Upon release, the game was praised by journalists as an excellent remake. A remake of the original Tomb Raider was initially being created by franchise creators Core Design, but the project was cancelled following their sale to Rebellion Developments in 2006. Composer Troels Brun Folmann remade and added to the music using an orchestral style.
Using the Legend engine, the team rebuilt the gameplay and levels, and series cocreator Toby Gard expanded the narrative. The Wii version includes console-exclusive motion control elements, and the mobile port features side-scrolling gameplay emulating earlier mobile Tomb Raider titles.įollowing the completion of Legend, Crystal Dynamics began developing Anniversary. Gameplay features Lara navigating linear levels, fighting enemies and solving puzzles to progress. Taking place in the continuity of 2006's Tomb Raider: Legend, Anniversary follows series protagonist Lara Croft's quest for the Scion of Atlantis. The eighth entry in the Tomb Raider series, Anniversary is a remake of the first Tomb Raider game released in 1996. It was later ported to OS X in 2008 and PlayStation 3 in 2011.
It was published by Eidos Interactive in 2007 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, Wii and mobile phones. Tomb Raider: Anniversary is an action-adventure video game co-developed by Crystal Dynamics and Buzz Monkey Software.