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#tombraider No demo version is planned for Tomb Raider, said Karl Stewart of the game's studio, Crystal Dynamics, because doing so would reveal too much of the story before the game's release. More »

#tombraider As we've seen in trailers going back to E3, Lara Croft gets the crap beat out of her trying to escape from the bandits' camp in the Tomb Raider reboot, though to be fair, she gives as good as she gets. That must have been on the mind of whoever came up with this design for a Tomb Raider special edition controller, because it looks worn the hell out. More »

Tomb Raider's multiplayer unveiled; Minecraft 360 sells 5 mil; violent games burned in Connecticut; multiplatform Fez; 55" OLED HDTV details.

The first details of Tomb Raider multiplayer are here. Team Deathmatch, survivors vs. scavengers. No Lara.

You probably haven't spent enough money today. Yes, even though you got a late start and snatched up the games of yesterday's Steam sale today, there are still 36 hours of wallet plundering left. Today is no different and you are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. Just give in already.

Day 14 of the Steam sale offers the Tomb Raider franchise for $15, The Painkiller games for 50 - 75 percent off (including the complete pack for $20), Magicka for $2.50, the Sniper Elite franchise pack for $13.75, Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition for $20 and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 1 and 2 for 75 percent off, at just $2.50 a pop.

Feel the financial burn.

#tombraider There is something about the way women are stereotypically socialized—to be meek, to be reserved, to be safe—that can feel limiting, sometimes frustrating. More »

June 2007: a remote jungle clearing outside Moshi, Tanzania. I am seventeen. It is sometime after midnight.

My skin is sticky with pesticide and sweat. In the treacle dark, my friend Rachael’s face presses hot against my shoulder. The hiss of the jungle soars into the sky in a cacophonous, unbearable symphony.

I need to pee.(more…)

Yes, the new Tomb Raider still has tombs. Let us walk you through a few of them.

Lets pick apart the latest clips from Laras reboot.

Did you (somehow) miss the debut of our new Tomb Raider trailer on Friday at VGA 10? You’re in luck! Check out Lara’s latest adventure below, and let us know what you think in the comments below!

Injured. Scattered. Hunted. Shipwrecked on an island off the coast of Japan, Lara Croft began armed with nothing more than her wits and will to live. Forced to forage for food and defend herself from hostile natives, Lara is forever changed when her friends are captured and she realizes she is the only one who can save them. Pushed to the limits of human fortitude, Lara knows that if she doesn’t survive, none of them will. Watch Lara transition from “survival” to “Survivor” in our new trailer.

Lara fights to survive as she defends herself from hostile natives.

I said she's a survivor! (What?) She's not goin' give up! (What?) She's not goin' stop! (What?) She's goin' work harder! (What?) She's a survivor! (What?) She's goin'na make it (What?) She will survive! (What?) Keep on survivin'!

Lara gets some emotional support - and an awesome ice axe - to help her even the odds.

#tombraider Lately, it seems everyone's been talking about Lara Croft. The iconic star of the Tomb Raider franchise is getting a makeover in next year's Tomb Raider reboot—or rather, a makeunder. The new game is a combination reboot and origin story, focusing on a young Lara's fight for survival on a terrifying island lousy with hostile wildlife and human-sacrifice aficionados. More »

#preview You're a young woman, crash-landed on an uncharted island in the south pacific. You're wounded, it's pouring rain; there are wolves everywhere. Your shipmates are scattered to the wind, and you're starving to death. There are scores of people already inhabiting the island, evil men who are hunting you and your friends for some unknown, deadly purpose. More »

Global Brand Director for Crystal Dynamics, Karl Stewart, did a quick Q&A session on the official Tomb Raider twitter account this morning, and revealed an interesting design decision that will affect fans of aquatic exploration. The Tomb Raider reboot won't have any underwater shenanigans during gameplay - though not because the new Lara Croft has forgotten how to swim, thankfully.

Video game characters often have issues with the backstroke; Grand Theft Auto: Vice City protagonist Tommy Vercetti could famously survive gunshots, but wouldn't last more than a second in waist-deep water. In contrast, some of our fondest memories of Lara Croft involve diving through secret, watery passages.

Stewart said we'll see more about the game's other traversal gameplay soon, leading up to Tomb Raider's release in March next year.

#tombraider Rhianna Pratchett has made a name for herself with the video game writing she's done. Her contributions to Overlord, Heavenly Sword and Mirror's Edge added tonality and humor that helped make those titles stand out. And in a recent interview with Gamasutra, she explains how she and the team at Crystal Dynamics are trying to weave game action and storytelling in the new Tomb Raider: More »

Today on IGN's video game talk show, we're discussing the games we and YOU are most looking forward to.

Over the last few years we’ve seen the pre-order become a central aspect of gaming. Heavily relied upon by both major publishers and the smallest indies, more people than ever are paying for their games long before they’re even finished. And with Kickstarter and its crowd-funding sisters, the matter’s become even more complex and nuanced. Shops tend to so massively over-stock on major console releases that there’s no real need to bagsy a copy, while PC games are of course infinitely available via digital channels. And yet pre-ordering games is a bigger thing than ever before. Why’s that, eh?

Time was you could loudly declare yourself for or against the concept – now it’s a subject that requires a little more thought. I’ve given it some below.

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#buddhafinger Anna Marsh and Sarah van Rompaey are a pair of video game industry veterans, having working on big-budget titles including Tomb Raider Anniversary and Underworld. Together with graphic artist Gabriella Pavan they formed Lady Shotgun, a part-time game studio run by full-time moms. Here's their first game. More »

#coverstory We normally only show an upcoming game's cover if one of us takes a liking to it. So, yeah, I quite like Tomb Raider's box art! More »

The studio porting Mass Effect 3 for Nintendo's console is apparently doing the same for a triple-a Square Enix title.

Take a look inside the development of Tomb Raider, hosted by actor Zachary Levi.

See if you can spot the brief cameo by GameSpot's Shaun McInnis.

#nsfw This bizarre little piece of animation was originally intended to serve as the intro to a German documentary about video games. The idea was to take existing characters from the history of games and "reinterpret" them, to match the series' brief to present the everyday lives of MMO addicts. More »

#cosplay She's one of gaming's biggest action stars. She's iconic. She's Lara Croft. How many video game characters can say Angelina Jolie played them in a movie? More »

#tombraider The new Tomb Raider was at PAX. Were you at PAX? Me neither, so this is the first I've seen of the demo that was running over the weekend. More »

#squareenix Old Conventional Wisdom: Square-Enix is ripping us off left and right. More »

#sharkweek Did you feel slightly on edge when you got out of bed this morning? Like your world was just a little bit more dangerous? As you went about your day, did you have the sense that you were… hunted? More »

#1stpersonperspective Here at Kotaku, we interview many wonderful video game creators and lots of powerful gaming executives. What we don't do—what we're going to do a lot more of—is interview the people who simply play video games. More »