Kotaku: tomb raider underworld

Lara Croft Does Gymnastics at MTV, Or Why I Want to Work for a Cable Network

Brian Crecente — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:00:00 MST

What do you do when you're offered a chance to interview the model who portrays Lara Croft in real life? Well if you're MTV's always ingenious Stephen Totilo you have her come in and act out a scene from a faux iteration of Tomb Raider, one that features the MTV newsroom as level and a stapler as prize.

Best part? Watching Totilo trying to follow in her footsteps. Thanks goodness he doesn't have the same outfit.

Watch Lara Croft Model Flip Through Our Office [video]

Beneath the Surface of Tomb Raider Underworld

Adam Barenblat — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:00:00 MDT

So what's in store for Lara Croft in Tomb Raider Underworld? Well, if it turns out that Norse mythology interests you then you're in for a treat because that's going to be the focus of the latest game in the series. The game will be hitting all consoles (except PSP) and PC November 21st.

Just a heads up the video does reveal a major plot point so if you don't want to know anything about the story then you might want to skip this one.

More Tomb Raider: Underworld Gameplay

Adam Barenblat — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:00:00 MDT

Lara Croft kicks tigers in the face in this new gameplay trailer from Tomb Raider: Underworld. The series' classic platforming in ancient ruins seems to be alive and well. Better watch the video quick before PETA calls and tells us to pull it. The game will be hitting all consoles (except PSP) and PC in November.

A Little More Cliff Hanging Tomb Raider Underworld Gameplay

Adam Barenblat — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:00:00 MDT

For your viewing pleasure we have some more Tomb Raider Underworld gameplay footage. If you enjoyed Tomb Raider: Legend then you're probably marking this as a "must get now" on your games to buy list.

Tomb Raider Underworld Trailer

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:30:00 MDT

No crotch jokes today, kids, just a literal serving of Tomb Raider Underworld. And we've got to hand it to Crystal Dynamics; no idea how this plays, but they're really taking to this whole "take Lara back to her roots" thing, aren't they?

Tomb Raider: Underworld Trailer, and Release Date

Owen Good — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:00:00 MDT

You know, when some of us decide we're starting all over and the place needs a new look, we take some cheap furniture or knicknacks to the dump or have a yard sale. Lara Croft packs her home with explosives and goes for the extreme makeover. Speaking of, she looks completely different, like a Bratz biker, almost. Where are the trademark shorts?

Looooong trailer for the subject matter (and being entirely a pre-render.) But it's out Nov. 8, on PC, the next-gens, PS2 and DS. And I suppose then, or before, we'll get the story of why she went and blew up her own manor.

Tomb Raider: Underworld E3 Exclusive Trailer [Gametrailers]

Tomb Raider Underworld Gets Web Site, Release Date

Owen Good — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:00:00 MDT

Eidos yesterday launched an official Tomb Raider: Underworld Web site and sent out a couple more screenshots, including the one above. More importantly, it confirmed the game is due out in November for the 360, PS2, PS3, DS, Wii and PC. Screenshots and other discussion follow the jump.

A description of the game from the official Tomb Raider site:

"For generations, stories have been told of the fearsome weapon of Thor, the Norse god of thunder. Legend holds that Thor’s hammer had the power to smash mountains into valleys and to destroy even the gods. For more than a thousand years it has existed only as a myth ... until now.

In an ancient ruin on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea, Lara Croft uncovers proof of the Norse underworld and the mythical hammer. As she attempts to unravel the secrets behind these myths, Lara’s perilous journey leads her toward a forgotten power that, if unleashed, could lay waste to all civilization."

Well, I know that Kotaku intern Adam Barenblat had a harrowing run-in with a Norse mythology course at the University of Colorado this past semester. So that probably ruins this game for him. And if we're dealing with the Norse underworld, I sure as hel hope it doesn't involve this sailing vessel. That's just gross.

Here are the screens at the largest size I could grab 'em. Also, on the official site, you can grab an mp3 of the new game's official theme. Not sure how new that is, but it's pretty swrrt, wish more would do that.

Tomb Raider: Underworld Confirmed for November [GamePro, thanks Mig]

First Tomb Raider Underworld Screens Unearthed

Mike Fahey — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:20:32 MST

Eidos has released the first batch of screenshots for Tomb Raider: Underworld for the Xbox 360, and look how Lara has changed! This is definitely the latest in a long line of more realistic Lara models, standing there on that tree limb, teasing those panthers with her delicious human flesh. Yum! I'd daresay that within a few more games, Lara Croft will actually be more realistic than you and I, causing us all to look like our hips and breasts are ridiculously disproportionate. Looking good, Lady Croft.

PLAY Unveils Tomb Raider Underworld

Brian Crecente — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:00:09 MST

The January issue of PLAY magazine will feature a first look at Tomb Raider Underworld, which is said to take place in after the events of Tomb Raider Legend.

According to the article, quotes heavily over at The Tomb Raider Chronicles, the game's emphasis is on "bringing Lara's world to life, a lush, vast, interactive world that reacts and remembers. It's pure woman versus the wild."

For instance, in a level in Southern Mexico, Lara leaves footprints behind in the mud, which are eventually washed away by the rain. The bodies of those she kill, though, will stay as will debris from her destructive path.

TOMB RAIDER UNDERWORLD EXCLUSIVE [The Tomb Raider Chronicles, via Computer and Video Games]

Tomb Raider Underworld Coming Next?

Mark Wilson — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:40:59 MST

Have you seen the movie Underworld? OK, great. Now take that movie and relate it in absolutely no way to Tomb Raider Underworld, the rumored next TR sequel since the trademark was discovered. Said to revolve around the Mayan calendar, or more specifically, the five unnamed days at the end of the year known only as "Wayeb'." During this time, the realm of the living and dead was said to blur, leading us to only one, inevitable plotline in the game: giant ghost/zombie jubblies.

Tomb Raider Underworld [via gamelife]