New Tomb Raider Announced, Young Lara Featured

The reboot of the Devil May Cry franchise is simply called "Devil May Cry" or "DMC." The fresh Tomb Raider? ...you guessed it.

Today, Square-Enix has announced a new game from Crystal Dynamics, Tomb Raider. It deals with a young and inexperienced Lara Croft who finds herself in a Robinson Crusoe-like situation at the start of her harrowing adventure. Perhaps the developers are trying to explain how Lara became such a bad-ass survival and action/acrobatics expert; said the press release:

"After a brutal storm destroys the boat she was traveling on, a frightened young woman is left washed ashore on an unknown beach. On her own but not alone she has only one goal, to survive.

Here begins the first adventure for a young and inexperienced Lara Croft in a story which charts the journey of an ordinary woman who finds out just how far she must go in order to stay alive."

If you're trying to get a picture of the game in your head, maybe it'll be tougher than you think. Crystal Dynamics boss Darrell Gallagher said quite simply, "Forget everything you knew about Tomb Raider." He goes on to call it a "character-defining journey like no other," so he has managed to pique our curiosity.

Tomb Raider will make its worldwide debut in the January issue of Strategy Informer, which will be available to the public on December 11. We're definitely hoping for a quality reboot; we haven't seen much of Lara this generation, although we reassert that Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is one of the most complete, accomplished downloadable titles of 2010. Stay tuned for more on Tomb Raider.

Related Game(s): Tomb Raider

Tags: tomb raider, lara croft, square-enix, tomb raider ps3

12/6/2010 10:35:49 AM Ben Dutka

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MadKatBebop
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 10:49:13 AM
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Hopefully this works out for them. Tomb Raider has kinda been off for the last few games but still fun. I hope it doesn't suck, Id like to play another Tomb Raider game.

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Amazingskillz
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 11:26:32 AM
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There is no question that Tombraider 2 was the best of the franchise. The snowmobiles, Yeti, trampolines, Sharks, Opera House, Venice, wall of china etc. were the best. If they can recreate that magic then I will be the first to buy this. I played just about every other tombraider game after that and none of them could compare. Honestly speaking, if the producers/designers were on Naughty Dogs level. The Tombraider franchise would destroy Uncharted. Lets face it, who would you rather look at while playing? Lara or Nate Drake? However, if Chloe Frazier had her own game I would buy that over Nate and Lara. Lara's body just cant touch Chloes. Anyway, its good to hear that they haven't given up on Lara. She's an icon. Hopefully they will do her justice with this new installment. That Guardian of light was a waste to me. Top down 3 quarter video games and side scrollers are played and tired. Anyway bring on some new Lara!

Last edited by Amazingskillz on 12/6/2010 11:26:48 AM

6 up, 3 down

MadKatBebop
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 12:03:03 PM

In my opinion Lara has a way better body the Chloe, but that's just me.

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Clamedeus
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 5:07:07 PM

<3 Chloe.

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WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 6:26:49 PM

Chloe's ass has no competition.

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LegendaryWolfeh
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 8:28:36 PM

If only I liked the 'promiscuous girl attitude' she brings, Elena > Chloe.

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556pineapple
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 12:10:05 PM
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Not that I have doubts about this game, but what's the deal with all the reboots lately? It seems to be a new fad, and not just in gaming either.

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A2K78
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 12:15:21 PM
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"Perhaps the developers are trying to explain how Lara became such a bad-ass survival and action/acrobatics expert; said the press release"

I could clearly tell you never played Tomb Raider 4, this when the game was clearly a prequel to Tomb Raider.

anyhow argument aside, it would be interesting to see how further SE destroy this franhise as Eidos have. Still though its quite a shame that Adrian and Jermey Heath-Smith bailed on this franchise, this given the fact they really knew how to navigate this series and knew what the old school fans wanted.

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Sithis
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 12:18:54 PM
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Will this be a downloadable title as well?

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Norrin Radd
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 12:20:59 PM
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Have to say I am excited for this one. I bought a PS One to play the original game. I agree with Aamzingskillz, the second game was definitely the best of the bunch. I like the direction they say they are going with the reboot. If it plays like Uncharted, I'll be even happier. I just hope they don't fail in the execution of, what I think, is a great idea. The official site, tombraider.com, shows it coming to multiple platforms, but, IMO, Lara's home is the Playstation. Keeping fingers crossed...........

