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Last of Us Takes United Kingdom Number One on Debut

The Last of Us, the post-apocalypse video game from developer Naughty Dog and publisher Sony, has managed to take the number one position in the United Kingdom video games chart on its first week on sale. For the seven-day period that ended on June 15, the game managed to outperform another new release, Animal Cross...

18 June 2013
03:21 GMT

E3 2013: AMD Shows Off Five-Monitor Tomb Raider Experience

E3 is an event focused on video games and it is often easy to forget that behind the impressive graphics and interesting gameplay, players will always find complex hardware from a variety of producers. AMD used its stand at the trade show to focus on the range of experiences that modern players have access to, rangi...

12 June 2013
02:59 GMT

Tomb Raider, Hitman: Absolution, Sleeping Dogs Might Get Sequels

Square Enix has released an official statement concerning its financial results in the last financial year, which ended on March 31, 2013.The company confirmed that Tomb Raider, Hitman: Absolution, and Sleeping Dogs had broken even and might receive sequels. Square Enix surprised quite a lot of gamers when it reveal...

27 May 2013
03:46 GMT

Download Now Tomb Raider Update 1.01.748.0 via Steam for Better Performance

Tomb Raider on the PC platform has received a brand new patch, taking it to version 1.01.748.0, which fixes quite a few problems relating to the DLC outfits or the TressFX tech, while improving the performance of the game when using certain CPUs or graphics cards. Tomb Raider came out at the beginning of March and d...

23 May 2013
07:56 GMT

Riptide Keeps Top Position in the United Kingdom, Black Ops 2 Is at Number Two

Dead Island: Riptide, the action game from developer Techland and publisher Deep Silver, is keeping its number one position in the United Kingdom chart for the third week in a row, despite a less than warm welcome from critics and fans. Second spot was captured by Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, the first-person shooter ...

14 May 2013
02:13 GMT

Tomb Raider Shipwrecked Map Pack DLC and New Outfits Now Available

Tomb Raider has just received a brand new downloadable map pack, in the form of the Shipwrecked add-on, as well as three new outfits that can be worn by protagonist Lara Croft in the single-player campaign. Tomb Raider appeared back in March and, since then, developer Crystal Dynamics has released a variety of downl...

8 May 2013
04:35 GMT

Dead Island: Riptide Keeps UK Number One for Second Week

Dead Island: Riptide is the number one video game in the United Kingdom sales chart for the second week in a row, despite the fact that most reviewers are not too satisfied with the mechanics or the story of the game. Injustice: Gods Among Us is also keeping its own position in second place, with Lobo and Batgirl co...

7 May 2013
07:48 GMT

Tomb Raider Developers Reveal Top Ten Lara Croft Moments

The development team at Crystal Dynamics and publisher Square Enix are launching a new video for their rebooted Tomb Raider, designed to show players the best moment of the game and entice them to pick it up in stores.The video is narrated by Daniel Bisson, the game director, who explains some of the game content tha...

6 May 2013
03:56 GMT

Next Game from Tomb Raider Developer Will Be Announced Soon

Crystal Dynamics, the developer responsible for the recent Tomb Raider reboot, is expected to announce its next game in the near future, at least according to the resume of a level artist at the studio. Tomb Raider impressed millions of gamers from around the world back in March, proving that Crystal Dynamics, when ...

2 May 2013
04:32 GMT

Bulletstorm Developer: BioShock and Tomb Raider Show Industry Limits

Adrian Chmielarz, a former creative director at People Can Fly, believes that the discussions about violence and theme surrounding the launch of BioShock Infinite and the Tomb Raider reboot show how the genre can evolve with next-gen consoles. The developer tells Eurogamer that, “Some people tasted a little bi...

1 May 2013
12:51 GMT

Injustice: Gods Among Us Displaces BioShock Infinite from UK Top Position

Injustice: Gods Among Us is the title that finally managed to take the number one position in the United Kingdom video game chart away from BioShock Infinite, during its first week on sale. Injustice is a fighting game fuelled by superheroes and which combines a Story mode with a wide cast of characters, interesting...

23 April 2013
02:12 GMT

BioShock Infinite Beats Tomb Raider in the United States in March

BioShock Infinite, the title from developer Irrational Games and publisher 2K , is the bestselling title for the month of March 2013 on the United States market, performing better than Tomb Raider, the series reboot from Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix. The data comes from the NPD Group and is quoted by GamesIndust...

19 April 2013
03:46 GMT

Download Now Tomb Raider PC Update 1.01.743.0 via Steam

Crystal Dynamics has just confirmed that a brand new patch for the PC version of Tomb Raider is now available on the Steam service, taking the game's version up to 1.01.743.0 and solving a few problems that appeared after the last update. Tomb Raider delivered a great experience on the PC platform last month bu...

