Also established by Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal, Lara is an ace mixologist able to tend bar with the best of them.

If the economy ever makes tomb-raiding a financially irresponsible career, Lara's got several skills to fall back on. After 2018's Shadow of the Tomb Raider, the final chapter in the origin trilogy-Tomb Raider 2013, Rise of the Tomb Raider, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider-Lara was 22 years old. In charting Lara's origin story in the critically acclaimed Tomb Raider 2013, Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal gave her a birthdate of February 1992. Many video game characters seem to appear out of thin air.

Celebrate the heroine's silver anniversary with 25 things you (probably) never knew about Lara, the Tomb Raider franchise, and the dozens of developers who have guided her on her journey. Lara Croft and her Tomb Raider franchise have not only survived, but thrived across multiple generations of gaming consoles and PC hardware. Few gaming franchises remain relevant for 25 years.