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White_Mocha
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 9:43:26 AM

i agree 100% with that. i love the Lara Croft games, not because you're looking at a certain someone from behind all game when things get boring (ha), but also because there is a good story-telling aspect to it. not to mention the action always gets crazy every now and then

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Lawless SXE
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 12:33:33 PM
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Why can't we just have a Lara that hunts treasure for the sake of it, as she has done in the past? See, this is why I dislike Hollywood. It is already having an adverse effect on the games industry with the constant need for reboots. I'd be happy if this were filed as an original idea, I'd probably even be happy if this were considered a new entry into the franchise, but using the word 'reboot' is just annoying.
Peace.

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Wissam
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 1:16:32 PM
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Its kind of inspired by the new aya(3d birthday)
but that's just me. they are SE after all.
unlike dmc this look like a promising reboot.

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TheCrazyMerc
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 2:46:14 PM
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So is she flat chested?

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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 3:00:52 PM

Bet not.

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Norrin Radd
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 3:47:42 PM

Why do you think video game manufacturers originally started using the term "reveal"? Thank you, Lara. ;)

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Maiq The Liar
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 3:52:05 PM

TheCrazyMerc - I knew somebody would ask that LOL!

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Snaaaake
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 6:06:37 PM

She better not be, I used to love staring at my Tomb Raider III cover.

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Alienange
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 4:05:56 PM
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Looks like she's going to get rather messed up. Going to put her through some of the hell Kratos had to endure, are we? Going to kill off someone she loves perhaps? Get her hand blown off and replaced by cybernetics? Come on guys, stop teasing! Which one will it be?

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NoOneSpecial
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 4:12:42 PM

Even when shes all bloodied up like that, she still hot......that may not be healthy

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Orvisman
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 4:34:43 PM
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Ben,

The game makes its debut in the January issue of Game Informer, not Strategy Informer.

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StangMan80
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 4:42:42 PM
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multiplatform, not interested. I been wanting a new tomb raider game for a while. I want the best that Video games can give you and so far Sony is the only people that can do that.

I don't like how this game sounds, I want a game that plays like uncharted but totally unique, I want her to be haunting for treasures like the original.

well there are still hopes for my other reboots, Jet moto, Crash and MGS 1 and 2.
For MGS 1 and 2 I want it with the same story line but with voice acting and amazing HD graphics.

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mehrab2603
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 5:05:28 PM
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Hey Crystal Dynamics,enough with milking Lara Croft ;), revive the Legacy of Kain series now.Oh wait, it doesn't have enough boobs needed for modern gamers to warrant a reboot.sad :'(

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CH1N00K
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 6:03:44 PM
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This makes sense. The Tombraider franchise has been slowly dying a horrible death. But then Uncharted comes along and shows that the treasure hunter games are still in demand. I'd love to see this series revitalized. For how it began, it definitely deserves more effort put into then what the last few installments have been.

Although if Marky Mark does a have decent playing as Drake in the new Movie... How much you want to bet that we're going to see a Drake and Lara joint Hollywood adventure somewhere down the road....I hope not, but you guys know that someone in LA is already typing up a crappy script...There's already been discussion of who will replace Jolie...

I can picture it now...Drake and Croft getting ready to get into a a little PG-13 Hot and heavy petting, when Harrison Ford swings through the window on his Indiana Jones Whip yelling "No Drake! You can't nail this top heavy woman! She's your sister and I'm your Father!!"

Or something like that....Oh the horrors...

Last edited by CH1N00K on 12/6/2010 6:15:20 PM

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Oyashiro
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 7:31:53 PM

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! /Vader

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Snaaaake
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 7:56:52 PM

Nathan and Lara Jones?!

Last edited by Snaaaake on 12/6/2010 7:57:03 PM

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CH1N00K
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 9:21:20 PM

If I find out a movie about those three come out, am I allowed to use this website as proof of copyright infringement? And then sue the producers of such a horrible movie for ever making it in the first place? lol..

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Snaaaake
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 6:07:47 PM
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Now this is one franchise definitely needs a reboot, take some cue from Naughty Dog, that's how it is now.

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Temjin001
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 8:07:23 PM
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That picture strikes me as very masculine. She nearly looks like a guy.

