Soul Reaver 2 Becomes A PS2 Exclusive

Eidos has announced today that Soul Reaver 2 will only appear on the Playstation 2 this fall.


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Eidos Interactive today announced that Soul Reaver 2, the follow-up release to the 1.5 million-unit-selling video game Soul Reaver, will be released exclusively for the PlayStation 2 in North America. As the third installment in the Legacy of Kain series, Soul Reaver 2 is slated to hit store shelves this Fall.

"We are pleased to be able to continue our strong partnership with Eidos Interactive, built through the success of popular PlayStation franchises such as Tomb Raider and Legacy of Kain," said Andrew House, Senior Vice President, Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. "As PlayStation 2 penetration continues to reach unprecedented levels in all markets worldwide, consumers will welcome new installments of these popular franchises, like the upcoming release of the platform-exclusive Soul Reaver 2. Supported by SCEA\'s co-marketing program, Soul Reaver 2 promises to deliver an unrivalled gaming experience, making it a perfect companion for PlayStation 2."

“Soul Reaver 2’s selection as a PlayStation 2 exclusive proves the strength and consumer popularity of the Legacy of Kain brand,” said Rob Dyer, President of Eidos Interactive. “Soul Reaver 2 elevates the entire series through its deep storyline, award-winning voice-acting, and advanced streaming engine technology that showcases the capabilities of the PlayStation 2 hardware.”

Soul Reaver 2 begins precisely where the critically-acclaimed original title left off, with Raziel emerging from the Chronoplast time portal, and returning to different eras of Nosgoth\'s past in his relentless pursuit of Kain. Over the course of his journey, he unearths the mysteries of Nosgoth\'s ancient races, and exposes the secrets behind the corruption of the Pillars and the vampire genocide. Confronting the shadows of an unremembered past, Raziel discovers a web of destiny stretching eons into Nosgoth’s dim, unrecorded history. As his destiny comes full circle, he finds his personal vendetta transformed into a hero’s journey, with the fate of Nosgoth hanging in the balance


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This will give a little more advantage to the PS2 this fall when NGC and MS X-BOX hit\'s the shelves.

Hasn\'t this game been a PS2 exclusive since its cancellation on DC was announced several months ago?

No it was just not announced for any other platforms.


I have to believe Sony is no longer going to sit back and watch Microsoft  buy up exclusives. I don\'t think Sony wanted to get into a 3rd party exclusive game war, but obviously MS does

It will be interesting to see how far this  battle goes, if it doees  continue on.

Ok i understand.

Now, I think, developers can work only in the PS2 version, so it will be better...

Originally posted by ddaryl
No it was just not announced for any other platforms.


I have to believe Sony is no longer going to sit back and watch Microsoft  buy up exclusives. I don\'t think Sony wanted to get into a 3rd party exclusive game war, but obviously MS does

It will be interesting to see how far this  battle goes, if it doees  continue on.

I don\'t think it will last that long. I don\'t think that exclusivity means money to game designers or console developers. Console Developers have to pay a lot of money of a exclusivity and game designers can make more money selling their games in all consoles (especially if it\'s a good title like Soul Reaver 2)

RE:CV and SOA2 was "exclusive" to Dreamcast as well.

Originally posted by Lord of Darkness
RE:CV and SOA2 was "exclusive" to Dreamcast as well.

And no one said this game won\'t appear in other systems after a certain amount of time. Now, even if this exclusive is only for a year, thats still a year of appearing only on the PS2.