author: Zuzanna Domeradzka
Tomb Raider and Deus Ex Devs Prepare Big AAA Offensive
Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal have ambitious plans for the future. They want to release five AAA games by 2028.
Embracer released its report for the third quarter of fiscal 2022, from which we learned of a sizable increase in the company's revenues. Apparently, this is motivation for further action - Embracer Group co-founder and CEO Lars Wingefors revealed the company's ambitious plans (via Video Games Chronicle). Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal are to release five AAA games by March 31, 2028.
In the past five years, the studios have released (under Square Enix's wing) three big-budget productions, specifically Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Marvel's Avengers and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. Embracer, which has owned Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal since last year, did not name the titles of these five planned games.
Most likely among them is the thirteenth major installment of Tomb Raider, which is being developed on Unreal Engine 5. Crystal Dynamics is responsible for it, and the publisher is Amazon Games. The second of the five games could be Microsoft's title, announced more than two years ago - a reboot of Perfect Dark, which Crystal Dynamics is helping to produce.
The third title that is part of Embracer's plan is likely to be the new Deus Ex. According to information provided in November by the well-known Jason Schreier, Eidos Montreal has begun work on it, but the project is in the early stages of work. The other two of the five planned games are unknown.
Embracer Group companies (including Saber Interactive, Gearbox Entertainment, THQ Nordic) are currently working on 31 big-budget projects. 17 of them are in production, 9 in early production and 5 in the concept stage.
