Square Enix have responded to crticism over claims that the new Tomb Raider re-boot may have rape scenes.

The internet exploded into a frenzy after Tomb Raider’s Executive Producer, Mark Rosenburg claimed that at one point in the game Lara is captured and almost raped. Speaking to Kotaku he said:

“And then what happens is her best friend gets kidnapped, she gets taken prisoner by scavengers on the island. They try to rape her”

Square Enix did not seem to be happy with these comments and have now addressed the matter by releasing this statement on the official Tomb Raider website.

“One of the character defining moments for Lara in the game, which has incorrectly been referred to as an ‘attempted rape’ scene is the content we showed at this year’s E3 and which over a million people have now seen in our recent trailer entitled ‘Crossroads’. This is where Lara is forced to kill another human for the first time. In this particular section, which there is a threatening undertone in the sequence and surrounding drama, it never goes any further than the scenes that we have already shown publicly. Sexual assault of any kind is categorically not a theme that we cover in this game.”

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