Lost Tomb Raider returns after 14 years as a free game

Something Ironic is already: Lara Croft chases in the "Tomb Raider" series a lost treasure after the other behind, but just one of their own games was hidden for 14 years. Now the gaming world was provided free of charge.

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Long before the new "Tomb Raider" trilogy, developer Crystal Dynamics has dedicated a remake dedicated to the very first adventures with Tomb Raider: Legend. What many do not know: Shortly before that, developer Core Design himself already worked on a remake, which should listen to the title "Tomb Raider: 10th Anniversary" and appear for the PlayStation Portable.

Ultimately, however, the game was scanced according to PCGamer and disappeared completely in the recess after the closure of the studio in 2010. Today, 14 years later, the Alpha version of Tomb Raider: 10th Anniversary now uploaded to the Internet Archive. In the lower YouTube video you can get an impression from this rescued gaming treasure :

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The somewhat lumpy, but still fascinating alpha version is now available to all interested PC players for free. The Tomb of Ash page has published a instructions , as player can run the version on their computers. For games, the "Visual Studio" patch and a PS4 or "Xbox 360" controller is needed.

After 14 years, a lost "Tomb Raider" game has surfaced again. Who wants, can download it in the Alpha version and explore the alternative remake. It remains to be seen when Lara Croft - apart from the hated mobile game Tomb Raider: reloaded - will fall into a new adventure.