Nice...as long as it still has split=screen like the first Kane and Lynch I'm all for it...
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Posted: May 11th 2009 11:10AM StormEagle said
That Lara Croft is so freakin hot. I think Tomb Raider would be a more rewarding experience if I could just watch her play the game. Oh, and as far as releases go; Bring on the new Hitman and the new Deus Ex. I have a tweaked interest for Thi4f, but i wanna see some gameplay first.
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Posted: May 11th 2009 11:45AM (Unverified) said
I almost had an aneurysm trying to pronounce thi4f out loud.
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Posted: May 11th 2009 11:11AM StormEagle said
And just on a sidenote to that picture, it TOTALLY looks like that dude is going in for the chest grab!
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Posted: May 11th 2009 11:23AM FredFredrickson said
That's the most cordial hostage situation I think I've ever seen.
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Posted: May 11th 2009 1:16PM djenkins83 said
The next Tomb Raider I buy better come with a clone of the "Not Ian Livingstone" pictured above, hot.
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Posted: May 11th 2009 1:32PM Shagittarius said
Is he the same Ian Livingstone that wrote all those great Combat choose your own adventure books in the mid 80's?
I use to love those things.
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I use to love those things.
Posted: May 11th 2009 1:59PM jhowlett said
i would like a new blood omen game. i also think they missed out on the opportunity to use lara croft in adventure games besides tomb raider. the first game said starring lara croft, they could have easily changed the name and type of adventure she starred in.
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Posted: May 11th 2009 4:13PM TreyIM2 said
I didn't play the K&L full version because the demo held me back. It seemed like an interesting game but it was too stuck in the past with the controls, animations and graphics, imo. I was disappointed, basically, but my boy bought the game and really liked it so I was considering at least renting it, way back, but it would never be in stock at Blockbuster so I just forgot about it after a while.I am interested in what they have in store for the next one, though, as I felt that K&L was a first gen, next gen game, get what I'm saying? They should have more of a better grip on both the PS3 and 360, this go round, and may be I will finally grab the original K&L to get the full story.
As for Tomb Raider - I am interested in that one, too. I liked the last one enough to play all the way through it while renting it. I thought I was tired of Lara and her world but I guess I was just waiting for improvements which I did get but still need a bit more. I had little complaints about that one.
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As for Tomb Raider - I am interested in that one, too. I liked the last one enough to play all the way through it while renting it. I thought I was tired of Lara and her world but I guess I was just waiting for improvements which I did get but still need a bit more. I had little complaints about that one.
Posted: May 11th 2009 4:46PM TheDarkWayne said
Hmm, I have high hopes for K&L2, the first one wasnt so hot, but it had solid ideas and looked like it could really go somewhere, glad they get to make a sequel
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Posted: May 12th 2009 5:31AM scooterbaga said
I really liked the last TR. ...The last few actually. This latest one felt more like the originals. I hope they don't stray from that too much.
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