The news has finally sprung! Camilla Luddington is the voice/motion capture actress for Lara Croft in Tomb Raider. Straight from the horse's mouth (as it were), the following is the official press release:
London
(26 JUNE, 2012) Square Enix Ltd., the
publisher of SQUARE ENIX® interactive entertainment products in Europe and
other PAL territories, today announced that the
English-born actress Camilla Luddington has been chosen to be the voice and
performance actress of famous video game adventurer, Lara Croft in the new Tomb
Raider® game.
After an international talent search using scouts in
Europe and the US, Luddington stood out as delivering both a depth of emotion
and the youthful tone needed for Lara Croft in the upcoming reimagining of the
Tomb Raider franchise, due for release on March 5, 2013.
“This has been one of the most important jobs for us to
get right,” said Darrell Gallagher, head of studio at Crystal Dynamics “‘This
Tomb Raider game is very different to any other and we are demanding far more from
the voice and performance acting than ever before as we take the franchise in a
new direction.”
This July Luddington will also participate in the Nerd HQ
and Comic-Con panels in San Diego, where she will join the development team as
they talk about Tomb Raider and the story behind its creation.
