Square Enix et Crystal Dynamics annonce officiellement le reboot de la saga des Tomb raider.

C'est pas le biais du site du magasine GameInformer que l'on découvre le nouveau visage de Lara Croft, qui fera la couverture du mois de Janvier, une jeune femme qui va devoir survivre sur une île après le naufrage du bateau sur lequel elle voyageait.

"Oubliez tous ce que vous saviez à propos de Tomb Raider" annonce Darrell Gallagher, dirigeant de Crystal Dynamics, "Il s'agit d'une histoire des origines de Lara Croft... "

Voici le communiqué officiel:

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 6, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Square Enix, Inc., is excited today to announce TOMB RAIDER®,
the new game from Redwood City based studio Crystal Dynamics®.

'After a brutal storm destroys the boat she was travelling on, a frightened young woman is left washed ashore
on an unknown beach. On her own but not alone she has only one goal, to survive'

Here begins the first adventure for a young and inexperienced Lara Croft in a story which charts the journey
of an ordinary woman who finds out just how far she must go in order to stay alive.

"Forget everything you knew about TOMB RAIDER," said Darrell Gallagher, Head of Studio, Crystal Dynamics.
"This is an origins story that creates Lara Croft and takes her on a character defining journey like no other."

TOMB RAIDER makes its worldwide debut in the January issue of Game Informer® magazine. The cover story
features 10 pages of exclusive content and is available beginning today for subscribers and on newsstands
December 11. Follow Game Informer on Twitter @GameInformer.

Le jeu n'a pas de date de sortie mais on devrait en savoir plus prochainement, peut-être au Video Game Awards.

Voyait l'image de la nouvelle Lara Croft ci-dessous: