{"id":667384,"date":"2026-04-03T10:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/crystal-dynamics-issues-takedown-notice-following-tomb-raider-leak"},"modified":"2026-04-03T10:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:36:17","slug":"crystal-dynamics-issues-takedown-notice-following-tomb-raider-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/crystal-dynamics-issues-takedown-notice-following-tomb-raider-leak\/","title":{"rendered":"Crystal Dynamics issues takedown notice following Tomb Raider leak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/crystal-dynamics-issues-takedown-notice-following-tomb-raider-leak.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nOver the weekend, a leak with potential details of the next Tomb Raider game made its way around the internet. These details came from an audition script for a role in the game, and told of Lara Croft leading a team of younger tomb raiders as she deals with the isolation of success. <\/p>\n<p>\nNow, Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics has issued a DMCA takedown notice to the Sacred Symbols Patreon, which leaked the audition script in question &#8211; and in doing so pretty much verified the details as accurate. <\/p>\n<p>\nSacred Symbols has since released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bCrS79h40iA\">video<\/a> about this takedown, saying the company had &#8220;[forced] our hand&#8221; on the matter.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/crystal-dynamics-issues-takedown-notice-following-tomb-raider-leak\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/crystal-dynamics-issues-takedown-notice-following-tomb-raider-leak\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend, a leak with potential details of the next Tomb Raider game made its way around the internet. These details came from an audition script for a role in the game, and told of Lara Croft leading a team of younger tomb raiders as she deals with the isolation of success. Now, Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics has issued a DMCA takedown notice to the Sacred Symbols Patreon, which leaked the audition script in question &#8211; and in doing so pretty much verified the details as accurate. Sacred Symbols has since released a video about this takedown, saying the company had &#8220;[forced] our hand&#8221; on the matter. 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