According to a new tweet from the official Tomb Raider feed, Crystal Dynamics will officially partner with Amazon Games to create the next Tomb Raider game. It will continue the story of the recent trilogy. A title and release window haven’t been announced, but the game is confirmed to be a “single-player, story-driven multiplatform adventure” that will release globally:
Amazon Games, previously Amazon Game Studios, has entered a relatively new path since their rebranding. They’re probably best known for Lost Ark right now, as well as the upcoming anime-style RPG Blue Protocol.
The existing trilogy of modern Tomb Raider games are all instant classics, receiving almost unanimous praise from fans and critics alike. While the horror vibes of the first reboot weren’t sustained long, the survival themes did.
Perhaps there could have been more puzzles, and the gunplay was a little rocky at times. But the action sequences are staged with a clever and exhilarating style. The exploration felt immersive, the characters and stories were compelling. These games set a gold standard for the adventure genre, and even the latest film adaptation of Tomb Raider borrowed heavily from them.
The new Tomb Raider game will be built in Unreal Engine 5, according to Amazon Game’s official blog post today. While some titles rely on technology as a novelty, Tomb Raider is a series that demands new features, and they should naturally fit the story.
Amazon Games also mentions “an environment that rewards exploration and creative pathfinding”, which suggests that the new game could have an open world setting again. The publisher is also determined to bring Tomb Raider to as many platforms as possible.
Both the publisher and Crystal Dynamics sound determined to make the next Tomb Raider their most ambitious project yet. As long as Amazon Games doesn’t disrupt Crystal Dynamics’ winning streak, this could be a very promising new relationship.
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