Crystal Dynamics News Articles
YesterdayThu, 18th Dec 2025
News Perfect Dark Lead Actor Had 'Entire Chapters' Finished Before Xbox Cancellation
"I'd done entire chapters of this universe"
The whole Perfect Dark saga has been a pretty sad thing to follow since Xbox pulled funding and cancelled the game earlier this year - and now lead actor Alix Wilton Regan has given us some fresh insight into how far along the project actually was over at developers The Initiative and Crystal Dynamics...
Friday12th Dec 2025
News Tomb Raider: Catalyst Will Deliver The Series' Largest World Yet In 2027
And we're very excited to see it
With Amazon and Crystal Dynamics announcing two Tomb Raider titles in one fell swoop this week, 2026's Legacy of Atlantis is getting most of the attention right now - but we want to focus on Catalyst for a minute here, which "delivers
News Amazon Offering Free Outfit For Tomb Raider: Legacy Of Atlantis When Linking Xbox Account
Available to claim ahead of release
While Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis didn't get a proper release date at The Game Awards aside from a broad 2026 window, the game does seem pretty far along - and publisher Amazon Games is offering the chance for fans to grab a little Tomb Raider Remake bonus for linking accounts ahead of launch. As shared by...
News Two New Tomb Raider Games Revealed For Xbox, Including 'Legacy Of Atlantis' For 2026
Remake and a new entry confirmed!
Crystal Dynamics has brought its a-game to The Game Awards tonight by revealing two new Tomb Raider titles - and one is coming to Xbox as early as next year! That 2026 title is known as Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, and it's a full-on remake of the original Tomb Raider title from 1996. The second game in...
Friday28th Nov 2025
News Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition On Switch 2 Is 'Cut Back' Even From The Xbox 360 Version
Digital Foundry takes a look
Last week, Aspyr and Crystal Dynamics rather randomly released the 2013 Tomb Raider reboot on Nintendo Switch & Switch 2, and the results of this port are pretty interesting compared to the existing Xbox and PlayStation versions. One area that the new version excels in, at least on Switch 2, is frame rate. The game is...
Thursday28th Aug 2025
News Following Xbox's Perfect Dark Cancellation, Crystal Dynamics Suffers More 2025 Layoffs
"This decision was not made lightly"
Back in March, prior to Perfect Dark being cancelled by Microsoft, one of its dev teams Crystal Dynamics suffered several layoffs - and now that the Xbox cancellation has settled in, the studio has laid off even more people here in 2025. Posting out to
Thursday27th Mar 2025
News Xbox's Perfect Dark Co-Developer Announces Several Layoffs
"We did not make this decision lightly"
One of the major development teams working on Xbox's Perfect Dark reboot has laid off multiple employees this week, the studio has confirmed on social media. Crystal Dynamics, the Tomb Raider developer which has also been drafted in to work with Xbox on Perfect Dark, has let go of 17 workers in total.
Friday14th Feb 2025
Roundup Here's What The Critics Think Of Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered
Out now on Xbox!
Another three old school Tomb Raider titles land on Xbox today for the very first time - with The Last Revelation, Chronicles and The Angel of Darkness making up the new Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered collection from Aspyr and Crystal Dynamics. As you may have seen, we delivered our Pure Xbox verdict earlier today - noting that these...
Wednesday15th Jan 2025
News Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered Introduces Spruced Up Bosses Ahead Of Next Month's Xbox Launch
"They're back and ready for round 2"
We're about a month away now from Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered landing on Xbox consoles, and the teams at Aspyr and Crystal Dynamics have just shared a fresh look at the spruced up bosses featured in their new collection. Showcased up above in the game's latest trailer, Cleopatra’s Guard, Brother Obscura, and...
Monday9th Dec 2024
Roundup Here's What The Critics Think About Legacy Of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered
On Xbox for the very first time!
Back in September, Crystal Dynamics announced Legacy Of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered - with this pair of PlayStation classics now set to make their Xbox debuts on December 10th. Well, ahead of that launch we're seeing some early reviews of this newly remastered collection, so we'll gather these initial...
