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Tomb Raider Reboot To Be Revealed In Game Informer

Rumor no more! The long-rumored Tomb Raider reboot will unveiled in the December issue of Game Informer.

As speculated, the next Tomb Raider game will be unveiled in this coming issue of Game Informer magazine, publisher Square Enix announced this morning. Digital Game Informer has since released the cover art for said issue, which shows a battered and gashed Lara Croft with a bow slung over her right shoulder. You can also see a ravaged ship in the distance and dark storm clouds above.
  
Long-time Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics will be heading up the project, which will probably be a reboot of the franchise. According to a Square Enix, this game (simply titled "Tomb Raider") will feature a "young and inexperienced" (as well as an "ordinary") Lara Croft who "finds out just how far she must go in order to stay alive" after her ship wrecks on a beach.   
 
"Forget everything you knew about Tomb Raider," said Darrell Gallagher, head of Crystal Dynamics in a press release. "This is an origins story that creates Lara Croft and takes her on a character defining journey like no other." 
  
Here's that Game Informer cover, by the way:  


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No other details (including platforms) have been released, but, if you do want to learn more about this title, just purchase the January issue of GI, as it'll have 10 whole pages dedicated to Tomb Raider. 

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If anyone wants to look at a few magazine pictures and transcriptions of the text 
http://www.tombraiderforums.com/showthread.php?t=175919
 
Looking at it I still really don't know it looks marvelous but a little disturbing and sadistic. Never mind that, all opinions are out until launch day.

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@Tru3_Blu3:  
 
Uh, if a franchise has withered, then it's probably due for a massive change. Underworld wasn't very well liked from what I remembered.
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Edited By OldManLollipop

So is this the second franchise reboot or the third?

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DEM LIPS
 
 
!@BR4DL3I9H: 
I always regard the Unchartered series as more of a third person shooter than a ancient ruin plundering game.
 
The exploration aspect in the UC series is kinda... non existent.

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What are with all of these reboots of franchises that were alright to begin with? Are they scared that their sales won't reach the casual target audience?

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I may be way off the mark here, but it seems to me that they have seen that naughty dog has made an excellent game in the same game and trying to imitate them. I am not saying it's a bad thing, but kinda funny that it's a game that takes inspiration from a game that took inspiration from the first game series. Looking good though.

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NOW EVEN MUDDIER THAN UNDERWORLD!!! lol :)

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Cool.

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Looking forward to it! I wonder how different this will actually be.

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Damn I must've missed the article that announced that this article would be announcing the announcement of the reboot of the Tombraider franchise.

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Ugh. Looks like she had a night out with Chris Brown.

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@anterline: Meh at just a magazine cover?
I think you'd need a bit more to base that off of
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Series has had more reboots than Keifer Sutherland in Flatliners.

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She looks a little too much like Hilary Swank IMO...but I'm hoping this is just art created specifically for this cover.  If not...it might be a tad weird playing as a fake Swank with a british accent.

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@Nomin: Hear, hear
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Screw the haters, Tomb Raider is the most underrated game series of this generation. By faaaaar. Crystal Dynamics did an amazing job with the franchise.

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I don't care as long as the bosom is large and supple. 

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She looks like she just escaped from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre..

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I'd prefer if this wasn't a full-on reboot.  Far too many game series seem to be taking that route lately as the easy way out.  I'm all for a game about a younger, more inexperienced Lara, though.

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@fazzle said:
" Was the world really asking for a gritty, dark Tomb Raider? "
i just want a tomb raider with like zero plot, good controls, good gameplay and that sweet, sweet ayass
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Uncharted with boobs is exactly what they need to achieve. Otherwise this reboot will go about as well as the last one, which was only what... 4 years ago. 
 
Also something about that art makes me think they are going to try and make her American. Anyone else get that vibe?

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@MushroomSamba: It sounds absolutely bonkers, I really wonder what they are going to with this game, sounds really quite brutal and action oriented I'm not sure quite what to think of it, on the one hand it's awesome but on the other I think it feels a bit wrong for Lara to be in like situations. 
 
The only true words I have are "What the fuck is going to happen?"
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I loved playing Tomb Raider 2 back in the day, and just recently started playing Tomb Raider Underworld. I really miss the Tomb Raider gameplay, but the character they made Lara Croft into really didn't interest me. I have a feeling we'll see a more 'every man' character similar to Nathan Drake from Uncharted, and I actually think it'll be for the better. She needs flaws.

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So this is Girl Uncharted?

