Developer Crystal Dynamics is working on a new Tomb Raider game based on Unreal Engine 5.
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The next Tomb Raider game is said to be based on Unreal Engine 5.
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As part of the “State of Unreal” presentation by Epic Games this week, the latest part of the game series “Tomb Raider” was also confirmed. The title is being developed by Studio Crystal Dynamics.
“Crystal Dynamics is incredibly excited about the future of Unreal and how it will help us take our storytelling to the next level. So we are proud to announce that our next Tombraider game will be developed on Unreal Engine 5!”
explains the developer about the micro-blogging service
Twitter
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No concrete details about “Tomb Raider” yet
Unfortunately, concrete details about the latest “Tomb Raider” episode are not yet available. The last game in the series was released four years ago. It is not known whether the story of the still unnamed new part will tie in with “Shadow of the Tomb Raider”.
Other developers are working with the new engine
In addition to Crystal Dynamics, the “Gears of War” developers from The Coalition and the “The Witcher” makers from CD Projekt Red also rely on the new Unreal Engine 5. The next part of the “The Witcher” series is also to be based on the new engine based.
