After we got over in June Rumorsto start a new adventure from Lara Croft - Shadow of the Tomb Raider reported, there was finally the official announcement. The developers announced the third part of the new one via Twitter Tomb Raider Play on. After "Tomb Raider" and "Rise of the Tomb Raider", the name of the next part is rumored to be "Shadow of the Tomb Raider".

A message to our fans! pic.twitter.com/HlDYsUtZMs

- Tomb Raider (@tombraider) 7th December 2017

The wording of the Twitter message is a bit "funny":

In an effort to let as little time pass between the official announcement of the game and the release of the game, only the announcement of the announcement was carried out today. The official announcement of the new Lara Croft adventure should take place with a big event in 2018.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider - Rumors and leaks months ago

Most players shouldn't care whether the big break is between the first news about a new game or between the official announcement. The main thing is there will be a new adventure in 2018. According to rumors, Lara could do it South America devious and on potential concept drawings she can be seen with a spear as a close combat weapon.

The complete report about the "leaks" at that time can be found here.

So for now there is only waiting for 2018 and concrete news.