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by Chris Faylor, Oct 06, 2008 9:42am PDTContinuing the battle of platform-exclusive downloadable content, publisher Eidos announced today that Xbox 360 owners will be privy to two exclusive downloadable chapters for Crystal Dymanics' upcoming Tomb Raider: Underworld.
Along with the new episodes, Eidos revealed that a Tomb Raider: Underworld demo will be downloadable from the Xbox Live Marketplace later in the month.
Set after the game's conclusion, the first chapter--Beneath the Ashes--add a new environment and enemies to the game. It will be available "in time for the holidays."
The second chapter--Lara's Shadow--brings "a new kind of playable character" to the mix, and will arrive in early 2009. No price point was mentioned for either episode.
In all, the two chapters are said to add six hours to the action-adventure game, which hits PC, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS and PSP on November 18.
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People (like myself) who own a PS3 and/or PC aren't going to go buy a 360 just for this; we'll get the version of the game for one of the platforms we already own.
The publisher obviously benefits (more cash), although the benefit to MS is questionable. This is of no benefit at all to gamers though; only 360 owners get to enjoy these add-ons. Making them available to PS3 and PC owners wouldn't hurt their experience any, and it would certainly be preferable to limiting the audience to one platform.
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