Updated on 4/6/2022 at 1:15 p.m
- A new installment in the Tomb Raider series has been announced.
- Little information is known yet, but a detail regarding the graphics is already certain.
- The Lara Croft adventure is implemented using the recently released Unreal Engine 5.
Crystal Dynamics, the makers of Tomb Raider games, announced a new adventure starring Lara Croft. The plan was revealed during the stream of publisher Epic’s State of Unreal 2022 show.
Its new Unreal Engine 5, which was also used to create the sensational “Matrix Awakens” demo, is said to be the graphics engine for the upcoming “Tomb Raider” game.
Sparse information regarding the new “Tomb Raider” game
Apart from the announcement of a new “Tomb Raider” game and the fact that it will be produced with the new Unreal Engine 5, the information is still sparse. Dallas Dickinson, general manager of the “Tomb Raider” franchise, announced a “high quality and cinematic action-adventure experience”. Neither story nor locations were named. A release date is also unclear.
It is speculated that the title will probably only come in two to three years. The question of whether the Lara Croft adventure will only appear for PC and the new console generation PS5 and Xbox Series X/S or also for the previous models PS4 and Xbox One or even for the switch is also unclear.
According to Dallas Dickinson, the project is only at the beginning of development. It is the first “Tomb Raider” game following the 2018 released “Shadow Of The Tomb Raider”, which marked the provisional end of a reboot trilogy.
In addition to the new “Tomb Raider” will also the next The Witcher game implemented using Unreal Engine 5. In addition, it is known that they are also used in TV series such as “The Mandalorian”.
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