Early 2028 sounds quite a bit higher than simply 2028
After initially being introduced for a 2027 launch, Tomb Raider: Catalyst was delayed last month into the nebulous window of 2028. Fortunately, IP proprietor Embracer Group has now given followers extra data on when precisely they’re going to be capable to play Lara Croft’s subsequent authentic journey.
As a part of the corporate’s latest earnings report, Embracer mentioned launch plans for its 27/28 fiscal 12 months. This included Tomb Raider: Catalyst, which the corporate expects to launch earlier than the tip of that fiscal 12 months. In non-business phrases, meaning the sport can be launched by April 2028. That’s, after all, if it does not get delayed once more. Catalyst would be the first completely new sport within the sequence since 2018’s Shadow of the Tomb Raider accomplished the Survivor Trilogy.
Tomb Raider: Catalyst will even be the subsequent chapter within the franchise’s unified timeline that merges the Survivor Trilogy with all earlier Tomb Raider video games. For lore heads, meaning Catalyst takes place after the occasions of 2008’s Tomb Raider: Underworld. Since developer Crystal Dynamics was acquired by Embracer Group in 2022, the studio has been hit by a sequence of layoffs. The latest spherical occurred this March and affected 20 workers.
Within the meantime, Tomb Raider followers can nonetheless stay up for enjoying Legacy of Atlantis, a remake of Lara Croft’s very first journey, when it is launched on Feb. 12, 2027. The remake was introduced alongside Catalyst in 2025. Legacy of Atlantis was initially slated for launch this 12 months however was additionally delayed to its present date.
The Embracer earnings report did not simply reveal a narrower launch window for Tomb Raider: Catalyst. It additionally revealed that Darksiders 4 and the subsequent sport within the Kingdom Come franchise are deliberate for launch earlier than the tip of the 27/28 fiscal 12 months. Embracer writes that Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 bought fairly nicely, so it’s unsurprising that the corporate needs to speculate extra within the franchise.