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Tomb Raider Legend is the official title of Tomb Raider 7. It has not been released yet.

This time it's Crystal Dynamics who are making the game. After the Tomb Raider 6 fiasco Eidos felt that it was time to make a few changes. Core Design was sacked and Crystal Dynamics took charged to help bring Lara back to her roots. And Toby Gard is also back working with Lara.

Release Date

The game was announced to be released in spring 2006.
April 7th in Europe
April 11th in North America

Story

The Angel of Darkness story arc will not be continued. And Kurtis Trent will be in it.

We were promised to learn something about the plane crash in the Himalayas, which changed Lara's life forever.

Lara Croft's search for a South American relic changes course dramatically when she meets a dangerous figure from her past, and she finds herself in a race to recover one of history's most famous artefacts.

Features

• Lara comes to life: the dual-pistol-wielding adventurer's polygon count and animation set has been increased significantly, presenting Lara in the findes fidelity to date
• Return to the Tombs: Lara's new quest brings her to lost ancient realms that guard Secrets of the Past
• Fluid movement: the revamped control system provides intuitive and fluid character movement
• Dynamic animation system puts focus on continuous motion, giving Lara the ability to seamlessly handle any obstacle and interact dynamically with any surface
• Move and shoot. Lara uses her physical prowess to combine gunplay with unique signature moves
• Variety of player choice-intelligently use the environment, technical gear and weapons to overcome challenging situations.
• Physics, Water and Fire systems bring the perilous environments of Lara's world alive, and challenge the player to improvise solutions to obstacles
• Visit a vast array of cinematic and exotic locations including ancient toms, dangerous jungles, snowy mountain ruins and numerous unexpected surprises in between!

Locations

Lara will/might visit the following locations:

• Bolivia (confirmed on the official site)
• Himalaya
• Peru (confirmed on the official site)
• Ghana
• Japan ? (seen in concept arts)
• Kuala Lumpur ? (seen in concept arts)

Plattforms

The game will be released for PC, PS2 and X-Box. An graphically enhanced version for the XBox 360 is planned as well. Handheld gamers will be happy to learn that there will also be a Version for Sonys PSP (PlayStationPortable).

Moves

According to the developers Lara can execute up to 5 moves in a row, fluently. She can swing on rope, on bars, she can climb, shimmy, jump, shoot, jump against objects to knock them over, she can do sideflips, backflips, dive under traps and doors, use a magnetic rope with hook.

Traps

Lara encounters spears, spikes, blades and many more traps.

Weapons and Inventory

Lara has her twin-pistols again. She can also carry grenades and other weapons. She will be able to pick them up from her enemies. She can only carry a limited amount and will have to choose which one to take along. She will wear a headset, torches, binoculars and a rope.

Gear

• Magnetic Grapple
• Personal Light Source

Characters

• Alister Fletcher
• Amanda
• Anaya
• James W. Rutland Jr.
• Kent
• Zip
• Winston

Outfits

• Standard Expedition Gear