Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light Online Co-Op Delayed

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Richard Walker

Oh dear. With Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light set to arrive on PSN on September 28th, it transpires that online co-op has followed the same fate as its Xbox 360 counterpart in being delayed, although PS3 owners won't have to wait as long to see it arrive.

Developer Crystal Dynamics is working hard on bringing the feature to the game and has its reasons for the hold up. "We didn't want to deliver the subpar experience online," Karl Stewart, global brand director at Crystal Dynamics told Kotaku.

Apparently, it was recognised late into the game's development that the online co-op aspect just wasn't going to cut the mustard in time for launch on the PlayStation Network later this month, so it has since been held back.

"This is our first time doing online co-op using our engine in the studio," Stewart added. "We were open that it would have the challenges... Whether it be lag, the ability to drop in and out or the ability for the leaderboard to update as you played, these are things that needed to (work)."

Lara Croft's co-op is now undergoing extra polish and is scheduled to arrive with the first of five DLC packs at the end of the month. This first DLC pack will add three new challenge rooms for an as yet unconfirmed price. 

Look out for Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light on PSN later this month.

Comments
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  • i dont care, tomb raider has always been shit
  • @1 Zing
  • This garbage co-op?.. hahahaha
  • @1 This is not Tomb Raider, google the game if you didn't know. @3 Played this game on XBOX and really can't wait to buy it for my PS3. This game rocks, especially if you have someone around to play it in co-op. PSN co-op will be a good addition to an already good game.
  • @4 sorry about that but for me all the tomb raider thing is just a way to sell videogames via boobs nothing more nothing less.. even if its not the same gameplay as what I know of TR this game is an avoid-this for me
  • Will get this...But,only when it gets online co-op...
  • yep gonna get this,ive been playing with lara croft for years,since she first come on ps1.
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