Sarah LeBoeuf of Gamervision.com writes: "I was excited when Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light was announced as the franchise was in the midst of an overhaul, with the downloadable title meant to satiate fans until the next retail Tomb Raider release. The addition of cooperative play to the series for the first time added to my interest level, though I was concerned that adding another player might feel forced and unnatural. When I first got my hands and eyes on Guardian on the E3 show floor, I wasn’t immediately sold. Though it looked great, the isometric view was really jarring after playing the third-person adventure series for so long, and I was worried that it wouldn’t really feel like I was playing as Lara Croft. After trying out both the singleplayer and cooperative modes, however, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light does seem to be in the same vein as the rest of the franchise, just on a smaller scale."
Polygon: "Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics launched a new website for the franchise on Wednesday — Valentine’s Day is also Lara Croft’s birthday — with another peek at the impending “unified” design for its action heroine. New artwork of Lara sporting a post-Survivor trilogy look that evokes her classic design supports the theory that the Lara we saw last fall in Call of Duty is basically the character’s future appearance."
Crystal Dynamics really going hard with the man face. They sure do hate feminine looks!
Great artwork but please…this unified timeline shit sounds awful
It won’t work
Classic Lara and Survivor Lara have completely different origin stories meaning they are two separate timelines you can’t unify together
I really don’t want Survivor Lara anywhere near Classic Lara.
As long as she had dual guns, and doesn't whine all the damn time. They really dropped the ball with the new lara, had such a good start and didn't know what to do with it.
The Call of Duty version?! Surely there is a Fortnite version they can use instead to really nail the feel.
Gamesradar writes: "Embracer Group's bloodbath continues as Tomb Raider dev Crystal Dynamics reports layoffs
Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics has suffered a wave of layoffs just months after insisting that the ongoing staff hemorrhage at parent company Embracer Group wouldn't affect the new Tomb Raider game or the studio's collaboration with The Initiative on the Perfect Dark reboot."
"Crystal Dynamics made the difficult decision to part ways with 9 Brand/Marketing and 1 IT employee today due to an internal restructuring..."
Small layoff, hardly news worthy.
Embracer has left one hell of a mess and Tencent will be swimming around picking at the scraps.
ffs, Embracer is already looking to sell Gearbox ... Volition studio was shutdown
now, CD got affected and even affect Eidos aswell?
Better sell Gearbox to Sony
And CD & Eidos to MS
than shrink these studios to bare minimum
Activision has unveiled a new-look Lara Croft who’s set to hit Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone as part of Season 5 Reloaded, and the design has certainly set tongues wagging within the Tomb Raider community.
Hopefully we get this Lara next
The sad thing is…to see Lara again and she’s being exploited for Call of Duty of all things
Even this version is really downplaying her hotness with that "safety" modesty tank top underneath her teal shirt to hide any potential cleavage. Also drastically reduced her chest size.
Angelina Jolie Lara Croft is what to aim for, that is as on brand as you can be.
Is it me or is Drake and the Uncharted series the male version of Lara Croft? I think so.