Embracer Group subsidiary CDE Entertainment has announced Tomb Raider Reloaded, a mobile game within the vein of roguelike idle action games like Archero, will launch worldwide on 14 February 2023. The sport is going to be made available on iOS and Android like a free-to-play game, but it will also launch as part of Netflix Games. The Netflix version of Tomb Raider Reloaded will have no ads or in-game purchases, unlike the regular versions.
Tomb Raider Reloaded takes place from the top-down perspective, while you move Lara via a series of small rooms filled with traps and enemies. She fires her pistols automatically when not moving, and also the only thing you need to consider is your positioning and which power-ups to take on as you gain levels.
The goal is to survive for as long as you can in each run, with permanent perks being unlocked while you play additional runs.
Though the sport will only be launched worldwide on 14 February, Tomb Raider Reloaded has actually recently been soft-launched in some markets, including Australia, in its free-to-play form.
We’ve played a bit of it, even though its gameplay loop is going to be familiar to those who've played games like Archero, there’s a lot to be said based on how slick the animation and presentation of Reloaded is. Keeley Hawes, that has voiced Lara Croft in other Tomb Raider games like The Guardian of sunshine, Temple of Osirus, and Tomb Raider: Anniversary, reprises her role here.
Tomb Raider Reloaded appears to have been produced by the now-shuttered Studio Onoma – formerly referred to as Square Enix Montreal (Deus Ex Go, Lara Croft Go) – in tandem with Emerald City Games. In mid-2023, Square Enix sold several of its Western studios, including Tomb Raider developers Eidos, Crystal Dynamics, and Square Enix Montreal, to Embracer Group.
Crystal Dynamics is currently at work on the next mainline Tomb Raider game, which is authored by Amazon Games. Amazon is also planning for a ‘connected universe’ for the franchise, with a Tomb Raider TV series penned by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, No Time to Die).
