After the sixth game in the series was released to a lukewarm reception in 2003, development was transferred to American studio Crystal Dynamics, who have handled the main series since. The first six Tomb Raider games were developed by Core Design, a British video game development company owned by Eidos Interactive. The series has generally been met with critical acclaim, and Lara Croft has become one of the most recognisable video game protagonists, winning accolades and earning places on the Walk of Game and Guinness World Records.įurther information: List of Tomb Raider media while the entire franchise generated close to $1.2 billion in revenue by 2002. Tomb Raider games have sold over 95 million copies worldwide by 2022. Other developers have contributed to spin-off titles and ports of mainline entries. This prompted Eidos to switch development duties to Crystal Dynamics, which has been the series' primary developer since. The sixth game, The Angel of Darkness, faced difficulties during development and was considered a failure at release. Its critical and commercial success prompted Core Design to develop a new game annually for the next four years, which put a strain on staff. ĭevelopment of the original Tomb Raider game began in 1994 it was released two years later. It was also reported this would involve a tie-in video game and movie in an interconnected universe, likened to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. On January 27, 2023, The Hollywood Reporter exclusively reported that Amazon was in the works with Phoebe Waller-Bridge reportedly set to write a TV Show adaptation of the video game franchise.
Additional media has been developed for the franchise in the form of film adaptations, comics and novels. Gameplay generally focuses on exploration of environments, solving puzzles, navigating hostile environments filled with traps, and fighting enemies. Formerly owned by Eidos Interactive, then by Square Enix Europe after Square Enix's acquisition of Eidos in 2009, the franchise focuses on the fictional British archaeologist Lara Croft, who travels around the world searching for lost artefacts and infiltrating dangerous tombs and ruins. Tomb Raider, also known as Lara Croft: Tomb Raider from 2001 to 2008, is a media franchise that originated with an action-adventure video game series created by British gaming company Core Design.
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