Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft comes to Call of Duty with her classic look

Call of Duty’s present season has been a wild one thus far, thanks to the addition of equippable canines, the return of World War II veteran Snoop Dogg, and the choice to play as Nicki Minaj in Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone. Season 5 of Call of Duty may even deliver a welcome new shock: Lara Croft from Tomb Raider as a brand new Operator.

Activision and Call of Duty’s builders teased Lara’s addition to the shooter last week, however on Monday they confirmed her in-game mannequin. It’s one of the strongest interpretations of Ms. Croft ever, evoking her authentic 1996 design, however trying totally fashionable. It’s definitely a extra photorealistic tackle the character than her extra cartoonish look in Fortnite in 2021, and her most up-to-date starring recreation, the cellular roguelike Tomb Raider Reloaded.

It’s a classic look: the throwback outfit, the braid, the backpack, the twin pistols, the glare — it’s definitely not the much less assured, battle-scarred, bow-and-arrow-wielding Lara of the Survivor trilogy of Tomb Raider video games (2013’s Tomb Raider, 2015’s Rise of the Tomb Raider, and 2018’s Shadow of the Tomb Raider). But the Call of Duty mannequin does function one notable aspect of the Survivor video games: Lara’s jade pendant necklace, a chunk of jewellery she wore in these video games and a memento of her first archaeological dig.

That mixture — classic Lara with a nod to the Survivor period — has led some followers to ponder whether or not this shall be her character design going ahead in for the subsequent Tomb Raider recreation. A brand new recreation within the franchise is in growth at Crystal Dynamics, with Amazon Games set to publish, and is alleged to unify the timelines of Lara’s Survivor period and the Core Design-developed video games (1996’s Tomb Raider by 2003’s Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness). Crystal Dynamics hasn’t stated a lot concerning the new Tomb Raider, aside from that it’s being developed utilizing Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5.

Either approach, Lara Croft will be part of the Operator ranks in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone on Sept. 9, alongside the Tracer Pack: Tomb Raider Bundle. That package deal consists of three weapon blueprints: the Ice Ax melee weapon, the Mythic Defender SMG, and the Mach-5 twin pistols. That bundle additionally features a automobile pores and skin for the Chop Top automobile referred to as “Tomb Buggy” and different cosmetics.

Joining Ms. Croft are a pair of Operators who look like anthropomorphic bunnies (MC Hips and MC Hops), rapper 21 Savage, and this pores and skin for the Operator Fender that makes an entire man out of weed.