Tomb Raider (2013)

The Tomb Raider game following Underworld will be the tenth on the PlayStation consoles, the ninth if one counts TR1 and TR:Anniversary as the same game, and the thirteenth if one includes the Tomb Raider games for the Game Boy.

Quotes and Rumours

• In an interview with Eric Lindstrom at The Gathering 08, MS XBOX World reports that the Creative Director for Tomb Raider Underworld has hinted that Crystal Dynamics has considered incorporating multiplayer in future Tomb Raider games.[1]

• It was in November last year (2008) when we first heard of the possibility of multiplayer for the ninth (sic) Tomb Raider game. Fast-forward to February ‘09, asked if Crystal Dynamics has finally decided to go through with the feature, a CD rep only had this to say: Multiplayer is always considered for each game, difficult as it is, and I imagine it always will be, but it’s too soon to say anything about the next game.[2]

• So far, the Tomb Raider franchise has contained only Teen-rated games, but was a Mature title still a possibility? Says (Eric) Lindstrom: "The managers who said it had to be Teen left some time ago, so maybe that could change sometime." We assume such a game would either include more violence, or, as some sites have been quick to suggest, a more risqué depiction of Lara. One of the more interesting factoids to emerge ... is that Crystal Dynamics was held back by Eidos from making Underworld an M-rated title. "I wanted to do things that a Teen rating prevented," explained Lindstrom, "... in the end it didn't matter because publishing wanted it to be Teen." [3]