New Lara Croft game announced

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From wii.qj.net.

A new tomb raider game is in the works.

Crystal Dynamics finally announced their new game today: Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, will be released via digital download sometime this year. Yep, no "Tomb Raider" tag, just plain Lara Croft. The press release didn't include any details, and neither was there as explanation for why they dropped the Tomb Raider title. No mention of platforms too.

“This is a really exciting project for Crystal Dynamics, we have created something completely new and very different to what people might be expecting,” said Darrell Gallagher, General Manager of Crystal Dynamics. “Lara Croft is such an iconic character in videogames, with Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light we have created what we believe is a truly original digital experience.”

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light will be shown off behind closed doors at GDC beginning March 9th. Let's all hope for a video -- leaked or otherwise -- after then.

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[Ryker]

I've liked a few Tomb Raider games, personally they all have pretty stale combat/character movement and the puzzles seemed to be easier in recent titles. I'll bet on the reason for the drop in the Tomb Raider name to Lara Croft is possibly for a brand new game play style.

I'm interested to hear more.