Tomb Raider Reboot Envisioned As First In “Origin Series”

<p>Lara Croft fans eager to play next year&&num;8217&semi;s reboot of the <em>Tomb Raider<&sol;em> franchise may have more to look forward to than they thought&comma; as developer Crystal Dynamics already plan to continue the retelling of Lara&&num;8217&semi;s story beyond the first game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The upcoming game showcases Lara&&num;8217&semi;s first adventure&comma; and speaking to IGN&comma; Creative Director Noah Hughes said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;We envision carrying forward from here&comma; rather than this being a brief detour into her origins&period; We want to start this adventure here and carry it on… that’s not to say we wouldn’t skip a year here or there&comma; but we started this with the idea of continuity and building upon &lbrack;it&rsqb;&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Elaborating further&comma; Hughes added&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I look at this as an origin series rather than an origin story&period; By the end of &lbrack;this first game&rsqb; we will have a competent adventurer&comma; but I still want there to be anticipation about Lara becoming the full-on Tomb Raider&comma; and through all of that hopefully retaining some of the complexity and humanity that we’ve established here&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Tomb Raider<&sol;em> is scheduled for release on PS3&comma; Xbox 360 and PC in March 2013&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Via&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;uk&period;ign&period;com&sol;articles&sol;2012&sol;12&sol;04&sol;new-tomb-raider-is-the-start-of-an-origin-series" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">IGN<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;