While a recent report had indicated that Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis might be getting delayed to February 2027, support studio Electric Square has confirmed that it is working on the title with Flying Wild Hog and Crystal Dynamics, and that the title is still coming out in 2026. The confirmation came through a LinkedIn post by the studio.
“Electric Square is honoured to have supported Crystal Dynamics and Flying Wild Hog on their upcoming reimagination of Lara Croft’s global debut in Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis,” wrote the studio, before describing the upcoming reimagining of the original 1996 Tomb Raider and ending the post by saying that it’s “Coming 2026.”
The report indicating that Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis would be delayed to February 2027 came courtesy of the Society of Raiders social media account, which is also known for having leaked the game’s existence just a few days before its official unveiling. The fact that the game is indeed still slated for 2026 likely means that the tail end of the year is going to be quite packed with game releases, including heavy-hitters like Marvel’s Wolverine, Fable, and Grand Theft Auto 6.
Crystal Dynamics studio head Scott Amos and game director Will Kerslake had offered a few details about Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, calling it a “love letter by fans, all of us, for fans.”
“Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis is a love letter by fans, all of us, for fans,” said Amos in an interview. “Looking at the opportunity we had with this, we knew the 30th anniversary was coming up and wanted to do something special to both celebrate that moment, but still pay an honor to all of Core Design’s original DNA and intent from this amazing title that launched the franchise. That is literally the debut title that’s set up for what we’re doing now, 30 years later, as part of Tomb Raider.”
“So being able to have the entire game built from scratch in Unreal 5 is why we call this a reimagining. We’ve taken all of those things that were critical from that first game, and then said, what can we do to push it through a modern-day gamer’s lens and say, this is how we can take areas that might have been a background image in the old game, now completely realized in full 3D.”
Since Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis is aiming to bring the original Tomb Raider‘s story to a modern audience, its development teams have also focused on bringing in quite a few modern refinements, including controls and gameplay that match up to other modern third-person action games. It will still maintain the original’s essence, however, like “when you get to fight a T.Rex in the original game.”
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis was unveiled alongside a brand new entry in the storied franchise—Tomb Raider: Catalyst. Slated for release in 2027, Tomb Raider: Catalyst will be an entirely new story that will feature a more confident Lara Croft, as well as the return of the grappling hook.
Both titles are being developed for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.
