Lara Croft fans eager to play next year’s reboot of the Tomb Raider franchise may have more to look forward to than they thought, as developer Crystal Dynamics already plan to continue the retelling of Lara’s story beyond the first game.
The upcoming game showcases Lara’s first adventure, and speaking to IGN, Creative Director Noah Hughes said, “We envision carrying forward from here, rather than this being a brief detour into her origins. 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, but we started this with the idea of continuity and building upon [it].”
Elaborating further, Hughes added, “I look at this as an origin series rather than an origin story. By the end of [this first game] we will have a competent adventurer, but I still want there to be anticipation about Lara becoming the full-on Tomb Raider, and through all of that hopefully retaining some of the complexity and humanity that we’ve established here.”
Tomb Raider is scheduled for release on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC in March 2013.
[Via: IGN]