Lara Croft is making a return with the assistance of Amazon Games. The firm will publish the subsequent title, which Crystal Dynamics is growing. Amazon stated the studio is utilizing to craft the most important and most expansive Tomb Raider sport so far.

It’ll possible be a number of years earlier than you may get your palms on the subsequent Tomb Raider sport, which is coming to a number of platforms. It’s nonetheless in early improvement, however Amazon says it will retain the entire franchise’s hallmarks. This will likely be a single-player sport with “an environment that rewards exploration and creative pathfinding.” Naturally, you may resolve puzzles and battle quite a lot of enemies. The sport will proceed Lara’s story fairly than being one other reboot (so it is most likely not going to be the Tomb Raider 2 remake ).

This would be the first mainline Tomb Raider sport since 2018’s (cell title Tomb Raider Reloaded arrived earlier this yr). Embracer Group not too long ago purchased Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montreal and Square Enix Montreal from Square Enix . Embracer snagged the mental property rights to Tomb Raider, Deus Ex and dozens of different video games from Square Enix as properly. The gaming large additionally plans to revive Deus Ex in Unreal Engine 5.

“Crystal Dynamics has an extraordinary opportunity following our acquisition by Embracer to redefine what a publishing relationship is for Tomb Raider,” Crystal Dynamics head of studio Scot Amos . “Transformative is what we’re looking for, and with Amazon Games, we found a team that shares our creative vision, ambitions and values for a Lara Croft universe across the spectrum of possibilities. They’re uniquely positioned to rewrite what publishing and development collaborations are, and we’re eager to forge this new path together, starting with building the biggest and best Tomb Raider game yet!”

Amazon has been making extra waves in sport publishing not too long ago. It had when it introduced Smilegate’s Lost Ark to North America, South America and Europe earlier this yr. Last week, Amazon that it’ll convey Bandai Namco’s upcoming free-to-play multiplayer RPG Blue Protocol to the west. Amazon Games will likely be transferring into new territory with Tomb Raider, as that will likely be its first single-player narrative title.