Amazon Game Studios\u2019 fresh take on the original 1996 Tomb Raider brings back Lara\u2019s high-flying movement, both in traversal and combat. As told by game director Raul Siqueira, \u201cThis is a moment where a normal person would step to the side. Lara Croft doesn\u2019t step to the side; she cartwheels to the side, because she\u2019s fast, because she\u2019s agile, because she can do all of those things.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis Gameplay Screenshots<\/p>\n
In a July 21 episode of the game\u2019s behind-the-scenes mini-doc, the team made it clear that they\u2019re bringing back old-school Lara Croft for the new generation \u2014 and that includes all of her badass abilities like handstands and swan dives.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s moving confidently, with all these acrobatics, climbing and jumping,\u201d principal technical game designer Grzegorz Grzywacz said. \u201cThat\u2019s what makes Lara, Lara.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of those things were the biggest issue for us. Because a regular jump isn\u2019t a Lara Croft regular jump, right?\u201d creative director Michal Kuk added.<\/p>\n
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis Screenshots<\/p>\n
In fact, Lara\u2019s physicality was so integral to the game that her actress, Alix Wilton Regan, trained extensively in several different disciplines to get into character.<\/p>\n
\u201cI did a lot \u2014 I still do a lot \u2014 of weight training, running, yoga, rock-climbing. I freakin\u2019 love rock climbing, that is my jam,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
In previous episodes of the docuseries, Regan was shown in full mocap getup, solving \u2018puzzles,\u2019 exploring treacherous terrain, and getting into standoffs with as-yet unrevealed enemies on set.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe is very, very strong. She is very, very capable. \u2026I really wanted to bring that confidence to Lara,\u201d Regan said.<\/p>\n
Fans are ecstatic about the developers\u2019 dedication to Lara\u2019s classic moves, which the team confirmed players will be able to practice to their hearts\u2019 content before setting off to explore new areas of the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the NUMBER ONE thing for me \u2014 I\u2019m so grateful the devs are focusing on Lara\u2019s movement and advertising it as a major factor in defining her,\u201d one player wrote on YouTube.<\/p>\n
\u201cHer acrobatics are a part of her character. Literally no one else has or ever done it like her. Thank you for bringing it back to life!\u201d another said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m so happy the handstand and swan dive are back. Iconic Lara abilities,\u201d yet another praised.<\/p>\n
Speaking at IGN Live 2026<\/a>, Regan said she recorded for three weeks at a time, joking that, \u201cYou get a bit hot and sweaty and extremely intimate with your costars doing ten hours in a mocap suit.”<\/p>\n IGN got the chance to preview the game<\/a> at Summer Game Fest 2026, with Simon Cardy saying it “makes a 30-year-old adventure feel brand-new.” <\/p>\n Initially slated for a 2026 release, Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis now launches on February 12, 2027,<\/a> for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X\/S, PC, and Nintendo Switch 2.<\/p>\n Virginia (she\/her) is IGN\u2019s News Editor. With ten years of experience reporting on games and entertainment, she\u2019s got a storied background in the fighting game community, influencer news, and viral online trends. Find her on Twitter at @TheeMissGlaze<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a new episode of their mini-docuseries, the minds at Crystal Dynamics and Flying Wild Hog explained why…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":817194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-817193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}