Rise of the Tomb Raider Spoilers, News, Reveals, Reviews and Release Date: Eleventh Tomb Raider Game Scheduled for 2015 Holiday Release

By Mike Emaneke Sep 17, 2014 07:10 AM EDT

Rise of the Tomb Raider Spoilers, News, Reveals, Reviews and Release Date: Eleventh Tomb Raider Game Scheduled for 2015 Holiday Release

Rise of Tomb Raider is the 2015 video game franchise which also includes comic books, novels sequel to the 2013's Tomb Raider. This was meant to be a reboot of the Tomb Raider franchise from developer Crystal Dynamics and publisher Square Enix. This will be the eleventh Tomb Raider game and is scheduled for a Holiday 2015 release. The game will be a timed exclusive release for both the Xbox 360 and Xbox One, date still to be announced when released for PC, Playstation 3 and Playstation 4.

The games are based on the life of the archaeologist Lara Croft famously known as Lady Croft. The first six games in the series were developed by Core Design; While Crystal Dynamics developed the latest five. Two movies- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life-have been produced, starring actress Angelina Jolie as Lady Croft the first of which is still the highest grossing film adaptation of a video game ever released in the US, and third worldwide. Since the release of the release of the original Tomb Rader in 1996 notable for its female protagonist, the series developed into a lucrative franchise of related media and Lara became a major icon of the virtual gaming industry. In 2006, Lara Croft was inducted into the Walk of Game and Guinness World Record has recognised her as the "Most Successful Human Virtual Game Heroin."

The game is the first in the series to receive a mature rating from the ESRB. The game is also built on Crystal Dynamics' game engine "Crystal Engine. Due to the numerous developments more so on the graphic bit of the game; it is expected to have very high resolution textures with up to 16 times the amount of data. LOD quality is adjustable for better quality on higher-end machine but also unlike many other games, they still support Windows XP in the case of PC.This and more is why the game is one of the most anticipated games of 2015.