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JanuaryMonday 25th January 2021
Misha Green named to write and direct the next Tomb Raider movie. [Source] Wednesday 27th January 2021 A Tomb Raider anime series is coming to Netflix. FebruaryMonday 1st February 2021
Official Tomb Raider 25th Anniversary website goes live. [Source] Friday 26th February 2021 Community Managers Meagan and Neha join fans Gaming Mum Confesses, Lady Croft CZ and Steve of Warr for a livestream of Tomb Raider 1. The first two Tomb Raider movies are now available to watch on iPlayer. [source] Sunday 28th February 2021 The Tomb Raider twitter releases an interview with Shelley Blond and Natalie Cook, hosted by Meagan Marie. [Source] March |
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Monday 1st March 2021
Official twitter begins celebrating Tomb Raider 2.
Tuesday 16th March 2021
Fortnite / Tomb Raider crossover announced. [source]
Thursday 18th March 2021
'Square Enix Presents' officially reveals Tomb Raider Cookbook, Netflix show, Weta Statue and Fortnite/Tomb Raider crossover and further crossovers with Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint and Final Fantasy Brave Exvius: War of the Visions. [source]
Official twitter begins celebrating Tomb Raider 2.
Tuesday 16th March 2021
Fortnite / Tomb Raider crossover announced. [source]
Thursday 18th March 2021
'Square Enix Presents' officially reveals Tomb Raider Cookbook, Netflix show, Weta Statue and Fortnite/Tomb Raider crossover and further crossovers with Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint and Final Fantasy Brave Exvius: War of the Visions. [source]
April |
Friday 2nd April 2021
Community Managers join fans ItsJojoNeko, DutchyRaider, DanViop and Hedteur for a livestream of Tomb Raider 2.
Monday 19th April 2021
Weta Workshop reveals its completed 'The Lost Valley' 1/4 statue. Pre-orders open today for a 2 week window, and limited numbers to be decided by the amount of pre-orders.
Friday 30th April 2021
Community Managers join fans gaming_mum_confesses, SteveOfWarr, thetombgayder, CalypsisGames and JillCrofts for a livestream of Tomb Raider 3.
Community Managers join fans ItsJojoNeko, DutchyRaider, DanViop and Hedteur for a livestream of Tomb Raider 2.
Monday 19th April 2021
Weta Workshop reveals its completed 'The Lost Valley' 1/4 statue. Pre-orders open today for a 2 week window, and limited numbers to be decided by the amount of pre-orders.
Friday 30th April 2021
Community Managers join fans gaming_mum_confesses, SteveOfWarr, thetombgayder, CalypsisGames and JillCrofts for a livestream of Tomb Raider 3.
May |
Thursday 20th May 2021
Tomb Raider twitter posts unearthed 'Tomb Raider: A brief History', featuring history of up to Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation.
Wednesday 26th May 2021
Announcement made of the passing of Troy Horton, a producer on the early games of Tomb Raider. [source]
Friday 28th May 2021
Community Managers join fans Hedteur, Tomb_of_Ash, CroftGenerationTV, LadyCroftCZ and KrisNephilim for a livestream of Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, which will run over 2 days.
Tomb Raider twitter posts unearthed 'Tomb Raider: A brief History', featuring history of up to Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation.
Wednesday 26th May 2021
Announcement made of the passing of Troy Horton, a producer on the early games of Tomb Raider. [source]
Friday 28th May 2021
Community Managers join fans Hedteur, Tomb_of_Ash, CroftGenerationTV, LadyCroftCZ and KrisNephilim for a livestream of Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, which will run over 2 days.
June |
Wednesday 30th June 2021
Crystal Dynamics host a live on stream interview with Core Design team members Andy Sandham, Jerr O'Carroll and Tom Scutt.
Crystal Dynamics host a live on stream interview with Core Design team members Andy Sandham, Jerr O'Carroll and Tom Scutt.
July |
Friday 2nd July 2021
Community Managers join fans Jillcrofts, DJ_Full and Colton_UK for a livestream of Tomb Raider Chronicles.
Friday 30th July 2021
- Community Managers join fans Terenete, Tomb_of-Ash, ThatNorskChickk, dreamfall71 and special guests (Jonell Elliott) for a livestream of Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness.
- GamingHeads' AOD statue is now available for pre order.
Community Managers join fans Jillcrofts, DJ_Full and Colton_UK for a livestream of Tomb Raider Chronicles.
Friday 30th July 2021
- Community Managers join fans Terenete, Tomb_of-Ash, ThatNorskChickk, dreamfall71 and special guests (Jonell Elliott) for a livestream of Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness.
- GamingHeads' AOD statue is now available for pre order.
August |
Friday 27th August 2021
Community Managers join fans ArkRaiderMs, SteveOfWarr, KrisNephilim and Rap_Wins for a livestream of Tomb Raider Anniversary.
Community Managers join fans ArkRaiderMs, SteveOfWarr, KrisNephilim and Rap_Wins for a livestream of Tomb Raider Anniversary.
