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Tomb Raider is a media franchise consisting of action-adventure games, comic books, novels, theme park rides, and films, centring on the adventures of the female fictional British archaeologist Lara Croft. Since the release of the original Tomb Raider in 1996, the series developed into a franchise of the same name, and Lara went on to become a major icon of the video game industry. The Guinness Book of World Records recognised Lara Croft as the "Most Successful Human Videogame Heroine" in 2006. Six games in the series were developed by Core Design, and the latest four by Crystal Dynamics. The games were first published by Eidos Interactive; Eidos became part of Square Enix in April 2009. Embracer Group owns the rights to the Tomb Raider trademark and characters of the franchise. Three films were released: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life and Tomb Raider. The first two star American actress Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft, and the third Swedish actress Alicia Vikander.The Tomb Raider video games have together sold over 95 million units, making it one of the best-selling video game series of all time. Overview Video games Main series Mobile and spin-off games These games are not part of the main series as they are either handheld, mobile or spin-off games. The Tomb Raider Trilogy The Tomb Raider Trilogy is a collection of the three second-era Tomb Raider games: Tomb Raider: Legend, Tomb Raider: Anniversary and Tomb Raider: Underworld. It was released in March 2011 in North America and Europe exclusively on PlayStation 3 as part of the Classics HD line. The games were originally developed by Crystal Dynamics, in association with Buzz Monkey Software and Nixxes Software BV, and were ported to the PS3 by Buzz Monkey Software.The collection includes the PlayStation 2 versions of Legend and Anniversary remastered in high definition as well as Underworld, which was previously released on the PS3 in 2008, all on one Blu-ray Disc. Also included is PlayStation Network Trophy support, bonus Lara Croft and Viking Thrall avatars for use in PlayStation Home, a theme pack for the XrossMediaBar and making-of videos.The two downloadable episodes available for the Xbox 360 version of Underworld are not included. The Angel of Darkness, the first Tomb Raider game to be released on the PS2, is also not included in the collection, as it was developed by Core Design rather than Crystal Dynamics and has no relation to the story told in Legend, Anniversary and Underworld. Tomb Raider: Definitive Survivor Trilogy Tomb Raider: Definitive Survivor Trilogy is a collection of reboot Tomb Raider, Rise of the Tomb Raider and Shadow of the Tomb Raider. It was released on 18 March 2021 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. The Lara Croft Collection The Lara Croft Collection is a collection of Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light and Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris by Feral Interactive. It was released for Nintendo Switch on 29 June 2023. Tomb Raider I–III Remastered Tomb Raider I–III Remastered Starring Lara Croft is a collection of remasters of Core Design's first three original Tomb Raider video games developed and published by Aspyr, released on 14 February 2024 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. The remaster includes options for new control schemes, and revamped graphics. Level Editor The Tomb Raider Level Editor, Room Editor, is a tool released by Eidos Interactive with the video game Tomb Raider Chronicles in late 2000. Later, it was made available free to download from the Internet. Since then it has enabled players to design new levels of their own, set in locations from the original games or in new locations. The Action Adventure An interactive DVD was released by Bright Entertainment under license from Eidos in 2006, called Tomb Raider: The Action Adventure. The game takes advantage of standard DVD player audiovisual capabilities, and the remote control. It has puzzles and action elements, while the story is based on The Angel of Darkness. Pachinko Tomb Raider (2006) CR Tomb Raider MF-TV (2007) CR Tomb Raider MR (2007) CR Tomb Raider XF-T (2007)Films There were initially two film adaptations made in the early 2000s that starred Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider in 2001 and its sequel, The Cradle of Life, in 2003. While both films were financially successful, neither of them were well received by critics. A reboot starring Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft was released in 2018, which was better received. A sequel of the 2018 film was in development with Vikander returning as Croft but it was later canceled with the film rights reverted to the game company and prompted a bidding war among studios. In 2015, Adrian Askarieh, producer of the Hitman films, stated that he hoped to oversee a shared universe of Square Enix films with Just Cause, Hitman, Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, and Thief, but admitted that he does not have the rights to Tomb Raider. Some reports such as the Game Central reporters at Metro UK commented that the shared universe was unlikely, pointing out that no progress had been made on any Just Cause, Deus Ex nor Thief films.A short film called Tomb Raider: The Trilogy was produced in 1998 by Silver Films for the Tomb Raider III launch party. The film was not screened outside the event at the Natural History Museum in London. Producer Janey de Nordwall, who recently found the original digibeta tape, released the short film on the Tomb Raider YouTube page in 2016. Lara Croft makes a minor appearance in the 2018 film Ready Player One. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life (2003) Tomb Raider (2018) Rumors of a third film adaptation appeared in 2007, and was announced in 2009. The film rights were acquired by GK Films in 2011, confirming its development four years later, with the involvement of Warner Bros. and MGM. The film is a reboot, showing Lara's first adventure and is based on the 2013 video game with Lara searching for her father. Alicia Vikander was cast as Lara Croft in the reboot. Walton Goggins was cast as the film's villain; he called the plot "Raiders of the Lost Ark meets a genre version of the Joseph Conrad novel Victory: An Island Tale". Daniel Wu was cast as Lu Ren, a ship captain who joins forces with the adventurous Lara Croft on her quest to find her father. The film was released on 16 March 2018. Filming began on 23 January 2017. Tomb Raider: Obsidian (cancelled) Prior to the release of the reboot film, Alicia Vikander expressed interest in returning as Lara Croft for a second film. In April 2019, Amy Jump was hired to write a script for a possible sequel, with Vikander attached. In September, Ben Wheatley, Jump's husband, signed on to direct the sequel, that was planned for a 19 March 2021 release date and his long-time cinematographer Laurie Rose would also work on the sequel. In Jan.... Discover the Lara Connelly popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Lara Connelly books.