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Lara Croft is coming back for another game soon. Hide your tombs.
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Lara Croft hasn’t raided a tomb since 2018’s Shadow of the Tomb Raider, but that’s set to change soon. As announced at the recent State of Unreal 2022 event, a new Tomb Raider game is on the way. Details on the upcoming adventure are scarce so far, but given fans’ love of the long-running and generally excellent series, the announcement is already plenty to get excited about.
Do we know the new Tomb Raider game’s release date?
Unfortunately not. The April 5, 2022 announcement was the first public reveal of the game, so it’s likely whiles off. In the announcement, Tomb Raider series general manager Dallas Dickinson said the team has “just started development of our next Tomb Raider game. ” It’s so early that not even a tentative title for the next game has been revealed.
Is there a trailer for the new Tomb Raider game?
Neither a trailer nor screenshots have been released yet, but you can watch the full (very short) announcement of the game on YouTube.
Crystal Dynamics officially announces the next Tomb Raider game.
Who is making the next Tomb Raider?
The creator of Tomb Raider, Core Design, hasn’t been involved with the series since 2003’s poorly received Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness. Several studios have released spin-offs and ports since then, but the main series games have been handled by Crystal Dynamics. The next game is again being handled by the Square Enix subsidiary, which is also partnering with The Initiative to make a Perfect Dark reboot.
It’s worth noting that Days Gone director Jeff Ross announced he’s joining Crystal Dynamics as design director the same day as the Tomb Raider announcement.
However, it hasn’t been confirmed whether he’ll be working on Lara Croft’s next adventure or one of the studio’s other games.
Crystal Dynamics published a series of well-received Tomb Raider games from 2013 to 2018.
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What do we know about the next Tomb Raider’s gameplay?
In the game’s announcement, Dickinson described the next Tomb Raider as “a high-quality cinematic action-adventure experience.” Though there’s been plenty of variation in the series, all mainline Tomb Raider games have focused on third-person action, puzzle-solving, and platforming. It’s a safe bet that the next entry won’t stray too far from that formula, and the mention of it being “cinematic” could indicate that storytelling will be a major priority, as it was in Crystal Dynamics’ most recent Tomb Raider trilogy.
When will the next Tomb Raider game take place?
Crystal Dynamics didn’t reveal any details about the next Tomb Raider game’s plot or setting during the State of Unreal, but franchise director Will Kerslake dropped some hints in a 2021 community update.
Kerslake said Crystal Dynamics wants to tell stories that take place after both the studio’s own Tomb Raider trilogy, which explored Lara’s origins, and the earlier games, which feature her as an experienced adventurer. That means the next game will likely focus on world-shaking adventure’s in the explorer’s later career. He also noted the goal is to eventually “unify” the timelines of the existing games.
Crystal Dynamics celebrates 25 years of Tomb Raider in this 2021 update.
What does Unreal Engine 5 mean for the next Tomb Raider game?
While you can’t infer much about a game based on its engine, the State of Unreal event did include some impressive footage of Unreal Engine 5 in action. The engine will likely help Crystal Dynamics “push the envelope of fidelity” with cutting-edge graphics, as Dickinson said in his presentation.
The recent tech demo The Matrix Awakens ran on Unreal Engine 5, which could give you a hint of what the new engine is capable of.
CD Projekt Red also recently announced that the next Witcher game will run on Unreal Engine 5.
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Two Tomb Raider games just got last-minute delays into 2023
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Two Tomb Raider games that were scheduled for a 2022 release on the Nintendo Switch have slipped into 2023.
Although we already know a new Tomb Raider title is in the works, series spinoffs Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris and Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, which had been announced to launch on the Nintendo Switch in 2022, now won’t be out until later.
As part of an Ask-Me-Anything thread on the Feral Interactive Twitter page, the game devs have admitted that the games’ launches have both slipped to 2023.
This last-minute delay means you’ll have to cancel plans to play either title over the holidays (on Switch at least; both games are available on other platforms).
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Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light was first released in 2010 for Xbox, PS3, and PC platforms, as well as iOS devices like the iPod, iPad, and Apple computers. Unlike other Tomb Raider games, you control Lara in an isometric view, treating her more like link in the old 2D Zelda games, than the dungeon invader we first met on the original PlayStation. Another change up in Guardian of Light was that it turned Lara’s adventures into a co-op game, with the option to control either Lara or a 2,000 year old Mayan warrior named Totec. You could also play it as a single-player campaign without him, meaning no pesky AI-controlled Totec getting in the way.
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris is the 2014 sequel, released on the Xbox One, PS4, Stadia, and PC platforms respectively. It possessed similar stylings to its predecessor, again featuring multiplayer elements – this time, for up to four players, each with different weapons and abilities to allow you to choose the character that best fits your desired gameplay.
Back in 2021, both games were announced for a Switch release, with the original release intended for 2022. With just a few days left in the year, Feral Interactive announced the delay on Twitter, saying that it “look[s] forward to sharing more in the new year,” but a concrete release date has not yet been given.
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90,000 PS Plus January brings Star Wars, Fallout 76 and more!
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January PS Plus games promise a rich experience for subscribers to Sony’s online services.
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- Star Wars Jedi: The Fall of Order
- Fallout 76
- Axiom of the Edge 2
- How to redeem PS Plus January games
Goodbye to December, and with it information about the next monthly PS Plus games. The January edition of PS Plus will feature three new titles for PlayStation 4 and/or PlayStation 5 targeting different audiences: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Fallout 76 and Axiom Verge 2!
In addition to Plus Essential , these games will be available to users who have subscribed to the service Extra ou Premium ! Learn a little more about all of them and how to redeem them!
Star Wars Jedi: Fall of the Order
Like Fallout and MMO? Then this game might be perfect for you — much of the US is a post-apocalyptic region where players must band together to explore and rebuild society — while dealing with power-hungry factions and horrific mutants.
Although the initial reception of the game was not the best, Bethesda still maintains the game to this day and added a few new features and stories to the title, making it a curious addition to the universe Fallout .
Axiom of the Edge 2
Treat Metroidvania fans, Axiom of the Edge 2 rounds out the top three games for PS Plus in January. As the sequel to one of the most popular games in the genre, this game expands on everything that made its predecessor so successful, with more intense boss fights and environments with more options to explore — all with the franchise’s charming retro style.
How to redeem PS Plus January games
Free PS Plus games are available to anyone with an active PlayStation service subscription, as long as they are available during the period the games are available, in this case October 4th (Tuesday) to October 31st (Monday).
The three current plans available in Brazil (Essentials, Extra and Premium) can redeem games that will be available during the aforementioned period.
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