An Oral History of the Tomb Raider Game No One Wanted to Make

A new book, The Making of Tomb Raider: 1997-2000 by Daryl Baxter, marks the series' 30th anniversary with an oral history of Tomb Raider Chronicles, released on the original PlayStation in 2000. After Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, the Core Design team expected to move to PS2, but publisher Eidos required a fifth game by the end of 2000, and multiple developers recall refusing the assignment. The team had already begun designing skill progression and branching narrative elements for the next-gen title before being told to make another AAA game in nine months.