The rapidly expanding holding company Embracer Group has snapped up franchises like Tomb Raider and Deus Ex for a song from Square Enix, and it’s already pondering ways it can put the series to work. Speaking as part of a financial report, the firm revealed that it sees “great potential” in its $300 million purchase – well, it wouldn’t have plumped up if it didn’t, would it?
Crucially it explains: “We see a great potential, not only in sequels, but also in remakes, remasters, spinoffs, as well as transmedia projects across the Group.” There is, of course, a new Tomb Raider title currently in development at Crystal Dynamics – but we wouldn’t say no to a few remasters to fill the time. It’s been a while since we played the likes of Tomb Raider Anniversary, but we sincerely miss old-school Lara Croft.
Embracer Group expects its acquisition to close sometime between July and September, so it’ll be a little while before it can start making firm plans for its new franchises. What would you like to see? Remember, the company will also own series like Legacy of Kain and Thief, all of which are ripe for remasters and re-releases, too!
[source embracer.com, via eurogamer.net]
Comments 47
SWEET!
Hopefully this includes my fav: TR4
I really enjoyed the new trilogy, with the third entry as my favorite (yes, unpopular opinion, I know), so I'm really looking forward to the sequel.
Yes please!!
No thanks. I’d rather they focus all their resources on making new games
@Gbarsotini That's not an unpopular opinion with me, my friend. I think by every measurable standard, Shadow of the Tomb Raider isn't just the highlight of the reboot trilogy, but also one of the greatest Tomb Raider games ever made, full stop!
Since I prefer classic Tomb Raider I'm definitely down for that ^__^ and YEEEEEEEEES PLEEEEEEASE DO SOMETHING WITH LEGACY OF KAIN I'VE WAITED LONG ENOUGH!!!!!!! PLEEEEEEASE!!!!!
But I’m only just playing the old Tomb Raiders on the Vita now! Every single time I play old games, remasters appear 😂
I'd love a Tomb Raider classics collection. Don't think I'd want a remaster/remake treatment, I'd prefer something along the mega Man collections, just authentic as possible ports, with things like rewind features, museum galleries etc.
@RogerRoger Yes, nice to meet you! Shadow of The Tomb raider is, in my opinion, the closest to the original games we've ever had, it's beautiful, scary and awesome! (thanks, I really needed to get this off my chest..haha)
The Tomb raiders would be a 100% buy for me. Still love the old classics
@nessisonett could you please start playing Metal Gear PS1 and Soul Reaver then? 😂
Tomb Raider and Legacy of Kain remakes or remasters, I'd take either.
It's about time Lara took on a T-Rex with some pistols again.
Would love a ME Legendary Edition style remaster of Legend, Anniversary and Underworld as they're my favourite TR games.
@Gbarsotini My fav of the trilogy as well, yes the story was bad but the world and gameplay felt the most TR like in my opinion, very underrated game.
Give me a Deus Ex Human Revolution remaster plus a sequel to Mankind Divided and I'll be happy.
Deus Ex Invisible War, I would dearly love to see a remake, sunk hours upon hours in that game.
@oldpeculiar imagine how much you'd enjoy a remake of the (vastly superior) original?
One human revolution please
Im excited for the remakes and remasters that will come from their purchase
I'd pick up remakes of the TR games.
Jensen needs a big game to finish off his tale as mankind divided puy too much focus in the hacking minigame plus a deus ex 1 remake please 😁
Hoping they include the old tomb raider games on ps plus premium at some point. Don't think I ever got round to Last Revelation or Chronicles.
another one for Deus ex human revolution remaster please
Deus ex remake
legacy of kain remake
I’ll take a legacy of Kain and/or soul reaver remake please!
Anniversary was a lot of fun, but I'd love to see a ground up, Crash-style remake of the first Tomb Raider game, tank controls and all.
A COMPANY WITH POSSESSION OF THE IP JUST ACKNOWLEDGED THE EXISTENCE OF DEUS EX! HAPPY DANCE!!
Ahem.
Human Revolution is fantastic, and really does deserve a remaster. The old GFX don't hold up very well at all, and I think re-introducing that to people will be important for introducing a new entry. It sets too much in motion.
OTOH, I think a full remake of the original Deux Ex would be immensely important at some point. It's the actual conclusion of the story that's set up in the 2 prequel games and presumably the third they'll make, and all the little clues and teasers in the "new" games all lead to the events in that game. Plus it's one of the greatest game stories and sequences in gaming. But the graphics and gameplay do not hold up slightly at all. It's a chore to play even if you're a superfan. The game is basically dead, yet is the story payoff for all the other games in the series. It needs a full remake. Not yet, though, we need to finish Jensen's story before we get to the Dentons. And maybe pull an FF7R and expand the Denton's story into additional games.
I have mixed feelings on Invisible War. It's Spector's final conclusion to the story, but..... it doesn't actually feel necessary in the story. It was mediocre design and a tacked on story. I hate for it to remain lost forever, but I won't be mad if it is.
I would LOVE them to finish Deus Ex, instead. Give it the budget, the team and the time. Let them finish what they started.
@Shepherd_Tallon LoK might be hard to remake as a couple of the voice actors have passed away. Would absolutely be interested, though.
A Human Revolution remake would be fantastic. Belter of a game.
For the love of god make new entries. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills here being the only one wanting new stuff!!
New ***** please!!!
Oh definitely the older tomb raider classics or the newer ones ,remade or new im up for that, sds great to me love tomb raider lol
If they're doing Legacy of Kain, I hope they do the entire series, not just the Raziel stuff. That said, they were all fantastic, they need to poach Hennig for a time to get the story told.
Grabbing the work that has been done on the original Deus Ex by the Deus E: Revision mod on Steam and just packaging that into a console remake with trophies would be a dream...
Looking forward to some Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, or Legacy of Kain. Old or new, give it to me!
@nessisonett then please play some Dino Crisis 😂.
@Dr-M Dino Crisis i loved those games i hated the horrible crap Capcom cake with instead.... 😢
More games is always a good thing . I hope we get PS5 ports of the Tomb Raider 2013 trilogy.
Re-release all five the original Tomb Raider games, optimized to run on modern hardware. Even on Steam and GOG, these games run like crap because there were not optimized for newer operating systems. I would buy them in a heart beat no matter what system.
A new Legacy of Kain. That's all I want. Thank you.
@nessisonett Please play parasite Eve next. 😂
A full remake of all the Legacy of Kain series would be incredible.
Even just a re-release of the games with updated controls and some modest graphical upgrades would be fine!
I'd be happy enough with a remaster of Tomb Raider Anniversary it was a great game. A remake of 2&3 would be cool as I never actually finished them.
Does Ex remade (not remaster) similar to demons souls would just be utterly fantastic.
Yes, legacy of Kain Soul reaver 1+2 and defiance remaster please. A new game after that.
For the love of all that is holy in gaming, Deus Ex needs to attention it deserves.
Sequel to MD + remake of the original 🙏
@Piyo A modder released an easy to install fix for Tomb Raider & Tomb Raider 2 on Steam and GOG. I had no luck getting any other game to work no matter what mod I tried. I gave up and just stuck Tomb Raider 3 for Playstation into my PC disc drive and played on Retroarch.
Tap here to load 47 comments
Leave A Comment
Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...