{"id":318,"date":"2025-05-28T00:30:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T00:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hubpsotemail.net\/?p=318"},"modified":"2025-05-30T11:20:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T11:20:28","slug":"games-inbox-when-will-the-new-tomb-raider-be-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hubpsotemail.net\/index.php\/2025\/05\/28\/games-inbox-when-will-the-new-tomb-raider-be-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Games Inbox: When will the new Tomb Raider be revealed?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\t\t\"Lara\t<\/div>
It’s a long time since Lara Croft had a new game (Activision)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Wednesday letters wonders when people will start asking about GTA 7, as one reader considers going to the Switch 2<\/a> midnight launch.<\/p>\n

To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Forgotten treasure<\/strong>
I\u2019ve seen a lot of rumours about Resident Evil<\/a> 9 or Final Fantasy<\/a> 7 Remake Part 3 being at the Summer Game Fest, or Xbox<\/a> or Sony<\/a>\u2019s events, but I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve seen anyone even pretend that Tomb Raider<\/a> might be there.<\/p>\n

It is now seven years since the last game and while they said they were doing a new one we haven\u2019t seen or heard anything about it. I know the developer and their owner has been having problems but surely this is the high priority? The moneymaker they have to get right?<\/p>\n

It sounds like things are going badly to me and yet we haven\u2019t heard about that either. It\u2019s like the game has just disappeared, never to be talked about again. I really hope someone does this summer though.
Dace<\/strong><\/p>\n

Serious games<\/strong>
I think I\u2019m at the point where there has to be another major Nintendo exclusive out this year or I\u2019m not getting the Switch 2 until there\u2019s more first party games than we know of now. I\u2019m sure Mario Kart World is great, and maybe Donkey Kong Bananza as well, but I need to see a bit more variety than that.<\/p>\n

A new Zelda or Splatoon, for a slightly more serious vibe, would\u2019ve been fine but we\u2019ve not heard about either and there\u2019s no sign of any equivalent or anything that isn\u2019t that dumb Dynasty Warriors spin-off.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a strange omission really, because all they need was a quick CGI trailer, or even just part of montage, and a vague promise and that would\u2019ve been it. But at the moment I have really no idea what serious games are coming to Switch 2 or when I might find out more.
Austin<\/strong><\/p>\n

Analogue launch<\/strong>
As the concept of physical games slips away from us, I have to say the idea of a midnight launch for the Switch 2<\/a> actually seems pretty appealing. I\u2019ve already taken the Thursday off to play the console, so I might actually do it.<\/p>\n

Although how long until the concept of a physical console becomes outdated? Streaming is surely only a few years away from becoming mainstream and if you want a computer chip in your head you can already control games with your mind, instead of using a gamepad.<\/p>\n

The whole world is going digital-only and games are naturally at the forefront of that. It might be the future, but I think I\u2019ll go to one more midnight launch while the shops still exist for them to take place in.
Vona<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email your comments to: gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Difficult decision<\/strong>
As a very indecisive person, I often have a hard time deciding on what difficulty setting to play a game. Although I\u2019m a very experienced gamer, I\u2019m not the best, but I also don\u2019t want an easy ride. I expect difficulty settings in some games, but I\u2019ve always thought that they are a result of bad design.<\/p>\n

The game I\u2019m playing at the moment, which I think should not have one, is Forza Horizon 5. The idea that you lose on a particular difficulty setting and then replay it on a lower setting just seems a waste of time and seems completely counterintuitive to how a game should work.<\/p>\n

What are your thoughts in the matter? Do you share my sentiments at all?
John<\/strong><\/p>\n

GC:<\/strong> Ultimately, we think it should be decided on a case-by-case basis, but we do have a lot of sympathy with what you\u2019re saying. Something like Doom having multiple difficulty levels makes sense, since you\u2019re purposefully making it harder for yourself each time, while some family friendly games often have an ultra easy, quasi-invincible mode that also seems appropriate. However, when an ordinary game has three different difficulty levels for no apparent reason we do agree something has probably gone wrong.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\"Star\t<\/div>
Star Wars Battlefront 2 – how long would a sequel take? (EA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Star Wars celebration<\/strong>
I\u2019m really curious to see if EA is going to react to all these calls for a Star Wars Battlefront 3<\/a>. They\u2019re not exactly ones to waste money usually but it seems like the sort of thing that Lucasfilm themselves might respond to, where they like the idea that people are calling out for a sequel.<\/p>\n

Worst case scenario is it\u2019d be some free to play rubbish trying to be replace Apex Legends but an actual normal paid-for game, with lots of content and no microtransactions, I would be all for. Problem is that it\u2019d take five years or so to make and who knows what state Star Wars or EA will be in by that point. Some kind of annoucement or beta for 50th anniversary in 2027 would be amazing though.
Grackle<\/strong><\/p>\n

