Two Tomb Raider Switch ports have been delayed. Hopefully, those of you waiting for those ports do not have to wait much longer than in 2023, when you can have your hands on the two Tomb Raider games. Feral Interactive is the folks behind the ports but recently tweeted out that both games are coming to the Nintendo Switch platform in 2023. Two Tomb Raider spinoff games, Lara Croft and the Guardians of Light and Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, are coming to Nintendo Switch in 2023.
Feral Interactive, the studio behind the Switch ports, has now said on Twitter that Lara Croft And The Guardian Of Light and Lara Croft And The Temple Of Osiris are coming to Switch in 2023. While we already knew a new Tomb Raider title was in development, series spinoffs Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris and Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light announced for Nintendo Switch in 2022, are now set for release at a later date. As far as the wider Tomb Raider franchise is concerned, it was recently announced Amazon Games would work with developer Crystal Dynamics for the next adventure in the story of Lara Croft.
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light/Temple of Osiris are now coming to Nintendo Switch in 2023. We look forward to sharing more in the new year!
— Feral Interactive (@feralgames) December 21, 2022
The game itself is still very early in development, but Amazon Games and developer Crystal Dynamics say that this is going to be the biggest, most sprawling Tomb Raider Series title yet. Embracer Group themselves recently purchased a number of studios and IPs from Square Enix, including Crystal Dynamics/Tomb Raider, and now Lord of the Rings games and movies rights. Embracer Group acquired the Square Enix properties, including the Tomb Raider franchise, but two games both of which were to be ported by Square Enix to Nintendo Switch appear not to have been part of this agreement.
Now, nearly nine years later, both tomb raider spin-offs are coming to Nintendo Switch, likely part of a push from Square Enix to maintain relevance for its games on as many platforms as possible, now that they sold Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal to Embracer Group. The first six titles in the series were developed by the British gaming company Core Design. Both Lara Croft’s character and the concepts of the video game series evolved both thematically and popularly from the initial titles released in 1996. We’re sure we’ll hear more from them soon. The studio has been very quiet as they are in early development but we’re sure they reveal something when they have something worthy to show.