Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light for XBLA to be Released Without Online Features

The online features will be patched in when the PSN and PC versions are released.

Crystal Dynamics has revealed to GameSpot that the Xbox Live Arcade version of Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light will not be released with online co-op, voice chat, and online leaderboards when it is released later this month. The online features will be patched into the XBLA version on the release date of the PSN and PC versions.

According to Karl Stewart of Crystal Dynamics, the online features are being omitted because they are still in development.

Between October and December, five new add-ons are planned to be released. The first three add-ons will include new levels and the other two add-ons will contain playable characters from other popular Square Enix Europe (Eidos) franchises.

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light be released on August 18 for Xbox Live Arcade, while the PlayStation Network and PC versions will launch on September 28.

Our Take

Lukasz Balicki Staff Alumnus

08/09/2010 at 05:26 AM

I think this shows how desperate Microsoft is to have this title ready for their Summer of Arcade promotion. This generation disappoints me how games can be released incomplete at launch and that companies simply get away with it.

Nick DiMola Director

08/09/2010 at 10:03 AM

Yeah, this is a little disappointing to hear, but at least they are upfront about it. It's always worse when they beat around the bush and pretend like something else is holding them up.

Also, it's not bad just having the online features omitted for now. I can deal with that, because chances are the online modes are secondary to the single player adventure anyhow.

08/09/2010 at 12:35 PM

Considering the game has a co-op focus I think that a lot of people will think that online is a big deal.

PixlBit