Square Enix announced today that Crystal Dynamics is already developing the next Tomb Raider game, which is titled ‘Lara Croft and The Guardian of Light’.
This actually bother me a bit when Square Enix announced that they will be dropping the name ‘Tomb Raider’, but I guess they must had thought the new games should come out with a new name and what better name to take over ‘Tomb Raider’ than the starlette herself.
‘Lara Croft and The Guardian of Light’ will be released as a downloadable game, instead of a full release. Crystal Dynamic’s Darrell Gallagher had this to say about the new game, “something completely new and very different to what people might be expecting”. It will be release later this year and probably more details will surface soon.
[Kotaku]CRYSTAL DYNAMICS ANNOUNCES NEW LARA CROFT™ ADVENTURE
LARA CROFT AND THE GUARDIAN OF LIGHT™SAN FRANCISCO, CA – March 4, 2010 – Crystal Dynamics™, a part of Square Enix Europe, today announced Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light™, a new game developed by Crystal Dynamics, which will be released via digital download in 2010.
“This is a really exciting project for Crystal Dynamics, we have created something completely new and very different to what people might be expecting,” said Darrell Gallagher, General Manager of Crystal Dynamics. “Lara Croft is such an iconic character in videogames, with Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light we have created what we believe is a truly original digital experience.”
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light will be shown strictly “behind closed doors” at this year’s Game Developers Conference beginning on March 9th. Please contact Rob Fleischer at Sandbox Strategies (rob@sandboxstrat.com) for more information.
Crystal Dynamics is an award-winning studio located in San Francisco. Founded in 1992, the studio has created and developed key game franchises such as: Legacy of Kain™, Pandemonium™, Gex™ and most recently the Tomb Raider™ series.
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