A few days ago, Geoff Keighley hinted at the possibility of a new Tomb Raider game being announced. Well, it looks like that game has been announced alot sooner than expected.
Today, Square Enix and Eidos revealed a brand new downloadable TR game, entitled Lara Croft And The Guardian Of Light.

More info on the game will be released at this year's GDC.

Not surprisingly, Square Enix announced today that developer Crystal Dynamics is at work on a new Tomb Raider game. Except, this one isn't called Tomb Raider, the famous words nowhere to be found in the game's title.

Instead, the game is called "Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light". Strange to forgo such a recognised brand, but then, it's a downloadable game, not a full retail title. And in the words of Crystal Dynamic's Darrell Gallagher, it's "something completely new and very different to what people might be expecting". Add in the fact the name isn't as relevant as it once was, and maybe dropping the "Tomb Raider" thing isn't the worst idea of the week.

It'll be out later this year, and there's no other information at this stage, with the game due to be shown off for the first time at GDC next week.
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    Gamesta100 Mar 5, 10
    Meh looks like it is that reboot which means Lara Croft games are dead to me.
    • 0
      Miss Razz Mar 5, 10
      They've been dead to me for a loooong time.

      A reboot might (hopefully) revive them.
  • 1
    ThreeTwoFiveSix Mar 5, 10
    Font reminds me of Lawrence of Arabia.
    • 0
      Hideo1 Mar 5, 10
      My first thought was LOTR
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    Ammy and Issun Mar 5, 10
    I hope that Valve releases some info about HL2: Episode 3 at GDC.

    But for Tomb Raider, i was hoping they wouldn't revive it. The last one was horrible
    • 1
      Hideo1 Mar 5, 10
      So horrible it has gotten to the point where they have to refer to every new game as a revival
  • 0
    ruledbysecrecy Mar 5, 10
    What happened here ...
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    ruledbysecrecy Mar 5, 10
    *bleep* if I care, I'll give it a chance. Tomb Raider was one of those franchises that was never that good to begin with, it was just fun to play growing up.
  • 0
    Storm Mar 5, 10
    Haha, the title reminds me of some Harry Potter thing. "Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light" aka "Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone."
    • 1
      Raijin1999 Mar 5, 10
      Yeah, they need to work on that. :\

      Also, digital download? Tiny game. Will probably run on all sorts of survival gimmicks to prolong playtime. Will we be eating tree frogs in this one too?

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