US Edition'Tomb Raider' Lara Croft to star in two new games 30 years on
- Last week at the Game Awards, Crystal Dynamics announced two Tomb Raider games: Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis due next year and Tomb Raider: Catalyst set for 2027, both published by Amazon Game Studios.
- As part of the 30th anniversary next year, Crystal Dynamics framed the projects as a "love letter by fans, for fans" and aims to make Lara Croft a multimedia flagship with Amazon Prime Video, enabled by Fellowship Entertainment, Embracer subsidiary.
- Built from scratch on Unreal 5 engine, Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis is co-developed by Flying Wild Hog, with Will Kerslake, project director, saying `You want it to feel like it felt when you played the first time, but play like a modern game`.
- Amazon Game Studios is publishing the games and also develops the Sophie Turner‑led Prime Video series, while Crystal Dynamics said layoffs happened as recently as last month and the remake is managed by a different team.
- Sharing tech and daily meetings, Crystal Dynamics said teams share assets and meet daily with Amazon creatives to coordinate the Tomb Raider franchise continuity while Catalyst moves the timeline forward.
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Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis Will Have to Adjust the Original Game's Brutal Difficulty for 'Modern Player Tastes,' but Dev Insists You'll Still See 'Big Rolling Balls'
The team behind the reimagining of the original Lara Croft adventure, Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, have opened up on how they're approaching the 1996 game's difficulty and instakills, acknowledging it will have to be adjusted for "modern player tastes."Speaking at a press event and captured by GamesRadar+, Crystal Dynamics' game director Will Kerslake said: "part of reimagining a game right is adjusting that game evolving for modern player t…
The US studio Crystal Dynamics revealed more details about its upcoming titles dedicated to "Tomb Raider", as a "remake" of the first video game of the saga and an original creation also starring Lara Croft. The famous heroine will return to PlayStation, Xbox and PC next year on "Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis", a "remake" of the first game released in 1996. And 2027 will arrive "Tomb Raider: Catalyst", the next installment of the saga, which h…
Tomb Raider Remake Will Be Easier To Cater For "Modern Player Tastes"
Crystal Dynamics announced Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis last week at The Game Awards, calling it a reimagining of the original 1996 Tomb Raider. While the studio wants to stay faithful to the original, it has also said it plans to tone down the brutal difficulty of the nearly 30-year-old PlayStation 1 game.Speaking in a press conference, as reported by GamesRadar, Crystal Dynamics developer Will Kerslake was asked about adapting the original …
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis: Rebuilt Combat and Exploration in the Remake
Lara Croft’s very first adventure is getting a full remake, and according to Crystal Dynamics, the legacy of the original developers at Core Design is being honored while modern gameplay expectations are fully embraced. One of the biggest surprises at The Game Awards was the reveal of Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis. While fans already knew that Crystal Dynamics was working on a new Tomb Raider title, the announcement of a remake of the belove…
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