Amazon’s newest foray into online game publishing will star Lara Croft. The firm introduced a brand new cope with developer Crystal Dynamics, which is able to see it publish the subsequent entry within the long-running Tomb Raider collection. Crystal Dynamics will deal with improvement, with Amazon “providing full support and publishing the game globally.”

The studio revealed it was engaged on a brand new Tomb Raider earlier this yr as a part of a showcase for Epic’s Unreal Engine game-making instruments. Very few particulars can be found in the mean time, however it’s described as “a single-player, narrative-driven adventure that continues  Lara Croft’s story in the Tomb Raider series.” Amazon says the sport, which is able to make the most of Unreal Engine 5, will likely be multiplatform and is at present in “early development.” No phrase but on when it is likely to be launched.

All of these titles are live-service, on-line video games, so the Tomb Raider deal represents a considerably new area for Amazon. “Amazon Games is committed to bringing players games of the highest quality, from the best developers, across all variety of platforms and genres, and we’re honored by the opportunity to work with this storied developer and franchise,” Christoph Hartmann, VP of Amazon Games, stated of the deal in an announcement.