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Lara Croft’s PS1 to PS5 Glow-Up to Be Revealed in Tomb Raider Cover Story
Game Informer will devote its next issue to 30 years of Lara Croft and the Tomb Raider series, with a cover showing Croft’s changing appearance from the original PlayStation era to PS5. The feature matters because it offers a retrospective on the franchise alongside a substantial preview of its forthcoming remake, Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis.
The issue will include 18 pages on the series: 12 on the remake and six looking back at the classics. Game Informer reports it spoke with Crystal Dynamics and developer Flying Wild Hog about why the original adventure is being remade again, how this version differs, the teams’ use of AI tools and links to the upcoming Tomb Raider: Catalyst. Legacy of Atlantis is due on PS5 on 12 February 2027.
In short
- Game Informer’s next issue looks back at 30 years of Lara Croft.
- Twelve pages focus on the Legacy of Atlantis remake.
- The PS5 game is due on 12 February 2027.
Explained simply
Tomb Raider is an action-adventure game series centred on Lara Croft, an archaeologist who explores dangerous sites and searches for ancient artefacts. The first game appeared on the original PlayStation in 1996, and the series has continued across several generations of consoles.
Crystal Dynamics is the studio that oversees the series, while Flying Wild Hog is helping develop the forthcoming remake of the original adventure. Remakes rebuild older games for modern systems, sometimes changing how they look or play. The new game is also linked to Tomb Raider: Catalyst, another upcoming entry in the series.
The franchise’s long history matters to players, games studios and publishers because it is a prominent example of a character and game world carried across decades of changing technology. Looking back at earlier games alongside a remake can show how the series has evolved and what its makers are carrying forward.