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Microsoft wants fewer third-party deals and more first-party exclusives

However, Square Enix somewhat ambushed the fans’ expectations as to which platforms the game will be on.

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Lara Croft as seen in “Rise of the Tomb Raider”. IGN reported that Mr. Rogers was quoted on the heavy thinking that the company had to undergo in order to come up with this conclusion. I think any sort of partnership at this level is a decision that took a long time for us to get to.

This is what Rogers is pointing at when he said, “We’re going to take Tomb Raider up to the next level”.

“We’re big fans of Fallout, it’s such a great game”, Horton told Gaming Bolt.

A sneak peek of the upcoming “Rise of the Tomb Raider” was shown at the Microsoft press conference in E3.

Crystal Dynamic’s Brian Horton, the game’s director, explained in an interview that not only will all those previous elements work into the game, but it will not have any loading screens, creating a seamless experience that’s both immersive and huge, “As soon as you start a new game if you never died or don’t quit you will have a seamless streaming experience throughout the whole game”.

We’ve all seen how Tomb Raider has fared with ups and downs throughout its history. People should feel that about Microsoft.

When it comes to paying for third party exclusives on the Xbox One, it looks like Rise of the Tomb Raider will stand as more of an exception than the rule.

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That said, that may be about to change soon, as Phil Spencer, the head honcho over at Xbox, is promising that Microsoft will focus more on first party exclusives, rather than on securing third party deals, which either result in partial exclusivity, or timed exclusivity. Dismayed and perhaps uninterested, will the fans still tolerate the version of the saga which may perhaps be the best one so far?

Microsoft's Xbox briefing at Gamescom can be watched here live