Unwrap VR, co-op, and zombies in new Tomb Raider DLC for Lara’s 20th

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Prepare to feel old: this October marks 20 years since Lara Croft made her debut on the Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn in Tomb Raider. To celebrate, publisher Square Enix has put together a goody bag of treats in the form of Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration on PlayStation 4. There are zombies (because zombies=£££), a new PlayStation VR mode, co-op, and even a new point-and-click adventure game mode. Xbox One players get everything, minus the VR support of course, as DLC.

It would have been easy for Square Enix to just cobble together a few odds and ends that were chopped out of Rise of the Tomb Raider for Lara’s twentieth, but there’s a level of depth that gives the anniversary a ballroom rather than pub feel.

After a few hours of hands-on time, it was the new co-op Endurance mode that stood out. Endurance is largely the same single-player variation that appeared in the original version of Rise of the Tomb Raider, which tasked you with hunting down valuable artefacts across a procedurally generated, snow-bound wilderness. The constant struggle to stay warm and well-fed adds the challenge.

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Source: Ars Technica – Unwrap VR, co-op, and zombies in new Tomb Raider DLC for Lara’s 20th