Rise of the Tomb Raider is (timed) Xbox Exclusive

Just got announced at the Gamescom presentation.

What the hell.

EDIT: Link for those who missed the announcement.

GUYS. Square Enix has flat out confirmed this is Xbox exclusive. No timed exclusivity shenanigans.

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Also, for anyone who wants a quick recap of what happened at the Microsoft conference, here's a nice primer from @Desmonic

MS Gamescom recap:

• AC Unity trailer which looked awesome;
• German dude speaking in German;
• Phil Spencer talking about Tier 2 launch + future titles (all of the announced stuff) + XB1 bundles (didn't specify yet);
• Fifa 15 - exclusive content on Fifa Ultimate Team (legends and whatnot) + XB1 Fifa 15 Bundle on September 25th (399€??? No price mentioned.) + "live demo" about FUT with Peter Schmeichel ;
• Chris Charla (ID@Xbox) + Montage of first to console on XB1 indies (MOTHERFUCKING GOAT SIM ON XB1!!);
• Space Engineers trailer (indie first to console on XB1indie- first to console on XB1);
• Super Hot trailer (indie- first to console on XB1);
• The Escapists (by Team17) trailer (indie- first to console on XB1);
• Smite trailer (indie- first to console on XB1);
• Below trailer + Chris leaves stage awkwardly >.> ;
• Phil back on + CoD segment (bro with the jacket did not know what to do with his hands) + EXO FOR EVERYONE!! + SP demo (with Mitchel galore!)+ CoD exclusive content + XB1 Bundle with 1TB, custom design (ugly) for 499€/$ (missed the date, but probably when the game itself launches);
• Evolve - Open Beta on XB1 first in January + exclusive content after launch + Shoutcasters (ugh...) with "live demo" + will launch in February 10th;
• Phil Harrison arrives + gonna use the word exclusive a lot + invites dude from TR studio;
• Rise of the Tomb Raider + Now with more Uncharted! ( :D ) + Holiday 2015 EXCLUSIVE ON XBOX ONE? Holy shit! MEGATON! :O (not sure if timed or full exclusive);
• Quantum Break - Sam Lake + actual live demo (looks pretty cool, jacket king once more? I think so!) though it seems fairly linear (not a bad thing for a story driven game). + time powers! :O + still no releade date ;
• Fable Legends - You can play the villain + beta starts October 16th + trailer featuring chickens;
• NEW game + Spring 2015 + Frontier studio + "ScreamRide" + futuristic "torture/amusement park" with crazy physics and destructible environments EXCLUSIVE;
• Forza 5 - DLC?..wut?.. okay MS. DLC for Forza 5: Formula E + Rolls Royce for free;
• Forza Horizon 2 - PR talk + trailer on social features (lol @ copying DC) + ForzaFuel (??);
• Ori and the Blind Forest - live demo (looks coo!) + XB1 and PC;
• Sunset Overdrive - Ted Price + mention of "franchise" instead of game + trailer + crazy bots! + looks like crazy fun + October 31st release + XB1 Bundle (WHITE XBOX) with SO for 399€/$;
• Halo Time - MCC includes Nightfall (I think we knew this already) and Halo 5 MP Beta (again, known stuff) + Halo Channel (?) + basically anything related to Halo will be there + available on XB1 and Windows + partnership with Twitch + you can launch and livestream the MCC from the Halo Channel + live demo + ranking system is skill based like Halo 2 + Sanctuary map demo/trailer with "pro Halo players" (lol);
• Halo 5 Beta trailer + will focus on 4v4 arena + concept art/levels shown + starts on December 29th;
• Phil Spencer back on + Fifa 15 Bundle confirmed for 399$/€ + pre-download confimed, starts with FH2 + that's a wrap!

EDIT: Confirmed to be timed exclusive, as opposed to a full exclusive. The window of exclusivity is as of yet unknown.

Whoa... that's a big deal. Unfortunately I see timed exclusive in this... the first time CD or ms go on record dodging the question will be confirmation.

Huh, interesting.

Surely that can't be right. That's huge news. What a pickup for MS though.

Maybe it'll be a timed exclusive.

No, they flat out announced it as exclusive.

