New Tomb Raider Announced, Will Be Built On Unreal Engine 5

    
    Lara Croft will return, via Unreal Engine 5.
    Crystal Dynamics
    The next game in the Tomb Raider series has just started development, Crystal Dynamics revealed during Tuesday’s State of Unreal 2022 presentation. It’ll be built using Unreal Engine 5, but no gameplay has been revealed yet.
    “Our goal is to push the envelope of fidelity and to deliver the high-quality cinematic action-adventure experience that fans deserve from both Crystal Dynamics and the Tomb Raider franchise,” Tomb Raider franchise general manager Dallas Dickinson said of the upcoming game.
    

Crystal Dynamics is incredibly excited about the future of Unreal and how it will help us take our storytelling to the next level. That’s why we’re proud to announce that our next #tombraider game is being built on Unreal Engine 5! pic.twitter.com/UFMiWzJAZc
    — Tomb Raider (@tombraider) April 5, 2022

    It’s unclear when the new game will come out, or what platforms it’ll be available on. We last saw Lara Croft in 2018’s Shadow of the Tomb Raider, which completed the trilogy started in the 2013 reboot Tomb Raider. That story will be continued in an upcoming Netflix animated series, but we don’t know if the new game will be set in the same universe.