Light of Atlantis

I am not a Tomb Raider expert - my memories go about as far back as playing the bulk of the original and its sequel at a friend's house, aged something like seven to 10 years old, and attempting to break free of the same demo disc level for a few too many hours on end. But what I've always taken from my fuzzy recollections of late-90s Lara is that one of classic Tomb Raider's defining traits is its precision. Jump exactly here. Land exactly there. Manually press a button to grab the ledge. If you miss you die - or at least get very frustrated. Read more

Shadow of the Colossus and Ico creator Fumito Ueda reveals new details about Gen Atlas, his upcoming giant robot adventure with Epic Games.

At its core, the design of Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, the remake or "reimagining" of the 1996 original, attempts to blend the classic feel of Lara Croft’s movement with a more modern approach to combat and exploration.

Lara Croft is going back to the beginning in the upcoming Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, a new remake of the original Tomb Raider game from 1996. Taking on the beloved role of Lara Croft for this incarnation is Alix Wilton Regan, who spoke about the game and her famous character at IGN Live today. During the panel, IGN debuted a snippet of the new "Meet Lara Croft" featurette in which Regan and the game's creators speak about the long legacy of the character and bringing to life her latest incarnation, and which you can watch the full video of above. So what's it like stepping into the shoes

Generative AI has been a very contentious issue over the last few years in the game industry, and as more and more developers make use of the technology, it's becoming more difficult to know just what was created by a human being. Next year's Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis will indeed make use of generative AI, but Crystal Dynamics wants players to know there is one area it was not used: the design of Lara Croft herself. Speaking to GameSpot at Summer Game Fest, experience director Jeff Adams clarified if generative AI was used in the creation of Lara. "No. Lara is 100% human-crafted," Adams