'We are pleased to announce that Rise of the Tomb Raider will be launching worldwide in 2015... on Xbox One, exclusively.'

It might go multi later (at least to PC), but yes, this is a big deal. Takes Tomb Raider vs Uncharted to a whole new level.

Thats going to upset allot of Tomb Raider fans.

Tomb Raider was the most generic game I played last gen.

this is serious.

Hope this is timed. I would love to play Rise on PC.

@charizard1605: true true... tomb raider vs. Uncharted just got saucy.

Ps4 owners are misogynistic pigs confirmed!

MS needed something to compete against uncharted and 1886

Wow, I was looking forward to that game. Tomb Raider felt great on PC. Maybe there'll be a 'definitive edition' for the rest. This kinda sucks either way.

The series was in fact born on the Sega Saturn.

LMAO!!! In before Cows have meltdown. Quantum Break was insane. I thought all of that was suppose to be CGI. Game beats Infamous SS with all those effects.

@blackace: quantum break demo was off the effin hook... that game is gonna put a white xone in my house.

Wow, I can honestly say I did not see this coming. I'm hoping it's a times exclusive but who knows. It makes sense for MS to aggressively go after this game since Sony has Uncharted.

They must have got a more money from Microsoft than they thought they would get with multi-console sales.

Seriously, that game... Shit, man. Remedy the GOAT

So now, it will really be UNCHARTED 4 vs. RotTR. There will be lots of comparisons and arguments about this.

So I guess that means I will have one less game to buy next year. Which is a shame as I enjoyed Tomb Raider 2013.

lol I guess SE hates money.

All that stuttering in that linear environment? Nice try, blackace.

How much did Microsoft pay for exclusivity?

Well, there goes my interest for that game

Timed exclusive.

what about us PC players?

Confirmed now. So disappointing.

We believe this will be a step to really forging the Tomb Raider brand as one of the biggest in gaming, with the help, belief and backing of a major partner like Microsoft. This doesn’t mean that we’re walking away from our fans who only play on PlayStation or on PC. Those are great systems, with great partners, and amazing communities. We have Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris coming to those platforms this December, and Tomb Raider: The Definitive Edition is available on PS4.

http://tombraider.tumblr.com/post/94529480860/rise-of-the-tomb-raider-update

Just xbox.

Will end up on PC, I think since MS don't own the IP.

Now that's some serious Shit right there. Then again, Bayonetta 2 is Nintendo exclusive so it seems that MS is learning from Nintendo and I say hey, if you can't beat them, join them. Well that's disappointing to here that Rise of the Tomb Raider is now MS Xbox One exclusive and I play TR on PS4. That's okay, at least Sony has Uncharted 4 coming so I ain't mad at MS.

@biggest_loser: How disappointing. I'm never going to be able to even play it now.

That sucks... TR was a great game on my PC.

At least Sony builds their own exclusives instead of taking away games already touted for other platforms.

Oh, well I'm guessing timed exclusive +- 6 months and console exclusive.

exclusive on xbox in 2015 can't you guys read ?

we'll playing the better game uncharted anyway

also good luck with it SE i see another i'm not happy with sales aka crytek incoming

Developed initially for Sega Saturn, then ported late in development to PlayStation when they saw Sega was bombing.

yay more timed exclusives. x1 ftw

Yo, Sony stole plenty of exclusives back in the day. Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Shin Megami Tensei, ring a bell?

Yeah, the way they worded that strongly suggests a timed exclusive. It might not make it to PS4 though TBH.

@walloftruth: I think it released early on the Saturn.

I'm pretty sure it was pc first, no?

It'll be a timed exclusive and will come to PC after few months . Can't say about PS4 though .

I hope Sqeenix got a lot of money for this, because they will miss out on a lot of sales.

Sad face.

Oh well. Enjoyed the first, probably will skip the second now. Props to Microsoft though. Wonder how this will affect Square bitching about sales

NOW MICROSOFT HAS TO DEAL EXCLUSIVELY WITH ALL THE SEXISM DIABTRIBES!

YOU BOUGHT YOURSELF A HEADACHE HAHAHAHAHA

But seriously,**** this :(

Well I can play it....

Wow what the hell?