Crystal Dynamics is working with Geocaching.com for the upcoming release of Tomb Raider. Geocaching reportedly represent a rapidly growing community of over 5 million participants seeking over 1.6 million active geocaches hidden globally in locations such as Times Square, the Berlin Wall, and Great Wall of China.
In a press release, Square Enix reveal that over the past 11 years, the team at Geocaching.com has been busy creating the world’s largest location-based real-world treasure hunting experience, and that millions of avid geocachers download Geocaching.com’s mobile App or use a traditional GPS device to hunt for caches every month, documenting an average of over 180,000 geocaching experiences each day.
Crystal Dynamics and Geocaching.com are teaming up to create a series of unique location-based adventures to which they say, “truly embody the spirit of Tomb Raider and Lara Croft’s drive to become an explorer.” Crystal Dynamics will be using both the traditional Geocaching.com treasure hunting format to develop these adventures, as well as “Groundspeak’s latest photo-based adventure project, Geocaching Challenges,” states the press release.
“We are truly excited to be working on a series of exclusive gaming initiatives with Groundspeak,” said Karl Stewart, global brand director for TOMB RAIDER and Crystal Dynamics. “As a longtime fan of Geocaching, it’s the perfect fit for TOMB RAIDER and to be able to create a series of worldwide Geocaching treasure hunts for TOMB RAIDER is going to be a lot of fun.”
”Many of us have been playing TOMB RAIDER since the first game launched in 1996, and we are excited that Geocaching.com is partnering with Crystal Dynamics on this project” said Jeremy Irish, CEO of Groundspeak. “TOMB RAIDER is all about exploration and discovery. It inspires the adventurer in all of us, much like geocaching does, and we are excited about the opportunities that this project presents for both geocachers and TOMB RAIDER fans worldwide.”
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