Crystal Dynamics is working on the next Tomb Raider

Lara Croft's adventures will continue on Unreal Engine 5.

The next Tomb Raider game is in active development at Crystal Dynamics.

During the State of Unreal 2022 broadcast on Monday, Crystal Dynamics announced that another installment in the classic adventure series is in the works. All we know about the game thus far is it’ll utilize Epic’s mighty-impressive Unreal Engine 5. So you can bet that it’ll be a beautiful game.

Not since 2018’s Shadow of the Tomb Raider has there been a mainline series entry. Crystal Dynamics helmed the Tomb Raider reboot trilogy that so many fans are particularly fond of, then went on to work on Marvel’s Avengers — which isn’t exactly everyone’s favorite Marvel game.

Watch the (very short) Tomb Raider announcement for yourself below.

Tomb Raider general manager Dallas Dickinson spoke briefly about the new installment.

“Crystal Dynamics is proud to be part of the launch of Unreal Engine 5,” Dickinson said. “This new engine translates into next-level storytelling and gameplay experiences, and that’s why we are thrilled to announce today that we have just started development of our next Tomb Raider game, powered by Unreal Engine 5.”

“Our goal is to push the envelope of fidelity and deliver the high-quality cinematic action-adventure experience that fans deserve from Crystal Dynamics and the Tomb Raider franchise,” Dickinson continues. “We can’t wait to take this journey together.” 

There are no details on what platforms this new Tomb Raider will be on or when it might be coming out, only that it’s using the same graphics technology as Matrix Awakens. Since development only just began, it seems likely that we won’t hear about it again for a long time.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.