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I just got the magazine, and I scanned through the article. The in-game model looks great, and she finally has a realistic rack after all these years. She also seems to have stolen Elena's outfit from the first Uncharted. 
 
Anyway, the cover is pretty awesome up close, one of my favorites of the new GI. 

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"HEY! I HEARD THAT THEY'RE REBOOTING THE TOMB RAIDER SERIES!" 
 
"AGAIN?" 
 
"YUP."

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Yep. The amount of caring I have for Tomb Raider is still non-existent. Also: Boobs.

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' "Forget everything you knew about Tomb Raider," said Darrell Gallagher, head of Crystal Dynamics in a press release. "This is an origins story that creates Lara Croft and takes her on a character defining journey like no other." ' 
 
If I only had a dollar for every time I've heard that... I think I might have enough to buy a whole new Tomb Raider reboot.
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HOT! 
 Lara looks like a real woman now.

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Ooh, you dirty little minx...

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For.
 
@AuthenticM said:

" If they are really dead serious on rebooting the whole thing and getting rid of its convoluted and tarnished past, they should drop the fucking Tomb Raider moniker. Just call it Lara Croft: [INSERT SUBTITLE] "
Also for.

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 "Lara Croft  "finds out just how far she must go in order to stay alive" after her ship wrecks on a beach." 
 
Makes me wonder if there will be any actual tomb raiding in the entire game. 

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@Overwatch said:
" Shee looks a bit like Hilary Swank. "
of all the "she looks like..." things people have been saying i think i agree with this the most
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 I'd be OK with this look instead, put pants on her if you absolutely have to.
 I'd be OK with this look instead, put pants on her if you absolutely have to.

IMO - I'd rather see the Legacy of Kain series continue, or reboot. but.....  
...what's with the She-Butch Lesbiman concept, CD?   It's weirding me out. I'm all for making her appear a bit more real, but do so in a way that doesn't resemble the manliest looking anime male. 
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Lara Croft: Blood on the Tits

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@Terrents said:
"stop making tomb raider cystral dyamics :( and make another legacy of kain game! "

I agree and disagree... :S ??? 
 
Make another GOL with Laura and i will be soo happy. and yes!!! ALL MIGHTY GOD AND DEVILS! MAKE ANOTHER LOK GAME!! Or ship a remake of Soul Reaver to psn/live! Im dreaming... i know:(
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Tomb Raider article with the words "battered" and "gash" sweet...

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The new look is kinda cool. Hope it turns out.

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That's cool. Tomb Raider is a series that could have used a fresh coat of paint ages ago.

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Seems like they're always rebooting the franchise nowadays...
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Uncharted with Boobs...  
 
Naughty Dog has raised the bar so high on Third Person action platformers, I don't see any way this can compete.  
 
P.S. I'm only now beating Uncharted 2, and I'm in love. Color me biased.

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The artwork has made me very excited! And NO not in that way. 

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preeettyyy :D

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Maybe this is just from my lack of knowledge with the franchise, but the only things I ever associated with Tomb Raider were big boobs and jumping puzzles. One of which I do not care for at all. What is there to reboot?
 

Didn't the game use to have Dinosaurs for her to fight? Bring those back and you will have me interested. Dinosaurs need a comeback.
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@Toms115 said:
" @AuthenticM said:
" If they are really dead serious on rebooting the whole thing and getting rid of its convoluted and tarnished past, they should drop the fucking Tomb Raider moniker. Just call it Lara Croft: [INSERT SUBTITLE] "
probably wouldn't do wonders for brand awareness. "
I can guarantee you that "Lara Croft" rings more bells in the mainstream crowd than "Tomb Raider".
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I'm subscribed with Game Informer, so I can't wait to get this issue next week.
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I'm interested. I enjoyed the last two installments in the franchise a lot (despite all their flaws) and I could go for another Lara Croft adventure right about now. I hope the developers played a lot of Uncharted in preparation for this game.
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stop making tomb raider cystral dyamics :( and make another legacy of kain game!
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@AuthenticM said:
" If they are really dead serious on rebooting the whole thing and getting rid of its convoluted and tarnished past, they should drop the fucking Tomb Raider moniker. Just call it Lara Croft: [INSERT SUBTITLE] "
probably wouldn't do wonders for brand awareness.
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If they are really dead serious on rebooting the whole thing and getting rid of its convoluted and tarnished past, they should drop the fucking Tomb Raider moniker. Just call it Lara Croft: [INSERT SUBTITLE]