Amazon Games Announces Publishing Agreement with Crystal Dynamics next game tomb Raider. Lara Croft’s new adventure has already begun and it will be a subsidiary of the e-commerce giant responsible for supporting and distributing the game on all platforms worldwide. development will be carried out by Crystal Dynamicsresearch responsible for the last reboot franchise in 2013.
There are few details yet, as the game is at an early stage of development. However, the statement offers the necessary information to give us an idea of the type tomb Raider what awaits us According to Amazon Games, this single player story adventure which continues the story of Lara Croft.
Crystal Dynamics will use all the elements that distinguish the game from tomb Raidersuch as exploration, puzzles or multiple paths to complete the mission. The combat theme will not be aside, since according to the plan of the developers, Lara Croft will have to face a wide variety of enemies. The game will use Unreal Engine 5 and become tomb Raider largest to date.
The statement mentions that the game continues the story of Lara Croft in the series tomb Raideralthough it is unknown if it will be linked to the previous trilogy. Crystal Dynamics usually restarts the franchise in every generational leap and in Shadow of the Tomb Raider – developed by Eidos Montreal – was supposed to be the conclusion of this narrative arc. A new adventure for Lara will open the door to a trilogy focused on the current generation.
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New announcement tomb Raider comes after challenging season for Crystal Dynamics. The study failed with Avengers Marvel, a game that promised a lot and failed due to repetitive design and lack of content. On the other hand, the company was sold along with Eidos Montreal to the Embracer Group for just $300 million, a ridiculously low amount given the potential of its intellectual property.
Although Crystal Dynamics is a subsidiary of Embracer, the studio got the green light to work with another publisher. Scott Amos, head of the studio, said that Amazon Games shares his creative vision, ambition and the values of the Lara Croft universe.
You are in a unique position to rewrite what publishing and development collaboration is all about, and we can’t wait to forge this new path together, starting with the biggest and best game ever! tomb Raider until now!
Scott Amos, head of Crystal Dynamics
For his part, Christoph Hartmann, vice president of Amazon Games, said that his company will provide full support for the study. “We’re excited to partner with Crystal Dynamics to bring the next chapter of the Lara Croft saga to gamers around the world.”
It is possible that Amazon turned out to be a better partner than Square Enixespecially in the matter of diffusion. tomb Raider the previous ones were not successful in sales, and this is partly due to Square, which he never attached importance to his Western studies. It’s useless to have a Game of the Year candidate if nobody knows about it, or it’s exclusive to a console that doesn’t sell units.
At the moment, there are no details on a possible release date, although it has been confirmed that the game will be multi-platform.
Source: Hiper Textual
