Fri, May 06, 2011 | 02:32 BST
Crystal Dynamics explains how the Tomb Raider Trilogy was remastered for PS3
Karl Stewart, global brand director at Crystal Dynamics, has detailed over on the US PS Blog how the studio remastered its Lara Croft games for the Tomb Raider Trilogy.
According to Stewart, it was a mix of remastering the PS2 versions and porting the Xbox 360 and PC versions.
“All three Tomb Raider games included within the Trilogy pack have been built using the Crystal proprietary engine,” he said. “In order to remaster the two PS2 titles previously released, we’ve gone back and reworked the highest available assets from both Legend and Anniversary and this has included reusing some of the HD textures from both the PC and Xbox 360 versions of the games.”
Stewart also said that thanks to improvements in technology, the PS3 versions of the game will look better than the original Xbox 360 versions once remastered.
The Tomb Raider Trilogy, which contains Legend, Anniversary, and Underworld is set for release in March.
It will not contain the Underworld DLC that was released on Xbox 360.
Thanks, Siliconera.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, PS3, Square Enix
Tags: karl stewart, tomb raider, tomb raider triolgy
8 comments
#1
Maxey
15/01/11, 10:31 pm
That sounds really nice. I really love the Tomb Raider games made by them.
#2
AHA-Lambda
15/01/11, 10:50 pm
i certainly will try this out which is saying something for tomb raider. I haven’t played a tomb raider game since chronicles on the ps1 O_O
Between this, the reboot and guardian of light i feel they’ve actually turned this stagnant brand around abit. Props to CD (altho i still want a new LoK game ;_; )
Shame about the no 360 dlc tho -_-
#3
TraceableX
16/01/11, 12:40 am
No 360 DLC, no buy.
#4
triggerhappy686
16/01/11, 8:48 am
So they take some of the HD textures from the 360 and PC build? Thats really interesting, hopefully Ubisoft will do something similar with the Splinter Cell HD Collection. The PS2 versions always had a couple of extra missions not found in the PC or XBox version, would be nice to get these in beautiful HD
#5
chronoss2
16/01/11, 9:06 am
i’m sure this i a bunch of lies to sell their games.. we’ll see when there will be a comparison with 360. Eidos are a bunch of liars, they pretend they do good but in the end the game is crap, like Underworld!! this game is a BIG Joke…
#6
Suikoden Fan
16/01/11, 9:38 am
no underworld dlc makes this pack poointless to me, i have played all 3 games but not that dlc without that i see no reason to play this
#7
Aimless
16/01/11, 10:55 am
I really don’t get the fuss about the DLC, it didn’t amount to much in the end. It would have made a nice inclusion, sure, but this trilogy pack has an RRP of £25 — you can pre-order it for less than that — which is already pretty fantastic value.
Assuming game performance is up to scratch I’ll definitely be picking this up. It’s a good excuse to play Anniversary again if nothing else.
#8
Thalius
16/01/11, 12:16 pm
I just hope that this sells a lot so Crystal Dynamics would consider do a Legacy of Kain HD Remake