Tomb Raider Reboot Delayed Until 2013

<p>Bad news for gamers who are anxiously looking forward to the release of the <em>Tomb Raider<&sol;em> reboot from Crystal Dynamics&comma; the release date has been delayed to the first quarter of 2013&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Crystal Dynamics head&comma; Darrell Gallagher&comma; wrote on the Eidos community forums that the game has been delayed by a few months&comma; going from a Fall 2012 release to a first quarter 2013 release&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;When Crystal Dynamics first set out to reboot the <em>Tomb Raider <&sol;em>franchise&comma; there were two goals that we were extremely passionate about&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Gallagher wrote&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The first was to create a modern <em>Tomb Raider<&sol;em> game that would surprise and excite gamers&period; The second was to make this the best game of our careers&comma; something we would be really proud to be a part of&period; We truly believe that we have something very special on our hands and we can&&num;8217&semi;t wait to share it with you&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Our priority now is to make sure we fully deliver the very highest quality game&period; In order to do this&comma; we have decided to move the game&&num;8217&semi;s release date by a few months&comma; from Fall 2012 to the first quarter of 2013&period; We&&num;8217&semi;re doing things that are completely new to <em>Tomb Raider<&sol;em> in this game and the additional development time will allow us to put the finishing touches into the game and polish it to a level that you deserve&period; We believe this is the right choice and I guarantee it will be worth the wait&period; The game is looking amazing and we can&&num;8217&semi;t wait to show it to everyone at E3 in a few weeks&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>How do you feel about the new release date&quest; Do you plan on picking up the new <em>Tomb Raider<&sol;em>&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;theverge&period;com&sol;gaming&sol;2012&sol;5&sol;14&sol;3018928&sol;tomb-raider-delayed">The Verge<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;