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Legacy of Atlantis is a full-blown remake of the original 1996 Tomb Raider game, rebuilt from the ground up using Unreal Engine 5. It is being developed by Flying Wild Hog with assistance and guidance from longtime Tomb Raider development studio Crystal Dynamics. While it is a remake of that first game, it will also make some changes to puzzles, combat, platforming, and more, so don’t expect a one-to-one recreation of what came before.

The next big Tomb Raider game will launch on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2, and PC.

Yes. Over the last few years, the people in charge of Tomb Raider have been trying to unify the franchise’s various timelines. So Legacy of Atlantis is a sequel to the Survivor trilogy, which shows Lara’s origins, and bumps the original game (and Anniversary, the old remake) from this singular timeline. This also means that when you play Tomb Raider 2, it’s a sequel to Legacy of Atlantis now, canonically speaking. Bit weird, but luckily, you can mostly just ignore all that and enjoy the games as standalone adventures.

Sadly, yeah, it seems like it, according to the game’s Steam page. The devs say AI-generated assets were used in development and then either “replaced or refined by humans,” but that still isn’t great, and I expect people will find some odd-looking bits and bobs inside Legacy of Atlantis once it launches in early 2027.