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Lara Croft is officially coming toDead by Daylight, Behaviour Interactive has announced. It had long been speculated thatTomb Raider’s protagonist would be joiningDead by Daylight’s Survivor roster soon, but Behaviour has now put the rumors to rest. Just over a month after the release of Chapter 32: Dungeons & Dragons,Dead by Daylightis set to welcome one of gaming history’s most prominent heroines and one who enriched many gamers' childhoods.
Earlier this month,Dead by Daylightintroduced The Lich, better known as Vecna, who originated from theDungeons & Dragonsfranchise before becoming a mainstream villain in Netflix’sStranger Things. Before that, Behaviour rolled out the red carpet treatment for Chucky, the antagonist ofChild’s Play, and Alan Wake, from the action-adventure franchise of the same name. Now,Dead by Daylightturns the spotlight on Lara Croft, a character created by Toby Gard for Core Design’sTomb Raider, which was released in 1996.
Dead by Daylight: Lara Croftwill be available on all platforms on July 16, but PC players can get early access to the public test build on Steam. Despite an official release date for Lara Croft’s character inDead by Daylight, Behaviour has yet to unveil a trailer to showcase the character’s skills, which means PC players will be the first to experience Lara Croft in-game, perks and all. Lara Croft is being referred to as “the ultimate survivor” by the Behavior team, possibly due to her reputation for embarking on perilous journeys, and the Entity’s Realm is no different from her usual life-threatening odysseys.Lara’s model will be fashioned after theSurvivortrilogy, specifically the 2013 reboot.
Aside from the news of Lara Croft’s impending arrival,Behaviour Interactiverecently announced a few more surprisesas part of a livestream forDead by Daylight’s 8th anniversary. Namely, an upcoming 2v8 mode, featuring two Killers facing eight Survivors;The Casting of Frank Stone, a spin-off byThe Quarrydeveloper Supermassive Games; and a newCastlevaniachapter, coming later this year.
Earlier this year, Aspyr releasedTomb Raider 1-3 Remastered, a compilation of Core Design’s three originalTomb Raidergames:Tomb Raider,Tomb Raider 2, andTomb Raider 3. In addition,Tomb Raider: Legendreceived a PS5 port, although fans aren’t particularly satisfied with the quality of it. But Lara Croft fever doesn’t stop there, as the character is also appearing in a new animated TV series calledTomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, scheduled for release in October 2024. The MCU’s own Peggy Carter, Hayley Atwell, will provide the voice of Lara.
