Yesterday's Lara Croft teaser had Tomb Raider fans anticipating a new game reveal - so they were all very disappointed to learn that it was a trailer for a Naraka: Bladepoint crossover instead.
At Gamescom Opening Night Live yesterday, the trailer just below debuted, opening with Lara Croft exploring a mysterious new area. It turns out the new trailer wasn't actually for a new Tomb Raider game, as many had anticipated from the opening few seconds, but was instead for a forthcoming crossover with battle royale game Nakara: Bladepoint.
Are you ready for Naraka: Bladepoint X Tomb Raider? @NARAKATHEGAME #OpeningNightLive pic.twitter.com/nnZwI46tFiAugust 20, 2024
The responses to the tweet above from Tomb Raider fans aren't kind. "Nobody wanted this. We wanted a TR game," reads one response, while another adds "Lara Croft is everywhere but not her own game." You can take a look at the tweets below for similarly disappointed reactions from Tomb Raider fans to the new trailer elsewhere on Twitter.
Oh f*** off, got excited when I saw Lara Croft and it's just a bloody Naraka Bladepoint crossover! #gamescom2024 pic.twitter.com/P7nblK0xz7August 20, 2024
Lara Croft seems to be going everywhere except for her own game. #gamescom2024August 20, 2024
Anyone else just shit themselves when Lara Croft showed up on the gamescom stream but it wasn’t even for the new tomb raider game ? 💀August 20, 2024
What's probably making this more difficult for Tomb Raider fans to stomach is the fact that we know a new Tomb Raider game is in development, and has been for years. In late 2022, Amazon announced it would publish the next Tomb Raider game from developer Crystal Dynamics, but even before that in April, Crystal Dynamics announced a new Tomb Raider game would be made using Unreal Engine 5.
That we're now well over two years removed from that initial announcement, without a proper reveal of the new Tomb Raider game, is what's contributed to this new disappointment from series fans. At this point, it's been nearly six years since Shadow of the Tomb Raider, the last mainline entry, arrived in September 2018.
Check out our new games 2024 guide for an overview of all the titles arriving before a new Tomb Raider game.