17 April 2013
09:34 GMT

BioShock Infinite Makes It Three Weeks at the Top in the UK

BioShock Infinite, the story driven shooter from developer Irrational Games and publisher 2K Games, is enjoying its third week at the top of the United Kingdom chart during a period when no other high-profile releases are out. Tomb Raider, the reboot from Crystal Dynamics featuring a younger Lara Croft, once against...

16 April 2013
04:34 GMT

Tomb Raider DLC Outfits Leaked via Screenshots

The new Tomb Raider game is set to receive a set of bonus outfits that will be offered as downloadable content for the game, at least according to a new series of screenshots from the recent game. The Tomb Raider reboot delivered an impressive action adventure experience, bringing the adventures of Lara Croft into a...

16 April 2013
03:31 GMT

Tomb Raider Will Get Japanese Voice Over and Subtitle Pack on Steam

It seems that the development team at Crystal Dynamics and publisher Square Enix are getting ready to launch a new downloadable content pack for their recently launched Tomb Raider, which will add full Japanese voice work and subtitles to the adventure. The new pack will presumably be launched on Steam on April 25, ...

15 April 2013
13:31 GMT

Tomb Raider Receives Late Game Combat Trailer

The teams at developer Crystal Dynamics and publisher Square Enix are releasing a new trailer for their already launched Tomb Raider, designed to show off the way the game looks and play late in the single-player campaign. This version of Lara Croft featured in the new video is almost fully upgraded and has abilitie...

15 April 2013
02:54 GMT

Tomb Raider Receives Build 1.01.742.0 via Steam

Developer Crystal Dynamics is launching a new update for Tomb Raider via Steam, labeled build 1.01.742.0, designed to solve a number of problems with the Lara Croft powered adventure and improve the overall experience.The update will improve Quick Time Event timing to make it easier to progress, parachute controls ar...

12 April 2013
18:11 GMT

BioShock Infinite Has Another Number One Week in the United Kingdom

BioShock Infinite, the action-driven story from Irrational Games and 2K Games, has managed to keep the number one position in the United Kingdom for another week, with Tomb Raider, the older title from Square Enix, also remaining on the second. The first new entry for the week ending on April 6, according to UKIE, i...

10 April 2013
10:50 GMT

BioShock Infinite Takes United Kingdom Number One

BioShock Infinite, the narrative driven shooter from developer Irrational Games and publisher 2K Games, is taking over the United Kingdom video game chart for the week that ended on March 30, showing off that critical quality can be paired with solid launch sales. The game, which has a full review on Softpedia, take...

3 April 2013
02:16 GMT

Tomb Raider 1939 Map Pack Out Today, April 2, Shipwrecked DLC Coming in May

Square Enix has just confirmed that two different map packs are going to appear for its recently released Tomb Raider – one, in the form of the 1939 DLC, coming later today, April 2, and the second, the Shipwrecked add-on, coming in May. The new Tomb Raider reboot delivered a great single-player experience focusing ...

2 April 2013
10:33 GMT

Tomb Raider Reboot Has Best Launch in Franchise History

The Tomb Raider reboot created by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix is having the best launch period performance in the history of the series and is currently the biggest game of the year. Darrell Gallagher, the leader of Crystal Dynamics, tells Joystiq during the Game Developers Conference that "It&rsqu...

30 March 2013
05:58 GMT

Tomb Raider Receives New Patch on PC, Improves Graphics, Adds Fixes

Crystal Dynamics has just released a small patch for the PC edition of Tomb Raider, which adds a few bug fixes, some tweaks and graphics improvements. Patch 732.1 will be automatically applied next time players start the game but, if it doesn't, you should restart the Steam client. The following fixes and impro...

30 March 2013
01:00 GMT

New Tomb Raider Movie Enters Production Immediately

The new Tomb Raider movie, which was confirmed earlier this year, is set to enter production immediately, as the two companies involved in its development, MGM and GK Films, have confirmed it. The Tomb Raider franchise saw the release of a pretty successful reboot earlier this month and, despite Square Enix's s...

29 March 2013
04:37 GMT

Tomb Raider, Hitman: Absolution and Sleeping Dogs Sales Disappointed, Square Enix Says

Square Enix has posted the sales estimates of three of its biggest titles in the last financial year, in the form of Tomb Raider, Hitman: Absolution, and Sleeping Dogs, emphasizing that they all disappointed in terms of sales particularly in North America. Square Enix has become a true global publisher as after acqu...