Free advertising<\/strong>
So on this this exact date in one year\u2019s time<\/a>, I could be playing GTA 6? Yeah, count me in as someone that doesn\u2019t believe it\u2019ll happen. It\u2019ll be delayed again and come out in the autumn, which is probably what Take-Two would prefer anyway. Not that it\u2019s really going to make any difference, given basically everyone with a console or PC in the world is going to want to buy it.<\/p>\n

Even if you hate GTA, and I know it\u2019s not for everyone, I can\u2019t believe there is a single gamer that doesn\u2019t at least want to see what it looks like for the graphics and open world alone. Which, to be honest, is why I think a lot of people play it anyway.<\/p>\n

If this year belongs to the Nintendo Switch 2 then next year is going to be all about GTA 6. At that point, even if you do like it, you\u2019re probably going to be sick of hearing about it. But what can you do? This will go way beyond marketing. In fact, they wouldn\u2019t have to spend a penny on selling the game as word of mouth will do it all.<\/p>\n

It will gradually fade back to background noise but then the question becomes: how long until we start talking about GTA 7 instead?
Whistler<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unexplained pricing<\/strong>
So Sony raises the price of the PlayStation 5 one month and then decreases it the next<\/a>, but only for a few weeks for a sale? Is it even worth asking what\u2019s going on? Although the most important question is why did we and a few others get a price rise and the US didn\u2019t? Are we literally paying for Trump\u2019s tariffs, while the US doesn\u2019t get affected at all?<\/p>\n

Of course, Sony will never be taken up on this because they never do interviews anymore and who knows who\u2019s even in control now. So instead we\u2019ve got to pretend to act grateful for the prices going back to what they were in the first place.
Goots<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have the rasterisation!<\/strong>
I’ve enjoyed seeing some of the early performance comparisons between the Switch 2 and the current and last gen home consoles. Digital Foundry have taken a lot of stick for saying that the Switch 2 sits somewhere between the PlayStation 4 and PS4 Pro in rasterisation performance (what we’d have conventionally referred to as \u2018power\u2019) but that’s a very negative interpretation of what they’ve said and completely ignores a point that they return to over and over again: the days of new consoles and GPUs being pushed forward solely by hardware grunt are gone.<\/p>\n

PlayStation 4 level rasterisation in a handheld that has low memory bandwidth, superfast storage, and access to modern features such as DLSS and ray-tracing will produce markedly better looking (and hopefully better running) games than a PlayStation 4.<\/p>\n

Indeed, some of the footage from Switch 2 docked gameplay is displaying better texture quality and clarity than the Xbox Series S (albeit at a lower native resolution), which is in no small part down to the superiority of DLSS in comparison to the software-based upscaling or anti-aliasing techniques employed by the current and last gen home consoles (other than PS5 Pro).<\/p>\n

I understand that a lot of people’s eyes probably rolled back in their heads reading that, and not just due to my overuse of punctuation. However, I find it absolutely fascinating that we’ve reached a point where these technologies can help a relatively underpowered<\/em> console punch so far above its weight in terms of what we, the gamers, actually see on screen.<\/p>\n

It can only bode well for the next generation of consoles, any future handheld PCs\/consoles and hopefully our wallets that tangible performance leaps can be obtained without needing to cram in a GPU that’s a foot and a half-long and costs \u00a32K. Maybe PlayStation 5 performance in a handheld isn’t as far-fetched as it once seemed.
Magnumstache<\/strong><\/p>\n

GC: <\/strong>It would certainly help to explain the implied plans for Xbox and PlayStation\u2019s next gen portables.<\/em><\/p>\n

Inbox also-rans<\/strong>
It\u2019s a shame Nintendo gave up making mini-consoles, I really would\u2019ve liked one for the Game Boy Advance. My one is broken now and the Switch is too big to really get the same vibe from it.
Bootles<\/strong><\/p>\n

I read that Doom: The Dark Ages sold less than 1 million copies so far. Game Pass or not that can\u2019t be good. I hope it doesn\u2019t put them off a Quake reboot.
Fonky Gibbon<\/strong><\/p>\n

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New Inbox updates appear every weekday morning, with special Hot Topic Inboxes at the weekend. Readers\u2019 letters are used on merit and may be edited for length and content.<\/em><\/p>\n

You can also submit your own 500 to 600-word Reader\u2019s Feature at any time via email or our Submit Stuff page<\/a>, which if used will be shown in the next available weekend slot.<\/em><\/p>\n

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