Tomb Raider reboot gets strange update ahead of Game Awards reveal

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Geoff Keighley, the host and founding father of The Sport Awards, has revealed on X that Tomb Raider is formally returning to The Sport Awards on December 11. Crystal Dynamics will present a “take a look at the longer term” of the franchise, and, instantly following this announcement, the Tomb Raider 2013 reboot obtained a wierd replace on Steam.

As noticed by X person, KAMI, the Tomb Raider 2013 reboot obtained a Steam replace on December 8. Recorded by SteamDB, the replace modified the secret from merely Tomb Raider to Tomb Raider Sport of the 12 months version. Different recorded updates on the identical time embrace altering the sport’s featured picture and different retailer property to include the change in title.

Tomb Raider 2013 simply received an replace on Steam:

• Title modified from ‘Tomb Raider’ to ‘Tomb Raider Sport of the 12 months’

• Cowl artwork and property modified

• Replace occurred at virtually the precise second it was confirmed for TGAs pic.twitter.com/bNFOCQv0IR

— KAMI (@Okami13_) December 8, 2025

The Tomb Raider reboot was launched all the best way again in 2013. It kickstarted Crystal Dynamics’ Survivor trilogy, which continued with Rise of the Tomb Raider in 2015 and finished with Shadow of the Tomb Raider in 2018. It’s unusual that the sport’s title was modified 12 years after its launch, and it’s stranger that it occurred proper after Geoff Keighley confirmed a brand new Tomb Raider shall be unveiled at The Sport Awards.

We should wait and see if The Sport Awards supplies an official clarification. It’s attainable that the brand new sport set to be revealed is solely known as Tomb Raider, so Crystal Dynamics may need renamed the Survivor trilogy’s first installment to keep away from confusion. There’s additionally the prospect we may be getting a re-release of the Survivor trilogy with enhancements, however all of that is simply hypothesis.

The Sport Awards will reveal the “future” of Tomb Raider

Because of Geoff Keighley’s announcement, we all know that The Sport Awards will reveal the “future” of Lara Croft. Earlier than something is formally unveiled, there are rumors on-line.

Probably the most recent rumor is a remake or reimagining of Lara Croft’s first ever adventure, Tomb Raider 1996, for the PS1. This may be Crystal Dynamics’ second remake of the traditional, with the primary being Tomb Raider Anniversary in 2007, which additionally just lately joined PS Plus Premium in November 2025, in addition to the PSN retailer for $20.

One other rumor is Tomb Raider 12, which is allegedly an open-world experience set in India, starring Lara Croft in her “prime”. Its story reportedly includes Lara racing towards a Society of Raiders to gather highly effective artifacts, and the one titbit about gameplay is that it encompasses a bike Lara can use to freely discover the open-world.

As for what’s official, Netflix’s The Legend of Lara Croft season 2 anime premieres on December 11, the identical day as The Sport Awards. Tasha Huo, the sequence’ showrunner, says it’s the “first steps toward unifying the Tomb Raider timelines,” and season 2 is the present’s conclusion.

By unifying the timelines, Crystal Dynamics goals to attach the unique PS1 classics with the latest Survivor trilogy. The PS1 video games have been developed by Core Design, a British studio that was sadly shut down in 2006 after shedding the Tomb Raider IP to Crystal Dynamics, courtesy of mother or father firm Eidos Interactive, due to the poor reception of Lara’s first PS2 journey, Angel of Darkness, in 2003.

Followers even have a live-action Amazon Prime series starring Game of Thrones’ Sophie Turner as Lara Croft to anticipate. Story Kitchen, a producer of the present, has confirmed that future Tomb Raider games will share the same “universe” as the Amazon series.