Two games in the Tomb Raider series, scheduled to launch on the Nintendo Switch, have now been delayed. Tomb Raider is one of the longest-running franchises in the video game industry, and it has sold over 88 million copies as of January 2022.Earlier in October, Crystal Dynamics and Feral Interactive confirmed that two Tomb Raider games would release on the Switch in 2022. Instead of the mainline series, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light and Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris were announced for the Switch as a way to celebrate the 25-year anniversary of the franchise. It’s now confirmed that both games will not launch on the Switch in 2022.As noticed by DualShockers, a recent tweet from Feral Interactive announced that Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light and Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris are both scheduled to launch on the Nintendo Switch in 2023. In a follow-up tweet, Feral Interactive mentioned that it will consider launching a physical version of the Tomb Raider games, but stated that nothing has been finalized as yet. There doesn’t appear to be any set release window as of now, so it looks like fans will have to wait for more concrete details on the schedule.
There are only a few days left in the year, so it probably doesn’t come as a surprise to see the two games being delayed to 2023. As opposed to the mainline collection of Tomb Raider games on consoles, Guardian of Light and Temple of Osiris are both played from an isometric perspective. Both titles feature support for cooperative gameplay and received mostly positive reviews from critics when they launched.
While the Switch may be powerful enough for a port of the rebooted trilogy, there is no word on Tomb Raider or its sequels coming to Nintendo’s console. Third-party developers have ported AAA games like Doom Eternal, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim to the Switch, so it’ll be interesting to see if Lara Croft’s latest big-budget adventures get released on the platform.
Fans of the Tomb Raider franchise have plenty to look forward to in the coming years, as a new AAA game is currently in development at Crystal Dynamics. This next game is going to be published by Amazon Games, and it’s set to be the biggest title in the Tomb Raider series.
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light and Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris are scheduled to release in 2023 for Nintendo Switch.
Source: DualShockers