Tomb Raider Anniversary Rumor Squashed

The "rumor" of Tomb Raider Anniversary for Xbox Live Arcade was squashed by Eidos today as they announced it as Xbox Live Marketplace downloadabled content for Tomb Raider Legend owners. Granted you probably already know this because our forum discussion on this topic lead to a consensus that this would not be an Xbox Live Arcade release despite what other sites were (even are still) saying. It just goes to show how smart our readers are in predicting this revelation. The real question now is was this a smart move on Eidos's part?

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Hexx – Mon, 2007 – 06 – 18 15:12

I'm not a fan of this

I'm not a fan of this decision as I played Legend on the PC before I got a pc and would rather play this title on Xbox but now can't.

Mon, 2007 – 06 – 18 15:13

They did say they'll also

They did say they'll also release it later on a disk.

I'd probably rather wait for the retail version. But it depends on the price difference, the download size, etc. Heck, will the DLC version be limited to 250 gamerscore?

Mon, 2007 – 06 – 18 15:51

I think it's kind of uncool

I think it's kind of uncool that they're forcing you to buy Legends for the downloading aspect of it. I could see if they gave a price incentive for those who had already bought it, but using the downloading part as a way to sell a couple extra copies isn't cool.

I know I could always just buy it at retail, but I really like the idea of downloadable gaming, which is one of the reasons why I'm a fan of XBLA in the first place. I want to support this kind of service, but it just seems like a bust that either way I'd have to go to a store to get this game (well, for a guy like me who doesn't own Legends, at least).

Maybe I should just go around and buy Legends. I enjoyed the demo anyway, so perhaps I should just give in.

Mon, 2007 – 06 – 18 19:48

Legends is a really fun

Legends is a really fun game. I played the entire thing and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Mon, 2007 – 06 – 18 19:53

Legend

Yeah Legend (there's only 1 Legend, btw ) was great. I think it was worth the $60, but you can probably get it a lot cheaper now. But I agree that it sucks for people who don't have it.

Mon, 2007 – 06 – 18 20:08

A never ending Tomb and an everlasting Raiding.

Loved Legend, played it till I got 1000 gamerscore nailed down with no cheats and as many here enjoyed every bit of it. Very glad didn't get rid of it if, specially after hearing this news.

 

 

Mon, 2007 – 06 – 18 22:48