Rumor: New Open-World Tomb Raider In The Works
See Full ImageTomb Raider isn't as big as it once was, which is evident with the release of the downloadable title, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light.
But might we see another full production soon? According to Eurogamer citing an advance copy of PC Gamer, a new Tomb Raider is indeed in the works, and it'll feature an open-world structure and a younger Lara Croft. The game is in development at Eidos and will be published by Square-Enix and is apparently destined to reboot the series once again. The story? A young, not-so-cocky and less experienced Lara finds herself on a mysterious Japanese island with plenty of jungles and dangers. Puzzles, enemies, and other obstacles should await her and if the information is correct, this new - hopefully promising - adventure is slated to arrive in late 2011 for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. The competition keeps getting stiffer in the third-person adventure category, as the new king is undeniably Nathan Drake and Co.; Naughty Dog's Uncharted games are about the stiffest competition one can find anywhere.
But hey, everyone still loves Lara, right? Maybe it'll be a big ol' blockbuster and remind us of the '90s. By the way, Guardian of Light is out now on the Xbox Live Marketplace and will come to the PS3 and PC next week.
Tags: lara croft, tomb raider, guardian of light, square-enix
9/21/2010 8:51:40 PM John Shepard
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LimitedVertigo
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 @ 9:56:52 PM
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Alienange
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 @ 10:09:58 PM
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LimitedVertigo
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 @ 9:58:06 PM
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Give it a shot, the series bores me now.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 @ 10:03:23 PM
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StangMan80
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 @ 10:33:02 PM
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I don't know how an open world would work but sounds cool. Just make Lora look good, example nothing like the pic for the article.
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tes37
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 @ 10:55:13 PM
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I used to love Tomb Raider when it first hit PSOne. I thought it had a lot more potential than what was ever achieved with the franchise. They could still give us a good game, hopefully.
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Kangasfwa
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 @ 10:58:48 PM
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This game needs to be "open-world" like the original Farcry and for goodness sake please make the gunplay fun this time.
Last edited by Kangasfwa on 9/21/2010 11:01:10 PM
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Temjin001
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 @ 2:00:12 AM
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LegendaryWolfeh
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 @ 2:28:06 AM
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no wonder people expect this to be a 'golden age' of gaming...if they keep rebooting back to the original when the game was great...but sadly half these reboots are becoming worse...coughdmccough...anywayz
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___________
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 @ 3:47:45 AM
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id rather a pandemonium collection though, than a reboot of the series.
pandemonium R&C and crash bandicoot are by far the best franchises ever created!!!!!!!
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Orvisman
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JackC8
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A2K78
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 @ 9:42:28 AM
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Speaking of Core, my only criticism of them...after years of loyalty to SEGA(especially since how SEGA of Japan and Core Design had a very close relationship),they decided to take Tomb Raider multiplatform leaving the Saturn without a strong title to take on the PS1.
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Bandit King
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Alienange
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010 @ 9:52:47 PM
What they're describing there sounds a lot like Just Cause 2. That kind of crazy gameplay with the collecting of relics, a good story and a hot looking Lara would be an insta-buy for me.