A brand new Tomb Raider recreation could also be within the works, based on current rumors. Reportedly, the upcoming recreation takes Lara Croft to India and contains a huge, seamless, open world. Lara will even reportedly have a parachute and motorbike to traverse the surroundings.
New open-world Tomb Raider recreation reportedly launching in lower than a yr
The leak comes from a twitter person going by V Scooper, who has a popularity as a dependable supply. “Subsequent TOMB RAIDER recreation shall be absolutely open world and set in India,” reads their put up. “That includes huge sceneries, free use of the motorbike, parachute, and customary Lara’s traversal strategies to unrestrictedly navigate throughout a giant map and its challenges.” They added that it ought to launch in lower than a yr, assuming there aren’t any delays, “However this isn’t completely locked.” In addition they stated there can be extra data “quickly.”
As with all leaks, followers ought to deal with this one with a wholesome diploma of skepticism. Nonetheless, this isn’t the primary indication {that a} new Tomb Raider recreation was on the way in which comparatively quickly. Notably, Crystal Dynamics revealed the brand new “unified” Lara Croft again in February. The studio additionally confirmed final yr that Embracer Group’s downsizing wouldn’t impression Tomb Raider or Excellent Darkish, although that assertion was fairly some time in the past.
The final fully new mainline Tomb Raider recreation was Shadow of the Tomb Raider, which concluded the “Survivor Trilogy” in 2018. The 2013, 2015, and 2018 video games had some open-world components however have been nonetheless primarily linear. A very open-world recreation may very well be a wonderful solution to launch the subsequent part of this long-running sequence. Nevertheless, it would rely upon how nicely Crystal Dynamics balances amount with high quality.