Video games’ first ever sex symbol will be getting an all-new look in an upcoming game. Lara Croft, starof the long-running Tomb Raider series, undergoes a radical re-imagining in a new title simply entitled Tomb Raider. Publisher Square Enix issued a press release that teased the new game:
Lara Croft’s an icon. She’s arguably gaming’s most recognizable heroine, having graced countless magazine covers and been adapted to the silver screen twice. But the problem with being an icon is that expectations about the character in question get formulaic. Any attempts to diverge from “what makes a character iconic” run the risk of being [...]
Yes, I know I’m broadly generalizing. Deal with it. But, still, things generally grind to a halt when the heat comes out. Microsoft–being run the smart people that do the smart things they do over there–realizes this, too.
