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Shadow of the Tomb Raider: The Serpent's Heart

Experience “The Serpent’s Heart” DLC and endure the mighty Slayer’s Gauntlet in an attempt to save the lives of loyal rebels. Lara must infiltrate an enemy fortress to stage a daring prison break, then engage…

5 March 2019

Shadow of the Tomb Raider: The Serpent's Heart is an adventure developed by Crystal Dynamics, released 5 March 2019 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia and Linux.

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What Shadow of the Tomb Raider: The Serpent's Heart is

Shadow of the Tomb Raider: The Serpent's Heart is an adventure game developed by Crystal Dynamics and released in 2019. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Crystal Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Lara Croft came to Hakan, while he was arguing with his sister-in-law about sending A'aron to a mission. Lara offered to help find A'aron for Hakan. A'aron returned on his own, without the document he went after, but the stranger brought the document shortly after. Hakan, finally asked the stranger's name, and Lara revealed her name. Hakan told Lara that the document revealed a secret hideout of a cult, and Lara offered to join him. Hakan told her to meet him near the abandoned village on the outskirts. When Hakan reached the meeting point he was captured by the Cult. The cult offered Lara a deal, she would retrieve the Godslayer for them, and they would release Hakan. While Lara was…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, historical, mystery and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player.

Where it sits in the Tomb Raider series

Shadow of the Tomb Raider: The Serpent's Heart is the 112th of 140 entries we hold in the Tomb Raider series. The next entry was Shadow of the Tomb Raider: The Grand Caiman in 2019.

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What it launched against

Shadow of the Tomb Raider: The Serpent's Heart launched on 5 March 2019, within three weeks of Metro Exodus, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Devil May Cry 5 and Anthem. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Metro Exodus, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Devil May Cry 5, Anthem.

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When did Shadow of the Tomb Raider: The Serpent's Heart come out?
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: The Serpent's Heart was released on 5 March 2019 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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