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Cubed3Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition Review
Published 11/22/2025
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Stadia / PS4 / Switch 2 / PC / XONE / Switch - 11/18/2025
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition is a re-release of Tomb Raider, developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square-Enix for the Playstation 4 and the Xbox One. The game is optimized for next-gen consoles, with the help of outside developers including United Front Games and Nixxes Software. Definitive Edition includes several visual and game play enhancements, and is packaged with all available downloadable content for the game. The game was released on January 28th, 2014.
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- Crystal Dynamics
- Publisher
- Crystal Dynamics, Square Enix, Aspyr Media
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