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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
  • Himmersion Tomb Raider 10th Anniversary T-Shirts

2011 - 15th Anniversary

  • Merchandise Range
  • 15th Anniversary Artwork

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

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