Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis kommer att innehålla bossfights inspirerade av Elden Ring

Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis is one of the two upcoming Lara Croft video games, developed by Crystal Dynamics. The game will be a remake of 1996’s original Tomb Raider title, and based on the debut trailer, which was unveiled at last year’s The Game Awards, potentially it could be one of the best remakes of all time.

Recently, Embracer Group, the parent company of Crystal Dynamics, revealed their financial report, which denied previous rumors that Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis will be postponed to 2027 —it's still confirmed to release this year. As it is known, the game is also co-developed by Flying Wild Hog, the developers of Shadow Warrior and Evil Within, which will definitely make Legacy of Atlantis more action-oriented. Moreover, in the latest interview with GamesRadar+, Marcin Matuszczyk, who is the studio’s principal gameplay designer, revealed that Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis will feature boss fights that will be inspired by FromSoftware’s title, as he remembers the boss fight with Malenia, where players have visual cues with her sword’s trail that let them make dodges and moves, as you can check out below:

“Make attacks clear with the visual and audio cues. Telegraph them through character signals. Ensure the losses come from the player's mistakes, not from confusion.

We can also simply sword trail that helps telegraph the distance the player has to move back from to evade the attack.

In Horizon, we telegraphed coming up tentacles from the ground by moving the sound on the ground, the sound particle. This way, it feels grounded and fits in the world. I'm always looking for ways to avoid using the UI elements for such occasions – it is more immersive to show something in actual world than with UI.”

Besides Legacy of Atlantis, Crystal Dynamics is also developing Tomb Raider: Catalyst—the next mainline title in the game series, which is also a sequel to 2008’s Tomb Raider: Underworld. There is also a Tomb Raider TV series in development by Amazon starring Sophie Turner as Lara Croft.

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The game will release somewhere in 2026 for PC, Xbox Series X/S, and PlayStation 5.