27 March 2013
15:21 GMT

Download Now Free GeForce Experience App 1.1 with Support for BioShock Infinite, More

Nvidia has just released version 1.1 of its GeForce Experience application that comes with numerous bug fixes but also with support for quite a lot of new games, including BioShock Infinite, Tomb Raider, Crysis 3, or SimCity. PC gamers with Nvidia graphics cards are treated by the company with many new driver versio...

27 March 2013
04:17 GMT

Square Enix Leader Yoichi Wada Fired As Company Reports Extraordinary Loss

Video game publisher Square Enix announces that its long-serving president Yoichi Wada is stepping down from his position as the company is facing a big loss for the current fiscal year and gets ready for a series of important internal reforms. A statement sent to investors mentions that Wada is taking responsibilit...

26 March 2013
06:14 GMT

Gears of War: Judgment Takes United Kingdom Number One

Gears of War: Judgment, the third-person shooter created by People Can Fly and Epic Games, is the number one selling video game on the United Kingdom market for the week of March 23, beating Tomb Raider after the Lara Croft adventure spent two weeks at the top. Gears of War: Judgment, which performs especially well ...

26 March 2013
05:11 GMT

Tomb Raider Gets Build 1.0.730.0 via Steam, More Save Slots Included

Developer Crystal Dynamics and Valve announce that they have deployed build 1.0.730.0 for Tomb Raider via the Steam digital distribution service, fixing a number of game issues and improving overall performance when using DirectX 11. Tomb Raider now has 99 save slots for players to use and there are tweaks to the mu...

25 March 2013
18:02 GMT

EndWeekGame: March 22

Andrei Dumitrescu: I will continue to play SimCity this weekend, now that I have mastered the three-city region, trying to create a new area with a more diversified economy and with more space to complete the joint projects. I have already built the space center, which means that this time around I plan to create th...

22 March 2013
17:01 GMT

Lara Croft: Reflections Trademarked by Square Enix, Might Be Linked to Movie

The European division of video game publisher Square Enix is filing a trademark for a new product called Lara Croft: Reflections, which might be an entirely new game in the Tomb Raider series or a spin-off linked to the coming movie based on the same character.The company has not offered any sort of information on ho...

22 March 2013
03:48 GMT

Lara Croft Is Under More Pressure Than Nathan Drake, Says Rhianna Pratchett

Rhianna Pratchett, the writer that created the narrative for the recently rebooted Tomb Raider, says that female characters are currently more scrutinized than male ones and that this represents an unfair burden. She tells KillScreen that, “Female characters do get scrutinized more than male characters do, and...

21 March 2013
22:51 GMT

Future Tomb Raider Games Will Continue the Story and Amp Up the Challenge

Crystal Dynamics, the studio behind the recent Tomb Raider reboot, has confirmed that it will continue the story started in this recent game and that protagonist Lara Croft will have to face even bigger challenges in the future. The new Tomb Raider game restarted the franchise and put players in the shoes of a young...

21 March 2013
09:54 GMT

New Tomb Raider Story Retains Lara Croft’s Feminine Nature, Says Rhianna Pratchett

The rebooted Tomb Raider introduces a new take on main character Lara Croft and the main writer working on the game insists that the focus on core human emotions has not eliminated the feminine nature of the protagonist. Rhianna Pratchett tells KillScreen that, “It is a human story at heart. But there are thin...

21 March 2013
09:50 GMT

All Tomb Raider DLC Will Be Multiplayer-Only, for Now, Dev Says

The recently released Tomb Raider reboot will only receive multiplayer DLC, according to developer Crystal Dynamics, as there are currently no plans to add special single-player tombs to the game. Tomb Raider fans were really impressed with the recent title as not only did it bring a new version of protagonist Lara ...

20 March 2013
08:38 GMT

Download Now Tomb Raider Caves and Cliffs DLC on Xbox 360

Tomb Raider on the Xbox 360 has just received its very first DLC in the form of the Caves and Cliffs add-on which brings three new maps to the game's online multiplayer mode. Tomb Raider came out at the beginning of the month across the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 and impressed quite a lot of longtime fans as well as...

20 March 2013
03:33 GMT

Tomb Raider Defeats Both Heart of the Swarm and Ascension in the UK

Tomb Raider, the reboot of the Lara Croft series created by developer Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix, manages to keep its number one position in the United Kingdom video game chart for the week that ended on March 16. The performance is impressive because the video game was under pressure from two hug...

