Why Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition has no new gameplay

Crystal Dynamics has explained the reasons why Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition won't add any new gameplay to last year's version.

The Definitive Edition is heading to the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 later this month with a number of new graphical enhancements and a new character model for Lara Croft.

However it doesn't include any new gameplay from the game we saw last year, and that's because the studio has already told the story it wanted to tell.

"One of the very first conversations we had was whether to include stuff we'd actually designed for the 360 and PS3 versions which we changed or just didn't get round to at the end of the day for one reason or another," executive producer Scot Amos told CVG.

"We looked at the possibility of adding more side tombs, adding a few extra pieces, and fleshing out any pieces of story we could go further on.

"There was a debate internally and ultimately we came to the conclusion that we already had the story we wanted to tell."

It's yet to be seen whether fans will be happy to pay full price for a videogame that adds nothing more than a visual upgrade.