Selvom mange gamere er glad for beslutningen om, at Rise of the Tomb Raider har droppet multiplayer-delen, da de ønsker en så robust singlerplayer-del som muligt, så lader det dog til, at spillet alligevel har en eller anden form for multiplayer-suite. Da vi besøgte Microsoft's kontorer i Madrid, spurgte vi ind til dette aspekt af spillet til Meagan Marie, og fik følgende svar (spørgsmål foregik på engelsk, og da vi gerne vil undgå misforståelser, har vi bibeholdt originalsproget):
GR:The combat and skills systems have evolved, but you've ditched the multiplayer part of the game to focus on the single player element. Wouldn't those advanced combat features have worked nicely in a multiplayer mode?
Meagan Marie: We actually haven't confirmed whether we have a multiplayer yet. We hopefully will be doing that soon, within the next week or so. There is something in place that will allow you to compete with your friends, but we just haven't revealed exactly what yet.
Derfor mangler vi nu bare at vide, om hvordan denne multiplayer-portion virker. Det lader fortsat til, at der ikke vil være multiplayer i traditionel forstand.