After disappointing sales in the Tomb Raider series the past few years, there have been talks about a major reboot to the franchise.

Hence Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light — sort of, anyway. Shown for the first time at the Game Developers Conference this past week, the all-new downloadable title is twin-stick co-op game featuring the acrobatic adventurer in an original story separate from past releases.

But while it’s Lara as we’ve never seen her before, Crystal Dynamics’ creative director Daniel Neuburger, who’s worked on Tomb Raider for over seven years, says this is not a reboot of the franchise. “This isn’t a reboot of Tomb Raider at all because it really lives outside of Tomb Raider and that’s why we call it ‘Lara Croft,’” he explained. “Tomb Raider really speaks to our pillar releases and that’s a completely separate experience from this digital download-only game.”

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