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Square Enix Confirms PC and PS4 Release for Rise of the Tomb Raider

Months of anger, rumours, and speculation have been put to rest as Square Enix has finally announced that Rise of the Tomb Raider will be coming to Windows 10 PC, Steam, and Playstation 4 next year. No exact dates have been released at this stage but according to Square Enix, the game will be released on Steam and Windows 10 PC in early 2016 while Playstation 4 gamers will have to wait until “Holiday 2016”. This means Rise of the ... [Continue Reading]

24/07/2015 // 11 Comments

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Rise of the Tomb Raider Art Book and Play Arts KAI Figure Announced

The Crystal Dynamics team are in San Diego for this year’s San Diego Comic-Con and they’ve kicked off the weekend’s festivities by announcing two new collectibles Tomb Raider fans may want to add to their collections. The first is an official art book for Rise of the Tomb Raider, which will be published by Titan Books and will feature hundreds of unreleased pieces of concept art, sketches, character models, and 3D renders as ... [Continue Reading]

10/07/2015 // 7 Comments

Lara Croft GO, a new mobile adventure by Square Enix Montréal

Square Enix Announces New Mobile Adventure, Lara Croft GO

It’s turning out to be quite a week of announcements at this year’s E3 and today’s Square Enix conference was no exception. Not only did we get a few more (albeit brief) snippets of the highly-anticipated Rise of the Tomb Raider, we also found out that Square Enix Montréal is currently developing Lara Croft GO, a brand-new turn-based puzzle game for mobile devices. Following the success of their award-winning game Hitman ... [Continue Reading]

17/06/2015 // 3 Comments

Lara Croft: Relic Run - Fan Reactions and Reviews

The adventure-runner mobile game Lara Croft: Relic Run was officially launched today and, judging from my Facebook page and Twitter timeline, it’s been pretty well received by the Tomb Raider fan community. Fans’ fears that Relic Run would be little more than a Temple Run clone have been put to rest and not an hour goes by without someone sharing a screenshot of yet another unfortunate (but often hilarious) ragdoll death. Download ... [Continue Reading]

29/05/2015 // 6 Comments

Tomb Raider 2013 Crosses 8.5 Million Mark, Crystal Dynamics Releases Concept Art

Earlier this month, Crystal Dynamics reported that Tomb Raider 2013 has officially sold more than 8.5 million copies worldwide, thereby making it the best-selling title of the series. Although the company has yet to publish a breakdown of sales by platform, it’s safe to say that the game has ended up surpassing Square Enix’s initial sales target and revived interest in the series. To celebrate this major milestone, Crystal Dynamics ... [Continue Reading]

09/04/2015 // 0 Comments

Lara Croft & the Temple of Osiris: First Impressions

Thanks to what I can only assume was a slight boo-boo on my local gamestore’s part, I received my copy of Lara Croft & the Temple of Osiris (Gold Edition) almost a week ahead of its official release date and ended up spending part of my weekend playing through the first few sections of the game in both single-player and 2-player co-op mode. Without spoiling too much, I thought I’d share my first impressions of the game with you ... [Continue Reading]

07/12/2014 // 13 Comments

Tomb Raider II Now Available on iOS

Following the success of last year’s Tomb Raider I release for iOS, Square Enix announced today that Apple fans can now enjoy Lara’s second adventure on their iPads and iPhones. Considered by many (including myself) to be the best Tomb Raider game ever made, the iOS release of Tomb Raider II is packed with over 50 unlockable achievements and includes the popular mini-adventure, The Golden Mask. All screenshots above are copyright of ... [Continue Reading]

03/12/2014 // 5 Comments

Lara Croft as seen in Rise of the Tomb Raider

Square Enix Announces “Rise of the Tomb Raider”

Update: Crystal Dynamics’ Head of Studios has announced that Rise of the Tomb Raider will now be an Xbox exclusive (though perhaps only a timed exclusive). Is this the Rise of the Console Exclusive Raider? You can keep up with all the latest Rise of the Tomb Raider news right here! E3 2014 has gotten off to an exciting start for Tomb Raider fans everywhere! Square Enix announced today that Rise of the Tomb Raider, the sequel to Tomb Raider ... [Continue Reading]

