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Franchise Anniversaries

Hitting a milestone in a product's life cycle, especially a franchise of any sort, is a big thing to those who love it most.

Tomb Raider is a quarter of a century old, and in usual celebrationary style, fans and developers have done all sorts of things to mark the occasion.
Below is a list of the past anniversaries and how they were official celebrated.

2006 - 10th Anniversary

Core Design's Tomb Raider 10th Anniversary Edition
Crystal Dynamics's Tomb Raider: Anniversary
GameTap Animated Series 'Re\Visioned'
​GameTap Documentary Narrated by Keeley Hawes
​GameTap Live Models Meet Up

2011 - 15th Anniversary

Merchandise Range

2016 - 20th Anniversary

Announcement of 'The Tomb Raider Suite'
Announcement of GamingHeads 20th Anniversary Set of 6 Figures
Community Manager Meagan Marie's Book '20 Years of Tomb Raider'
'Rise of the Tomb Raider' Released on PS4 and PC as '20 Years Celebration' Definitive Edition, with 'Blood Ties' DLC
Game Event/Giveaway Exclusive Items
TR Tumblr released old concept art/unseen pictures/ social media fankits
Other merchandise - Pop Figure, Rock Candy figure, Dark Horse TR Archives, Royal Mail Stamps
Two new Guinness World Records - Most Magazine Covers for a Video Game Character and Largest Gathering of People Dressed as Lara Croft
Core Design Team at Play Expo in Manchester
Core Design Team at the QUAD in Derby
Piano Player Debuts TR 20 Years Celebration Medley
​Tomb Raider: Live in Concert in December

2021 - 25th Anniversary

Weta Workshop Reveals Anniversary style statue
Tomb Raider Reloaded Mobile Game
Netflix Tomb Raider Anime Announcement
Dedicated 25th Anniversary Website 
Reimagined Box Art Designs
The surfacing of old assets from game development
​Crossover with Fortnite
Tomb Raider Official Cookbook and Travel Guide
Crossover with Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint
Crossover with Final Fantasy - War of the Visions: Brave Exvius
Interviews with developers and voice actors from Core Design and Crystal Dynamics

Virtual Lara ~ Official Tomb Raider Fansite
Circa 2020


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