The new Tomb Raider title's just been revealed via US magazine Game Informer, who has released its latest cover image and game details here. The cover image has Lara shouldering a bow, with the title "Lara Croft reborn" emblazoned across it.
The press release, sourced by VG247, confirms the rumours that have been swirling around for the past while - it's a reboot tale with a young Lara Croft "on her own, but not alone. She has only one goal, to survive."
It also confirms last month's tease by the magazine, which many thought pointed to a new Lara Croft game. The title will be fully unveiled in the January issue of US magazine Game Informer which will be available this Saturday, December 11. As is the usual way of things, expect scans to appear online as soon as an issue falls into the right/wrong hands.
The release reads:
"TOMB RAIDER
A New Game from Crystal Dynamics
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 6, 2010 /PRNewswire/ - Square Enix, Inc., is excited today to announce TOMB RAIDER®, the new game from Redwood City based studio Crystal Dynamics®
‘After a brutal storm destroys the boat she was travelling on, a frightened young woman is left washed ashore on an unknown beach. On her own but not alone she has only one goal, to survive.'
Here begins the first adventure for a young and inexperienced Lara Croft in a story which charts the journey of an ordinary woman who finds out just how far she must go in order to stay alive.
"Forget everything you knew about TOMB RAIDER," said Darrell Gallagher, Head of Studio, Crystal Dynamics. "This is an origins story that creates Lara Croft and takes her on a character defining journey like no other."
TOMB RAIDER makes its worldwide debut in the January issue of Game Informer® magazine. The cover story features 10 pages of exclusive content and is available beginning today for subscribers and on newsstands December 11.
Follow Game Informer on Twitter @GameInformer.Follow TOMB RAIDER on Twitter @TombRaider. For more information on TOMB RAIDER please visit www.TombRaider.com."
Welcome back Miss.Croft.