Lara Croft And The Guardian Of Light PC/PSN To Launch Without Online Co-Op

You'll need to reschedule your online date with Lara Croft or her immortal Aztec tribesman pal Totec. The PC and PSN versions of Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light will not launch with online co-op as was assumed. It will instead be added to the games "at a later date" beyond their respective September 28 releases across the aforementioned platforms.

Online co-op was an expected part of these two versions of the game, perhaps as a result of the their proximity to the planned release date of a patch that will add online co-op to the Xbox Live Arcade version of the game (which itself bafflingly launched in August without the support). Local co-op, though, is still go for the PC and PSN versions, and for what its worth, the functionality works well. But, yeah, the whole having-to-sit-with-a-person-in-the-same-room thing is a drag--especially, when you want to be Totec.
 

Great... =/

AWW C'MON!!!!!!

Wow, they really seem to have trouble with that. :(

So is the xbox co-op still planned for a " a later date"  
 
And wasn't this for summer of arcade? 

Maybe by the time co-op comes out and I finally buy it'll have dropped in price. At some point it's so far beyond release and they already have everyone's money, maybe it never comes out?

I really love this game, but what the hell...

lolololololololol

This is a perfect time to have real friends

Guess Im still waiting to buy this eh...

Wait, playing with someone else sitting next to you is a drag?  Tell that to my workplace, where we FOCUS on that type of gameplay style!  People LOVE that.  It's one of the reasons so many games have a split-screen option!!! 
 
Nonetheless, it sucks to here the co-op is going to take a little longer.  However, they ARE giving away at least their first DLC for FREE for a limited time (first 30 days, I believe).  Therefore, can't complain too much, especially when that was (IMO) one of the best games of the year.

Officially given up on this. Moving. On...

Stop this bullshit, Dont expect me to pay full price for something that will come out at a later date. Developers are abusing the patch system. do you think this shit could fly before DLC became so big.

One has to wonder why a company would develop a co-op game without the ability to actually build the spotlight mode. Sure, there's local co-op, but in an age where Turtles In Time can come out as absolute crap but still have working online co-op, a game built from the ground up with co-op in mind should have had that as top priority.

This is highly disappointing, and I wish I had just saved my $15 instead of buying this (for the $15 refund, having bought the rest of SoA.) I hope the sales for the PS3 and PC version positively tank and these developers learn the lesson to not promise what you're unable to serve (I'm looking at you, Molyneux.)

This patch will hit at a later date. At a date when no one cares about this game anymore. Sad.

What a complete mess. I'll hold off picking it up for PSN until they get it together.  
Why won't people release games when they're finished?

The game is still worth it. Especially when you play couch co-op. you know, old-school. It's the best co-op style anyway.

I saw an add for The Guardian of Light on PSN today. It said "Playstation Plus Exclusive" (or something like that) on it... I wonder if PSN Plus subscribers will get online co-op from the get go?

Way to not get me to buy your game guys! Seriously, it's a darn shame. :(

" The game is still worth it. Especially when you play coach co-op. you know, old-school. It's the best co-op style anyway. "

Dude, what? Why is the co-op such a big stumbling block for this game?

 Yeah... still waiting for online co-op before picking it up.

What a joke. I saw this advertised on Steam and thought about picking it up but it seems like they're determined to make sure people don't buy their game.

I've been planning to get this for the PC, but I think I will wait till co-op is released.

I don't think this will win them any points with the fans and players. But the game's still fun at its core, that's what counts right?

They should just delay it, this is embarrassing.

Whatever... was never gonna play this game anyways.

Still seems like a good game, so I'll still probably get it, but this is pretty ridiculous at this point for a game where they were promoting the co-op more than anything to still not include online.

" They should just delay it, this is embarrassing. "

Online or not... you should probably get this game... it's good.

I was saving some of my PSN spacebucks for this, but, nvm. Maybe I'll buy it  when, you know, the game is done.

Some crippling bug must have been discovered late in dev time or something. I mean what a blow for what is otherwise a great game. Poor Crystal D cant catch a break with this series.

Well for a free game, I can be patient. 

I smell a PR snafu (or conspiracy).  I was gonna get this for me and my SO. She doesn't play games often and the co-op was looking good. WTF!? ...Oh I'm covered. Note to self: READ the WHOLE article dummy! Still sucks!

Oh good grief..... This is a sham. Pathetic to release a game not once, but twice without online co-op for a game that is pretty much focused on co-op. So sad.

to anyone that missed it, gamespot was accidentally giving away free copies of the game, it was supposed to be demo steam keys, but ended up being the full game keys. hundreds of  people got the game for free. lol.

I smell a PR snafu (or conspiracy).  I was gonna get this for me and my SO. She doesn't play games often and the co-op was looking good. WTF!?

Eh I'm still going to check it out. I've always sorta had a thing for little old Lara.
 
Besides, I'm a fan of the serious anyway.
Oh...did I mention she's British??

Heh, I thought someone had messed up and ran an old headline at first until I noticed "PC/PSN" in there. A shame they weren't able to get online co-op working at launch in these versions either.
 
That being said, I played through the game in single player and loved it. I probably won't play it in multiplayer once that patch arrives, unfortunately.

Someone claiming to be from Eidos posted @ Shacknews that all platforms will now get the first DLC free for 30 days.

Really sucks that they haven't learned their lesson, but I am excited to try out the game once it comes to psn.

This news suck big hairy Molyneux Bawls.

 This sucks particularly more for the PC version, I can see myself sharing my TV screen and couch with someone, but not my desk and... keyboard? 
How would local co-op even work for PC?

I'm convinced online co-op for this game is a myth.

What's wrong with local co-op? That's nostalgia right there. For people that hate it, it sounds like they're just anti-social.

That's it. I won't buy this game. The online co-op is pretty important to me and I don't want to rely on a promise that a part of the game is going to be available later. It was the same thing with "Lego Harry Potter" and they never released a Patch that enables online co-op, even though they talked about the awesome online co-op in the making of videos. You want me to give you my money now so you better have your game ready. If you don't, I'm not going to give you my money.

Someone dropped the online ball on this, bad