Tomb Raider Being Rebooted and Finishing the Trilogy
Within the first five years of Cyberpunk 2077’s development starting in 2013, Square Enix not only rebooted Tomb Raider but also gave said reboot its own trilogy.
Beginning with the eponymously titled Tomb Raider, followed by Rise of the Tomb Raider in 2015 and Shadow of the Tomb Raider in 2018, the reboot covered the origin story of Lara Croft and the struggles she endured to become the Tomb Raider we’ve all known and loved since 1996.
Not only did Square Enix have the time to reboot a long-running franchise, not to mention create an entire trilogy out of the reboot, but they were also able to secure film rights to said reboot and see that film, starring Alicia Vikander, released before Cyberpunk 2077 finally finished development in the same year the trilogy was completed.