September |
Friday 3rd September 2021
Community Managers join fans Rhenya, dutchyraider, thetombgayder and CroftgenerationTV for a livestream of Tomb Raider Anniversary.
Monday 13th September 2021
Hayley Atwell is announced as voice of Lara Croft in the upcoming Netflix anime series.
Community Managers join fans Rhenya, dutchyraider, thetombgayder and CroftgenerationTV for a livestream of Tomb Raider Anniversary.
Monday 13th September 2021
Hayley Atwell is announced as voice of Lara Croft in the upcoming Netflix anime series.
October |
Friday 1st October 2021
-Community Managers join fans Lomadiah, Wawa_Croft, Hedteur, Terenete and CalypsisGames for a livestream of Tomb Raider: Underworld.
-The Lara Croft/ Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius goes live and runs until 20th October 2021.
Friday 22nd October
The final TRLE celebration stream takes place today at 7AM PDT/ 4PM CET
Saturday 23rd October
Unofficial 25th anniversary celebrations at the QUAD in Derby, featuring Judith Gibbins, Heather Stevens, Gavin Rummery, Peter Bernard, Raidercast, Daryl Baxter, SteveofWarr and Luke Earle.
Sunday 24th October 2021
Tomb-of-Ash hosts a Tomb Raider 1 Unfinished Business developer team stream on Twitch with Phil Campbell, Mike Schmitt and Rebecca Shearin.
Thursday 28th October 2021
A blog post on the official 25th Anniversary website gives out 13 greetings videos from the women in the Tomb Raider franchise, giving thanks to the community, it reveals a Tomb Raider 1 1995 Version 1.3 design doc, updating fans on the TR Cookbook, TR Reloaded mobile game, TR Netflix anime, announces game sales, charity runs, 2 x Tomb Raider Live Experiences for 2022, a Nintendo Switch port of Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light and Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, the reveal of a tabletop RPG called ‘Lara Croft’s Tomb Raiders’ and iOS (and poss. more) stickers by Jeff Victor.
-Community Managers join fans Lomadiah, Wawa_Croft, Hedteur, Terenete and CalypsisGames for a livestream of Tomb Raider: Underworld.
-The Lara Croft/ Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius goes live and runs until 20th October 2021.
Friday 22nd October
The final TRLE celebration stream takes place today at 7AM PDT/ 4PM CET
Saturday 23rd October
Unofficial 25th anniversary celebrations at the QUAD in Derby, featuring Judith Gibbins, Heather Stevens, Gavin Rummery, Peter Bernard, Raidercast, Daryl Baxter, SteveofWarr and Luke Earle.
Sunday 24th October 2021
Tomb-of-Ash hosts a Tomb Raider 1 Unfinished Business developer team stream on Twitch with Phil Campbell, Mike Schmitt and Rebecca Shearin.
Thursday 28th October 2021
A blog post on the official 25th Anniversary website gives out 13 greetings videos from the women in the Tomb Raider franchise, giving thanks to the community, it reveals a Tomb Raider 1 1995 Version 1.3 design doc, updating fans on the TR Cookbook, TR Reloaded mobile game, TR Netflix anime, announces game sales, charity runs, 2 x Tomb Raider Live Experiences for 2022, a Nintendo Switch port of Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light and Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, the reveal of a tabletop RPG called ‘Lara Croft’s Tomb Raiders’ and iOS (and poss. more) stickers by Jeff Victor.
November |
Monday 8th November 2021
Tomb-of-Ash hosts a Tomb Raider 2 Golden Mask developer team stream on Twitch with Phil Campbell, Rebecca Shearin and Kris Renkewitz.
Saturday 20th November 2021
CalypsisCroft releases a website dedicated to archiving Tomb Raider 3's history, including goodies such as a final draft script, 'Run the Gauntlet' screens and a recreation of the official TR3 website.
Sunday 21st November 2021
Giovanni Lucca releases his much anticipated HD remaster of Tomb Raider 3, initially releasing for just the India levels. With music from Dean Kopri. See his website!
Tomb-of-Ash hosts a Tomb Raider 2 Golden Mask developer team stream on Twitch with Phil Campbell, Rebecca Shearin and Kris Renkewitz.
Saturday 20th November 2021
CalypsisCroft releases a website dedicated to archiving Tomb Raider 3's history, including goodies such as a final draft script, 'Run the Gauntlet' screens and a recreation of the official TR3 website.
Sunday 21st November 2021
Giovanni Lucca releases his much anticipated HD remaster of Tomb Raider 3, initially releasing for just the India levels. With music from Dean Kopri. See his website!
December |
Saturday 25th December 2021
The 'Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness' Reimagined Box Art is released.
Sunday 26th December 2021
Two covers for 'Tomb Raiders', the tabletop RPG, are revealed.
The 'Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness' Reimagined Box Art is released.
Sunday 26th December 2021
Two covers for 'Tomb Raiders', the tabletop RPG, are revealed.