Wednesday25th Sep 2024
News 'Legacy Of Kain: Soul Reaver 1-2 Remastered' Heading To Xbox In December 2024
Making their Xbox debuts!
After leaking on the web earlier today, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1-2 Remastered has officially been announced at Sony's State of Play showcase. Despite featuring at the PlayStation show, this new collection is confirmed for Xbox, marking the debuts of Soul Reaver 1 and 2 for Microsoft's platform. Much like Halo: Combat...
Friday23rd Aug 2024
News Amazon's Tomb Raider Game Progressing Well Despite 'Everything Going On With Embracer'
"It never impacted on resources"
Back in late 2022, Amazon announced that it was working with Crystal Dynamics on a brand-new Tomb Raider game, and despite not hearing much about the project since, it sounds like things are coming along nicely. In a new chat with IGN, Amazon Games boss Christoph Hartmann discussed some of the company's current...
Friday26th Jul 2024
News More Crystal Dynamics Remasters Could Be On The Way
Evidence of Soul Reaver revivals surfaces
It looks like Crystal Dynamics could be reviving the 1999 action-adventure Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver and its sequel. At San Diego Comic-Con this week, statues referencing 'Legacy of Kain I & II Remastered' have been spotted on display. This follows Dark Horse Comics announcing the comic book 'Legacy...
Friday7th Jun 2024
News Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered Patch Makes Big Gameplay Changes On Xbox
Adds an outfit selector!
The latest patch for Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered has now landed, and it contains some pretty major features and updates for Xbox players. The team is "improving combat" when using the modern control scheme in this latest patch - and it's also added a new Outfit Selector option amongst a bunch of other fixes and changes...
Thursday2nd May 2024
News Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (May 2)
A top-tier Tomb Raider title
Your first Xbox Game Pass title for May 2024 is officially here! Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition is now live on the service, as Crystal Dynamics brings the Xbox One version of its Tomb Raider reboot to Game Pass. To this day we reckon this is one of the best Tomb Raider games ever, so if you've not tried it yet, we...
Thursday11th Apr 2024
News Shadow Of The Tomb Raider Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (April 11)
A huge AAA adventure joins the library
Today's Xbox Game Pass update is delivering on all-things tomb raiding, as Eidos Montreal's Shadow of the Tomb Raider heads to the service. This title serves as the epic conclusion to Crystal Dynamics' rebooted Tomb Raider trilogy, and it's absolutely worth a play on Game Pass. Now, when this addition was
Wednesday13th Mar 2024
News Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered Update Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
With a potential frame rate boost
A month ago, Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered finally brought the first three classic Tomb Raider titles to Xbox, and now the developer has deployed a new update that brings lots of fixes and changes across all three games. Now, alongside the patch notes — which we'll drop down below — we're seeing reports of the...
Monday19th Feb 2024
News Tomb Raider Fans Spot 'The Last Revelation' Teaser In 1-3 Remastered
Is Tomb Raider 4 coming?!
Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered only landed on Xbox last week, and fans are already discovering some interesting secrets tucked into the new collection. Specifically, TR fans have spotted what appears to be a teaser for Tomb Raider 4, or 'The Last Revelation', hidden within Tomb Raider 3 Remastered. Yep,
Wednesday14th Feb 2024
News Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered
Available now on Xbox
Lara Croft is back on Xbox this week with a remaster of her original trilogy by Aspyr. Before we get into what other critics thought about Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered, be sure to check out our review here on Pure Xbox first. While we didn't necessarily agree with every decision made in the remaster collection, it still does a...
Tuesday16th Jan 2024
News Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered Features Modern Control Scheme & 'A Few More Surprises'
Diving deep into the tombs
Believe it or not Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered is less than a month away from coming to Xbox, and ahead of its impending launch, the team at Aspyr has provided a deeper look at lots of the new features coming with these classic Tomb Raider reimaginings. Some of the headline changes here, or additions should we say, are to...