09/06/2014 // 19 Comments

Lara Croft: Reflections Has Been Axed

If you were hoping for a worldwide release of Lara Croft: Reflections, your hopes have officially been dashed. After months of speculation about the game’s fate, RenRen Games announced today that the game’s servers will be shut down on 5th August 2014. It’s perhaps not surprising that Lara Croft: Reflections failed to live up to peoples’ expectations. Although it was soft-launched last December, few fans knew of its ... [Continue Reading]

05/06/2014 // 7 Comments

In the Spotlight: Jay W

Over the past few days, we’ve had interviews from gamers and fan site owners from around the world but today’s interviewee is not only a big fan of the Tomb Raider games, he’s also been working within the games industry since 1994. Meet Jason W of Square Enix Europe! So, tell us a little about yourself. Hi, I am Jason Walker, or Jay as most call me. I live in London, England. I’ve been working in the games industry 20 years ... [Continue Reading]

13/02/2014 // 2 Comments

Square Enix Launches Lara Croft: Reflections

UPDATE: RenRen Games have announced that the game’s servers will be shut down in August 2014. Based on this, it now seems very unlikely that Lara Croft: Reflections will be released worldwide as previously planned. When Square Enix trademarked the name Lara Croft: Reflections in March 2013, it sparked a flurry of speculation within the Tomb Raider fan community. Was it the name of the upcoming sequel to 2013’s reboot game? Could ... [Continue Reading]

11/01/2014 // 11 Comments

Croft, a fan film starring Cassandra Ebner

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Most of you have probably heard about this by now but for those of you who haven’t, a brand new Tomb Raider fan film was released online during the Christmas holidays and it’s already made quite an impression both online and off. Croft is a non-profit short film that was inspired by Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics’ 2013 Tomb Raider reboot and was produced by a team of independent filmmakers and actors as a way to showcase ... [Continue Reading]

28/12/2013 // 11 Comments

Tomb Raider I Now Available on iOS

Christmas has come early for iPad and iPhone owners as Square Enix confirmed today that Tomb Raider 1 has been released for iOS. And if that wasn’t enough, the game even includes the two bonus chapters, “Shadow of the Cat” and “Unfinished Business”, from the 1998 re-release Tomb Raider Gold. The iOS release has been optimized for the iPhone 5 but is compatible with iPhones, iPads and iPod Touchs running iOS 7.0 ... [Continue Reading]

18/12/2013 // 7 Comments

Come join this awesome online community! (Image credit: Survivor Reborn)

Join Survivor Reborn’s Tomb Raider Forum!

If you’re looking for a great place to talk about all things Tomb Raider but find Tomb Raider Forums a little overwhelming, why not sign up for an account over at Survivor Reborn’s Forum? Link: http://tombraider.boards.net/ Registration is easy and absolutely free so feel free to join this small but growing online community of Tomb Raider fans. After all, the more, the merrier. ;) Related Articles: Survivor Reborn’s Q&A with ... [Continue Reading]

23/08/2013 // 3 Comments

10 Things I’d Like to See in the Tomb Raider Sequel

Update: There have been a few announcements about the upcoming sequel, The Rise of the Tomb Raider, since I wrote this article. Click here to read more about this highly-anticipated game! It’s been a couple of weeks since Square Enix confirmed that a sequel to this year’s Tomb Raider reboot was in the works. Many other bloggers have already put forward their wishlists for the upcoming game but I thought I’d add my two cents. ... [Continue Reading]

20/08/2013 // 31 Comments

Where will Lara go next? (Image credit: Katie's Tomb Raider Screenshots)

Tomb Raider Sequel Has Been Confirmed

Good news, Tomb Raider fans! There *will* be a sequel to this year’s Tomb Raider game. A sequel had been hinted at when Dark Horse Comics announced a new Tomb Raider comic series was in the works but Phil Rogers, CEO for Square Enix Europe, put all the rumours to rest on his blog earlier today. “Square Enix is in production with a number of next generation projects, including Final Fantasy XV and Kingdom Hearts III, which were ... [Continue Reading]

01/08/2013 // 8 Comments

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