Shadow Of The Tomb Raider is preventing the apocalypse

Lara Croft will probably be sticking her toffee nostril into the Mayans’ enterprise to forestall their apocalypse in Shadow Of The Tomb Raider, Square Enix confirmed in the present day as they began exhibiting extra of the sport. Typical colonial invaders: considering they know greatest, that they’ll and will remedy every little thing. Hey, pal, that’s not your apocalypse. Butt out. And don’t assume I didn’t discover you slip that crypt jewelry into your little backpack.

Ahhh to heck with it. Here, watch Lara preventing soiled within the fancy new cinematic trailer:

Square Enix blurb the story’s setup:

“Experience Lara Croft’s defining moment as she becomes the Tomb Raider. In Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Lara must master a deadly jungle, overcome terrifying tombs, and persevere through her darkest hour. As she races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse, Lara will ultimately be forged into the Tomb Raider she is destined to be.”

So count on to raid at the very least one tomb.

Squeenix additionally speak about exploring underwater environments (ah, that soothing drowning), camouflaging Lara with mud, putting “like a jaguar” i.e. dropping down from timber to sink her tooth into enemies’ jugular veins, discovering a hidden metropolis, and poking round “the biggest hub space ever found in a Tomb Raider game.”

We despatched a roving reporter to the preview occasion Squeenix held final evening, so we should always have extra to inform you quickly.

Shadow Of The Tomb Raider is coming to Windows via Steam on September 14th. It’s being made by Eidos Montreal with Crystal Dynamics. See the game’s site for extra info.