Tomb Raider 8 Planned For PlayStation 3

Well, the Eidos brand is still live and kicking thanks to SCi Games, so I guess we all know what that means... Indeed, a new Tomb Raider game is coming. A few years ago, as Lara was going through her midlife crisis, the prospect of another Croftian adventure wasn't too appealing. But after this year's unexpectedly great Tomb Raider: Legend, the heat is on once more!

We still don't have a title for the next Tomb Raider game, so we'll just call it Tomb Raider 8 for now - in hope that we didn't screw up while counting all the previous major instalments.

Tomb Raider 8 was not only confirmed as being developed by Crystal Dynamics - the team behind TR: Legend, but SCi's latest financial report also mentions that the new Tomb Raider game will include a PS3 version (probably alongside a PC and Xbox 360 version). Other than that, the brits are in no rush to release any PlayStation 3 titles in the near future, reasoning that it's always been their company's policy "to launch titles on a new platform when the platform reaches a commercially viable installed base". Fair enough, if that's what it takes to keep the series going.

SCi didn't offer any release date for TR8 in particular, however they announced that their PS3 projects currently in development are planned for release "from the 2008 financial year onwards". Assuming that Tomb Raider 8 is among them, the calendaristic 2008 would be a safe bet for now. And if you can't hold on that long, don't forget that Crystal Dynamics is also putting together a 10th Anniversary Edition for the franchise. Should be interesting to see how that turns out, most likely next year.

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