At first it looked like the chances of seeing Rise of the Tomb Raider on another console other than Xbox One was slim. But now, word from Square Enix states otherwise. The company said that Lara Croft’s next adventure will be on PS4 and PC in 2016.
Rise of the Tomb Raider will be a timed exclusive with Microsoft and will stay on Xbox for a solid year before transitioning over to PlayStation; which, puts it in a release window for Holiday 2016. The PC version will be released early next year.
This is the sequel to the 2013 reboot Tomb Raider, which sought to breathe new life into the stale but loved franchise. This time it followed the trend of being dark and gritty. Even though Square Enix stated the sales weren’t what they wanted at first, it was well reviewed and managed to eventually turn a profit.
Lara’s latest adventure will to continue the more serious tone of Tomb Raider and explore more of why Lara does what she does and the hardship of being a thrill seeker.
Rise of the Tomb Raider is due out November 10th, 2015 on Xbox One, early 2016 on PC and the end of 2016 on PS4.
