‘Tomb Raider’ fans frustrated by ‘World Of Tanks’ collab: “She’s everywhere but her own game”

8 July, 2025

Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft is heading to World Of Tanks and fans aren’t happy

World Of Tanks announced details of two special battle passes yesterday (July 7), featuring Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft and Duke Nukem, which will allow players to earn “unique rewards” inspired by the gaming franchises. “Lay out your path toward prizes charged with Lara’s razor-sharp precision or Duke’s bombastic swagger, switch Chapters whenever you wish, and claim rewards in any order,” explained the announcement. 

The collab gives fans a better look at the updated version of Lara Croft first seen in a 2023 Call Of Duty crossover while the character will be voiced by Keely Hawes, who has been involved in the franchise since 2006.

The World Of Tanks collab goes live later this week (July 10) and will run until July 21. 

However some Tomb Raider fans aren’t impressed with another collab. In recent years, Lara Croft has appeared in Call Of Duty, PowerWash Simulator, Fall Guys, Hero Wars and many other games but there hasn’t been a new mainline game since 2018’s Shadow Of The Tomb Raider.

“Okay, this is getting absolutely ridiculous. Lara has appeared in every single game except her own at this point,” wrote one fan. “Honestly I love the new design, I just think it’s annoying how many unrelated things she appears in,” added another. “Another day. another cross promotion without a new game announcement…,” said a third. 

At the end of 2022, Amazon Games confirmed a new single-player, narrative-driven adventure Tomb Raider game was in the works from Crystal Dynamics. 

According a statement from developers, the new game will “include all the elements that have made Tomb Raider one of the most revered franchises in gaming, giving players control of the confident and multidimensional hero Lara Croft in an environment that rewards exploration and creative pathfinding, with mind-bending puzzles to solve, and a wide variety of enemies to face and overcome.”

Last year, Amazon Games boss Christoph Hartmann confirmed the game hadn’t been affected by lay-offs at the company. “I mean, doing a new Tomb Raider, the bar is so high,” he added. “The longer you go, the expectation goes higher, so it’s a huge, huge task, but things are progressing. I mean, there’s some really great ideas here. Obviously, we’re not going to share any with you even if we would love to, but things are going well, things are moving forward.”

A live-action Tomb Raider series written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge has reportedly been cancelled at Amazon after being announced last year. However an official statement has yet to be shared. 

In other news, review aggregate site Metacritic has shared a rundown of the best reviewed games of 2025 so far – check out the full list here.

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