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GuyverLT
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 8:15:16 PM

HMMMMM...you know what she does a little bit but that probably from all the cuts and dirt.

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Temjin001
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 9:16:39 PM

yeah, it's a number of things: the dirty unkempt hair; her strong brow ridge and harder edged nose curvatures. When it comes to feminine portrayal in the media, these features aren't norms.

The lips, though, aren't masculine.
She has a tom-boy'ish look to her from what I can see. She just needs that backwards baseball cap =p

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BikerSaint
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 9:35:18 PM

Naaaahh,
she just uses that "Ahhh, manly, but I like it too", Irish Spring soap.

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GuyverLT
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 8:10:39 PM
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Games that I would like to see get reboots(games that deserve reboots):

Soul Reaver Series
Legacy of Kain Series
Bushido Blade Series
Tenchu Series
Onimusha Series
Shinobi
NightShade
Wild Arms Series

Last edited by GuyverLT on 12/6/2010 8:16:21 PM

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Temjin001
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 9:17:55 PM

I'd be all over Shinobi/Nightshade

And for the record, Shinobi is harder than NG =)

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CH1N00K
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 9:22:18 PM

I was kind of surprised that there wasn't a bushido blade in the Move release titles...the POV mode in that game was original for it's time, it would have been a perfect compelment for the Move...

And yeah bring on the Onimusha..another I wouldn't mind seeing is another proper version of Tenchu...You know, from back when Activision put some effort into making a game.

Last edited by CH1N00K on 12/6/2010 9:30:04 PM

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GuyverLT
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 10:38:09 PM

@Temjin001 I agree Shinobi was butt harder than NG but it would be sick to see what it would look like the PS3 same goes for NightShade it was a pretty good game also it definitely had allot of potenial.

@CH1N00K Bushido Blade was my favorite fighting game It would be nice to see it make a come back because the fighting game genre is lacking in the variety department only games you can chose from are SSFIV ,Tekken 6, or Blaze Blue. A Tenchu reboot would be awesome if they made it right of course it started sucking after the games went multi-plat. I really don't need say much about why the need to reboot Onimusha I'm sure you already know the reasons.

Last edited by GuyverLT on 12/6/2010 10:39:27 PM

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Temjin001
Tuesday, December 07, 2010 @ 9:38:38 AM

Shinobi brought back black holes of death: miss a jump and NO!
It also had a camera that was impossible to master. WHen people complain about NG's camera it suggests to me that they haven't learned how to control it right. BUt Shinobi (thinks of Moth Boss) you're making leaps of faith at times.
Nightshade was tons easier. I still liked it though.

I hope those two get a HD release for PS3.

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GuyverLT
Tuesday, December 07, 2010 @ 11:16:08 AM

I've this before but I would also like to see the Road Rash games come back too.

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White_Mocha
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 9:44:54 AM

i'm gonna put Legends of Dragoon in there as well because that game was awesome. If they could revamp that, I'll die from excitement

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SubjectiveTruth
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 9:23:06 PM
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I really don't like my copy of underworld, regret buying it.

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AshT
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 9:24:05 PM
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If it is anything like Uncharted, i'll buy it

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BikerSaint
Monday, December 06, 2010 @ 9:41:45 PM
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Kind of Ironic a new LCTR game pops up today....as I just bought a new copy "Anniversary" earlier today

(FYI, it's only $5 at 5Below stores).

Last edited by BikerSaint on 12/6/2010 9:42:53 PM

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jami
Tuesday, December 07, 2010 @ 9:03:02 AM
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http://forums.n4g.com/tm.aspx?high=&m=875649&mpage=1#875649

=)

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Norrin Radd
Tuesday, December 07, 2010 @ 2:04:31 PM
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Got my GI today in the mail. Anyone hoping for giant gozongas, well, you're going to be disappointed. BUT, the new design and direction for the game look very very good!

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stgclawson
Thursday, December 09, 2010 @ 10:52:58 AM
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There is about a 6 page spread about this game in the Game Informer magazine I received 2 days ago. It talks all about her new looks and the direction of the game. I think it looks great! If you want to read more, get the newest Game Informer. She is on the cover.

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pillz81
Saturday, December 18, 2010 @ 10:27:09 AM
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It is great to see a Lara that doesn't look like a hi res cg cartoon lady.

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