Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Deus Ex builders Eidos Montreal, who till now have solely launched offline experiences, are planning on taking their future titles on-line.
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This is in line with studio head David Anfossi. In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Anfossi says that “we need to try new things, experience stuff and learn. We want to build strong online technology. We are doing tests, we are learning, and we are working out how to apply that to our games.”
However don’t anticipate a battle royale mode in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, as he additionally makes the excellence that “online does not have to mean multiplayer. It could, but it could also be something different. It can be a single-player experience but online… It could be part of that experience.” Although he does additionally say that the studio could “try multiplayer things at the same time”.
As for what this implies for the studio’s upcoming Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Anfossi reveals that, after promotion prices, the sport could have value within the area of USD$135 million. “So there’s definitely a pressure,” he says. “We cannot avoid it.” He provides that “single-player for me is as strong as before, and it should continue,” however admits “we have to adapt and try new models”.
We spoke to David Anfossi about Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and the way Eidos Montreal had been placing what they’d discovered about story and character from Deus Ex into Lara Croft’s newest journey. As for Deus Ex itself, Anfossi instructed us “Deus Ex is not dead. I confirm that.”
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