Speculation has emerged that Crystal Dynamics and Buzz Monkey are working on the next Tomb Raider title, following mention of an “unannounced project” on Caleb Strauss’ online resume, who was responsible for handling environmental art duties on Underworld. His involvement in this mystery title consist of “pre-production development, 3D world environment modeling, documentation, contribution to art pipeline and workflow, and mentoring.”

A Lara fan site did more digging and found that Buzz Monkey are listing a “Top Secret Game” under their work portfolio. For those unaware, the company worked on the Wii, PS2, PS3, and Xbox 360 iterations of Underworld. Additionally, it also contributed to development efforts on Tomb Raider: Anniversary and Tomb Raider: Legend.

All of this begs the question: are Buzz Monkey and Crystal Dynamics teaming up for a forth time? This remains a rumor for now, but taking the strong relationship between these two companies into account, there is little reason to believe otherwise.

Collective consensus is that the next Tomb Raider is surmised to be a reboot of sorts, following less than stellar sales of Underworld and statements made by Eidos officials.

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