Recent Lara Croft image reportedly doesn’t represent her appearance in upcoming Tomb Raider game

After sparking some controversy among fans of the Tomb Raider franchise, Lara Croft’s new design reportedly won’t even feature in the upcoming game published by Amazon Games. What the recent image showed was the “unified” version of the character and not a definitive look for the next Tomb Raider title.

On Feb. 16, the official Tomb Raider account on X (formerly Twitter) shared a new “unified vision for Lara Croft” with the character wearing the iconic outfit from the original games. Her appearance seemed mostly inspired by the reboot Survivor series, albeit Lara does look more stern and mature than in those games. This image sparked discussion online between fans of the franchise, with some criticizing the design, but it seems developers never even intended for this design to feature in their games. Speaking for Vandal, anonymous sources familiar with the upcoming Tomb Raider project said (translated from Spanish using DeepL) that the image “does not correspond to the design that Lara Croft will have in the [upcoming] video game developed by Amazon Games.”

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