Tuesday5th Dec 2023
News Four Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (December 5)
It's a big day for the service!
December on Xbox Game Pass is really kicking into gear now! We've got four titles coming to the library today, including Crystal Dynamics' Rise of the Tomb Raider and Saber's World War Z - which includes the big Aftermath update featuring a first-person mode! Here are all the games coming to Xbox Game Pass today,...
Friday16th Jun 2023
News Xbox's Matt Booty Has Played The Perfect Dark Reboot And Is 'Very Excited'
He can't wait for fans to see it
One game absent from the recent Xbox Games Showcase was The Intiative's anticipated reboot of Perfect Dark. Fortunately, Xbox studio chief Matt Booty has provided a small but reassuring update during a chat with Axios, mentioning how he's actually been playing builds of the game and is loo
Monday3rd Oct 2022
News 'Legacy Of Kain' Survey Quizzes Fans About Potential Franchise Return
Would you like to see it come back?
Last month, developer Crystal Dynamics announced that it had retained the rights to some of its biggest franchises following the move to Embracer Group. Those franchises include Tomb Raider, of course, but also Legacy of Kain, the team's late 90soriginal Xbox-era dark fantasy action series. Well, the dev now wants...
Thursday8th Sep 2022
News Crystal Dynamics 'Takes Control' Of Tomb Raider, Legacy Of Kain Franchises
The current TR dev takes ownership
Some of you may recall that in the recent whirlwind of acquisition news, Embracer Group successfully picked up Square Enix's Western studios & IP. Those series' included Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Thief and more, and the current developer of Tomb Raider has announced that it will continue to take charge of that...
Monday5th Sep 2022
News Xbox Exec Dispels Negative Rumours About Perfect Dark & Crystal Dynamics
"How we make games is evolving..."
When The Initiative announced last year it would be partnering with Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics to bring the first-person spy thriller Perfect Dark to a new generation, concerns were raised about the state of the game. These claims about development problems were stamped out, with reports the game was...
Monday8th Aug 2022
News Perfect Dark Supposedly Coming Along 'Really Well' Despite Previous Reports
According to WC's Jez Corden
Since Perfect Dark's reboot was announced at TGA 2020, we've not really heard much positivity on its development. In fact, reports have since said that developer The Initiative was struggling to get development going, especially before Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics
Tuesday29th Mar 2022
News Marvel's Avengers Delayed Update Arrives This Week
Update: Going live today
Update #2 [Tue 29th Mar, 2022 02:30 BST]: The team has now confirmed the game will be going live at some point on 29th March (aka today). You can see the full patch notes over on the official game website. Update [Sat 26th Mar, 2022 04:45 GMT]: It's now looking like this delayed patch could be going live as soon as next...
Thursday4th Nov 2021
News Square Enix Suggests Crystal Dynamics Was A Bad Fit For Marvel’s Avengers
"It has unfortunately not proven as successful as we would have liked"
Square Enix has kind of thrown Crystal Dynamics under the bus with a recent statement that suggests the studio was not the right team for Marvel's Avengers. In Square Enix's 2021 annual report, president Yosuke Matsuda spoke about how Marvel's Avengers was not as successful as...
Wednesday3rd Nov 2021
News After Fan Backlash, Marvel's Avengers Removes Its Paid Consumables
"We apologise for not responding sooner"
Paid XP boosts were added to Marvel's Avengers last month which was met with some heavy criticism after Crystal Dynamics originally suggested it would never happen. Following such backlash, the developer has now reversed the decision and apologised. Both Hero Catalysts and Fragment Extractors were added, and...
Thursday21st Oct 2021
News Crystal Dynamics Partnering On Perfect Dark Was Too Good To Pass Up, According To Xbox
"Personal connections" played a big role
One announcement we didn't see coming last month was Crystal Dynamics partnering with The Initiative to help bring the new Perfect Dark game to the next generation. Head of Xbox Game Studios, Matt Booty, elaborated on this surprise announcement (in the same appearance on the Kinda Funny Gamecast) -...
