Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal Developing a 'Number of Very Sizable AAA' Games - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 May 2022 / 1,555 Views

Embracer Group CEO Lars Wingefors speaking during a Q&A with investors revealed Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal have a number of "sizable AAA" games in development.

"Obviously, we are super excited about the new Tomb Raider game," said Wingefors. "[But] it’s not only Tomb Raider. It’s also a number of very sizable AAA experiences in the pipeline, both based on beloved franchises that we will own as well as original IPs. It’s a very interesting pipeline."

Wingefors said there will be a bit of gap with not as many big releases as a fair number of games are earlier on in development.

"The pipeline is generally broader beyond these two years," he said. "There will be a few years now where there will not be as many big new games coming out, but there will be some amazing things coming through these studios looking further ahead."

Embracer Group this week announced it is acquiring Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal, Square Enix Montreal, and over 50 IPs from Square Enix for $300 million. The IPs include Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Thief, Legacy of Kain, and many more.

Crystal Dynamics will continue to co-develop The Initiative's Perfect Dark following the acquisition, according to the Xbox studio.

"We’re excited to see Crystal Dynamics take these next steps with their studio," said The Initiative. "Our teams have made great progress in building Perfect Dark together as co-development partners, and we will be continuing this work with them in their next chapter."

Thanks, GamingBolt.

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.

2 Comments

G2ThaUNiT (on 03 May 2022)

In a statement from Embracer, they expect the only recently announced Tomb Raider game to release within the next 2 years. Not sure how feasible that is when it's a AAA game and they're still co-developing Perfect Dark. I wish them the best though and I can't wait to see what they got cooking!