A 2014 remastered port of Tomb Raider (2013) has lastly made its solution to PC by way of a quiet launch on the Microsoft Store.
Some background. In 2013, Crystal Dynamics developed a Tomb Raider reboot that includes a youthful Lara Croft surviving a harmful island journey. That recreation was initially launched on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. Then, in 2014, a barely remastered and improved port of that reboot was launched on PS4 and Xbox One underneath the identify Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition. However, PC gamers by no means acquired this up to date remaster. But now, a decade later, Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition is accessible on PC with little fanfare.
On April 24, as noticed by Reddit, the Definitive Edition of the rebooted Tomb Raider was shadowdropped on the Microsoft Store with seemingly zero warning or announcement. I didn’t get an electronic mail. Kotaku didn’t get an electronic mail. And checking the official Tomb Raider Twitter account, the newest tweet I can see is promoting a…duck model of Lara?
Perhaps the rationale why no one has formally introduced this information is as a result of, based on individuals who have performed Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition on PC, it’s type of a multitude. Folks have reported points beginning the sport in addition to lacking animations, wonky physics, efficiency points, and different issues.
Kotaku has contacted Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics concerning the port.
For now, although, evidently the Definitive Edition isn’t fairly prepared for showtime on PC. Hopefully, it may be patched up and launched on Steam so this model of Tomb Raider (2013) may be accessible to extra folks.
But I additionally hope that the unique model of the sport presently on the market on Steam isn’t faraway from the storefront, as many gamers would possibly choose that model and mods for it seemingly gained’t work with the brand new port. For now, we are able to solely wait and see. I assume you may as well purchase that duck model of Lara Croft, too, if you’d like. I wouldn’t.
