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Coming off Gamescom, one of the biggest (and most controversial) announcements was Microsoft claiming Square and Crystal Dynamics Rise of the Tomb Raider. While the first installment of Lara Crofts reboot, Tomb Raider, was multiplatform, Rise of the Tomb Raider was labeled as exclusive to Microsoft.

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Siliconera: Rise of the Tomb Raider wont be released until Holiday 2015, but Crystal Dynamics do have a Tomb Raider game coming later this year as well. Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiristhe second game in the Lara Croft seriesis a cooperative action game where 2-4 players can team up to solve puzzles and take down enemies as they explore tombs. The catch is that the Lara Croft in Temple of Osiris isnt the same one as in Rise of the Tomb Raider. Shes a simpler version of the character, whos somewhere in between the old and new Lara Crofts. Siliconera recently spoke with Scot Amos, executive producer, to talk briefly about the two Laras that Crystal Dynamics are juggling.

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Legends of the Hidden Temple?

No one expected to work—Tomb Raider fans most of all. Who knew the idea of a third-person isometric title with puzzles, light platforming, and barrages of pistol fire would be received well by both fans and critics alike? By all accounts, this could have easily been a game that people would remember as a nifty spin-off, a standalone proof of concept. But luckily, Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics are expanding the franchise behind the one-hit wonder with Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris.

The major upgrade from the original is the introduction of four-player cooperative action, starring the titular British archeologist and a strapping upstart named Carter Bell, who reaches the legendary Staff of Osiris in the Egyptian Temple of Set before she does. Of course, this sets off a chain reaction of epic proportions and releases an ancient evil, the god of chaos otherwise known as Set, from the crypt. (Haven't they watched The Mummy? Bad things happen when you touching anything in an Egyptian tomb.)

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The year of 2015 is shaping up to be one of the most amazing years for next gen gaming, in fact for gaming history, with spectacular looking games coming from all different developers for example: Ubisoft, Bungie, Naughty dog, Crystal Dynamics and the list goes on and on. Surely this will be one heck of a year for gaming or will it?

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Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics recently spoke out on the decision to make Rise of the Tomb Raider an Xbox exclusive during the Holiday 2015 window, highlighting the fact that the exclusivity deal does have a duration.

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Video Games Made Me Do It: "Earlier in the week, Microsoft revealed the surprising news that Rise of The Tomb Raider, the much-anticipated sequel to Crystal Dynamics 2013 hit, would be arriving exclusively on Xbox platforms. The announcement was a stunner because the days of third-party console exclusives have been abandoned in recent years, remembered as a relic of consoles past."