Crystal Dynamics has “just started development” on a new Tomb Raider game, the studio today on Twitter. It didn’t share what the game will be called or when fans can expect it, but it did note that it will run on Epic’s new . After working on the mediocre Crystal Dynamics will return in the project to the franchise that has made it popular for more than a decade.
Crystal Dynamics is incredibly excited about the future of Unreal and how it will help us take our stories to the next level. That’s why we’re proud to announce that our next #tomb Raider game is being built on Unreal Engine 5! pic.twitter.com/UFMiWzJAZc
— Tomb Raider (@tombraider) Apr 5, 2022
It also seems to spell the end of the studio’s in-house Foundation engine, which uses the and the most recent feature article in the series, 2018’s †Crystal Dynamics said the move to UE5 would help the studio “take its storytelling to the next level.” The next Tomb Raider joins a handful of games already announced for UE5. Those include the following and †Of that group, only the latter has a release date, with Chinese developer Game Science Studio aiming to release it sometime in 2023.
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