Amazon’s games division will release the next big game Tomb Raider more and press release bring out today.
The game will be developed by Crystal Dynamics, the same studio that made 2013’s reboot trilogy. Tomb Raider2015s Rise of the Tomb Raiderand the 2018s Shadow of the Tomb Raider.
Crystal Dynamics used to live under the umbrella of the large, Japan-based international publisher Square-Enix, but sold parent company Crystal Dynamics and Tomb Raider intellectual property to Swedish holding company Embracer Group earlier this year. That sale is also Old Deus, Thiefand Kabul Heritage franchises and related studios – in other words, most of Square-Enix’s Western studios and properties.
Surprise to see Amazon release the next one Tomb Raider because Embracer has its own game publishers. But Crystal Dynamics studio head Scot Amos said in a statement that Amazon Games “is uniquely positioned to rewrite what publishing and development collaborations are,” and they share commonalities. Tomb Raider the “vision, ambitions and values” of the team. To be clear though: Amazon isn’t buying Tomb Raider or Crystal Dynamics is just releasing the next game in the series.
Amazon Games has made some waves over the past few years, but largely in the multiplayer space. Amazon has also developed in-house multiplayer games (like MMOs). New World) or released multiplayer games from other studios. Previous hits from the company, such as the highly successful localization of the South Korean title Lost Chesttargeted gamers of the same type who spend their time connecting with multiplayer communities on Twitch.
Given that date, this is the first single-player game announced by Amazon Games. Since Amazon’s previous entries are very focused on synergies with Twitch, Tomb Raider It’s an open route. There are popular streamers that play a variety of single-player games (often referred to as “various streamers”), but they are far from dominant; Twitch’s most-watched channels are dominated by gamers who only focus on one or two online games. World of Warcraft horse Call of Duty: War Zone.
The press release explains what we can expect from the next. Tomb Raider game, and it looks like Amazon Games and Crystal Dynamics want to give fans of the latest reboot trilogy more of the same. There will be no other reboot, giving players control of the confident and multidimensional heroine Lara Croft in an environment that rewards exploration and creative path-finding, filled with mind-blowing puzzles to solve and a wide variety of enemies to face. overcome.”
The game will be developed on Unreal Engine 5 and is allegedly in development, which suggests we won’t see a release in the next two years.
