Lara Croft as she was meant to look in Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
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Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition brings Lara Croft into the next generation (hands-on preview)

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Developer Crystal Dynamics is already remaking the remake of Tomb Raider, this time for next-generation game consoles.

The studio is creating one of the prettiest next-gen games to come out so far. Parent company Square Enix hopes Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition — coming out Jan. 28 on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 for $60 — will do more to re-energize what was a sagging multibillion-dollar entertainment franchise.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.