On the very first episode of Crystal Dynamics' podcast, The Crystal Habit, the minds behind the studio's upcoming Tomb Raider reboot sounded off on what their next project is going to look like. Studio head Darrell Gallagher explained, "We're starting to look at doing a new IP here, and we're in the very early stages of that." He added that the team hopes to "take all the learnings and the technology and everything that we've done with Tomb Raider over the last six years and apply that to something new moving forward."
He added that the new game will shoot for the same story-driven action-adventure experience the team has almost exclusively curated during its career.
We're actually pretty excited about the prospect of Crystal Dynamics taking on a new IP in the future -- not because we're excited by change, mind you, but because it means they're not planning on rebooting Gex any time soon.
Reader Comments (21)
Posted: Jul 7th 2011 1:28PM CaptainProtonX said
I liked Gex. I also liked the 3DO. What do I know?
Posted: Jul 8th 2011 11:16AM Drakkenfyre said
Gex was a good game.
Too many people think of the crappy later ones, and don't realize there were games before it.
It's like judging Star Wars on the prequel trilogies alone.
Even Gex: Enter the Gecko wasn't bad, terrible, terrible camera and control problems aside.
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Too many people think of the crappy later ones, and don't realize there were games before it.
It's like judging Star Wars on the prequel trilogies alone.
Even Gex: Enter the Gecko wasn't bad, terrible, terrible camera and control problems aside.
Posted: Jul 7th 2011 1:29PM Al Ferreira said
Yeah, but it also means no Legacy of Kain reboot.
I really thought that Kain with Squeenix's RPG know-how would have been tremendous.
I really thought that Kain with Squeenix's RPG know-how would have been tremendous.
Posted: Jul 7th 2011 1:31PM Jay Z said
Room Raider?
Posted: Jul 7th 2011 1:38PM skeldare said
So guessing no new Legacy of Kain game is coming... dang.
Posted: Jul 7th 2011 1:43PM Accessgranted said
New IP = New Adventure platformer (At least I hope so).
Posted: Jul 7th 2011 1:45PM docstrange said
I remember when new IP was the only thing Crystal Dynamics made.
Posted: Jul 7th 2011 1:46PM MSKiller aka Sony4life said
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver HD remaster first plz.
Also another Pandemonium, with more gameplay mechanics
to make it less tedious,
Also another Pandemonium, with more gameplay mechanics
to make it less tedious,
Posted: Jul 7th 2011 2:07PM B0HICAH said
Haha Gex was great when I was... Mmm, 8?
Posted: Jul 7th 2011 2:11PM Jovrick said
I'm sure it will involve a Vin Diesel lookalike who shoots machine guns and/or stabs people in a dirty industrial park like every other new IP in this generation.
Posted: Jul 7th 2011 2:22PM Twist said
Would love to see them reboot the Kain series (even though they haven't finished it yet). Too many of the games in this series are a mess or just bad (Soul Reaver 2 and Defiance for instance). I think they should reboot and plan it as a trilogy with the possibility of Soul Reaver spin offs after the end of the main storyline.
Posted: Jul 7th 2011 2:37PM blessrok said
@chocobox I have good memories of Pandemonium so I bought it off the PS Store a couple months ago. Now I'm wondering where those good memories stemmed from. Nostalgia can be a cruel mistress
Posted: Jul 7th 2011 3:14PM Helghast102 said
I seriously hope that last line was really aimed at the whole "rebooting" concept and not Gex itself.
Right?
It's damn well better be
Right?
It's damn well better be
Posted: Jul 7th 2011 3:38PM DarrylKensley said
I smell a 360 or '730' exlusive that will be put out there to directly compete againts the Uncharted series or wherever that goes.
Posted: Jul 7th 2011 4:09PM radioactivez0r said
Wouldn't mind something else along the lines of Guardian of Light in a totally different world, like maybe make Darkspore, only interesting?