19 March 2013
03:48 GMT

Impressive Tomb Raider Stats Show 3.5 Million Raided Tombs

The Tomb Raider reboot released by Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics on March 5 has been a huge success, as the two companies have just revealed some impressive statistics from the game, showing that over 3.5 million tombs have been raided and that more than 147 million enemies have been killed with a bow. Square Eni...

18 March 2013
05:26 GMT

AMD Catalyst 13.3 Beta 2 Version Is Out and Ready for Download

AMD has released the 13.3 Beta 2 version of the Catalyst Graphics Driver that is compatible with Microsoft’s Windows Vista, 7, and 8 (either bit-version). Take into account that this is a beta driver and it is provided “As Is.” The package improves performance for Sim City 5 and Far Cry 3 by up to ...

16 March 2013
04:25 GMT

Download NVIDIA’s GeForce Graphics Driver 314.21 Beta Now

NVIDIA has unveiled its latest Game Ready driver of the R313 family releases, namely the 314.21 Beta version, which is targeted at the GeForce Graphics Cards. The main improvement of this release, or the reason NVIDIA launched this driver, would have to be the increased performance and stability in Tomb Raider. The ...

16 March 2013
03:39 GMT

Download Now Nvidia GeForce Driver 314.21 Beta with Better Stability in Tomb Raider

Nvidia has just released a brand new beta driver for its GeForce graphics cards, bringing improved performance and stability in the new Tomb Raider title.Tomb Raider appeared on the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 earlier this month but PC owners with Nvidia graphics cards found it borderline unplayable if they had tesselation...

16 March 2013
01:22 GMT

Tomb Raider Gets Important 1.0.722.3 Steam Patch

The development team at Crystal Dynamics working on Tomb Raider is launching a new patch for the PC version of the game via Steam, labeled 1.0.722.3.The list of changes includes fixes for a number of crashes that the community has been reporting and changes to some of the core game systems.Players also get better per...

15 March 2013
18:43 GMT

EndWeekGame: March 15

Andrei Dumitrescu: The next installment in the Starcraft 2 saga was launched earlier during the week and that means it’s time to dive back into the convoluted story that Blizzard has created and try out a little multiplayer before the hardcore learns all the new tricks introduced by Heart of the Swarm. The gam...

15 March 2013
17:31 GMT

Tomb Raider Beats SimCity to United Kingdom Number One

Tomb Raider, the new Lara Croft adventure from developer Crystal Dynamics and publisher Square Enix, is the leader of the United Kingdom video game chart for March 9, managing to sell better than another new release, SimCity. The new Tomb Raider title has been widely praised by the critics and fans for the way it re...

11 March 2013
09:10 GMT

A Gamer’s Week: March 10

This week, our review department delivers evaluations for two of the most interesting titles of early March: SimCity, the rebooted title from Maxis and Electronic Arts, and God of War: Ascension, the Kratos-powered experience from Sony. We also have reviews for: Crysis 3, the Nanosuit-powered first-person shooter fro...

10 March 2013
03:31 GMT

Tomb Raider for PC Gets Patch 1.0.718.4, Fixes Most Major and Minor Bugs

EIDOS and Square Enix have just released a consistent patch for the recently launched Tomb Raider that promises to fix some of the issues reported by players. According to developers, patch 1.0.718.4 addresses a range of issues discovered shortly before release, but also some that were found immediately after. Chec...

10 March 2013
03:03 GMT

Watch: Tomb Raider on a Microsoft Surface Pro

The Surface Pro isn’t quite the ideal gaming platform, but it still manages to run some of the latest titles on the market if you’re ready to try out several configuration profiles. The editors over at WinBeta.org have come across a video that shows Tomb Raider being played on a Surface Pro and, although...

9 March 2013
08:51 GMT

EndWeekGame: March 8

Andrei Dumitrescu: I’ve recently bought a new gaming computer, and that means I am currently dredging my back catalogue for graphics-heavy experiences that I want to replay. First up on my list is Far Cry 3, the shooter from Ubisoft that was declared one of the best games of 2012, which I plan to explore exten...

8 March 2013
15:31 GMT

Tomb Raider Now Has over 1 Million Players

Tomb Raider, the new action adventure game from Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix, now has over 1 million players, at least according to the Global Brand Manager of the franchise, Karl Stewart. Tomb Raider was released at the beginning of the week and quickly impressed lots of people by delivering a proper reboot of ...

8 March 2013
03:36 GMT

Tomb Raider Diary – Blending the Old with the New

Back in 2010 when Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics confirmed that they were working on a special reboot of the long-running Tomb Raider series called simply Tomb Raider, many fans were shocked to see that the two companies overhauled the franchise and introduced a new protagonist in the form of a younger version of h...

7 March 2013
08:09 GMT


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