Two Tomb Raider games just got last-minute delays into 2023
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Two Tomb Raider games that were scheduled for a 2022 release on Nintendo Switch have been pushed back to 2023.
Although we already know one new Tomb Raider title is in the worksseries spin-offs Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris and Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, which were announced to be on the Nintendo switch in 2022, will now be released later. As part of an Ask-Me-Anything thread on the Feral Interactive Twitter (opens in new tab) page, the game developers have admitted that the launch of the games has both been pushed back to 2023.
This last-minute delay means you’ll have to cancel plans to play either title over the holiday season (at least on Switch; both games are available on other platforms).
Last push
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light was first released in 2010 for Xbox, PS3 and PC platforms, as well as iOS devices such as the iPod, iPad and Apple computers. Unlike other Tomb Raider games, you control Lara in an isometric view, treating her more like a link in the old 2D Zelda games than the dungeon invader we first encountered on the original PlayStation. Another change in Guardian of Light was that it turned Lara’s adventures into a co-op game, with the option to control Lara or a 2000 year old Mayan warrior named Totec. You could also play it without him as a single-player campaign, meaning no pesky AI-controlled Totec getting in the way.
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris is the 2014 sequel, released on the Xbox One, PS4, Stadia, and PC platforms respectively. It had the same style as its predecessor, again with multiplayer elements – this time for up to four players, each with different weapons and abilities, so you can choose the character that best suits your desired gameplay.
In 2021, both games were announced for a Switch release, with the original release slated for 2022. With only a few days left in the year, Feral Interactive announced the delay on Twitter, saying it would[s] looking forward to sharing more in the new year”, but a concrete release date has not yet been given.