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Square has released part two of episode five in its Tomb Raider: The Final Hours video series. Get it below. Tomb Raider releases on March 5 for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360

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Tomb Raider has a new video available, which you can view below. The subtitle is “Reborn,” and if you are contemplating getting the title, it may be worth the watch. It’s peppered with actors giving one-liners regarding their role as Lara Croft in the game. Tomb Raider releases on March 5 for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. Thanks, AGB.

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The first review for Tomb Raider has come to light, courtesy of the latest issue of GamesMaster magazine.

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In the latest Guide To Survival Episode for Tomb Raider, the developers show how Lara can use the basecamp system as a way to “explore the island and unlock some of its many secrets.” Watch it below. Tomb Raider is due on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 in early March.

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Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics is going localisation crazy lately, with a string of blogs dedicated to Lara Croft’s voice actor in different regions. Next up is Italian Lara actor Benedetta Ponticelli.

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Tomb Raider’s lead writer, Rhianna Pratchett, has said the brouhaha over the supposed “attempted rape” scene involving Lara Croft by one of the rapscallions inhabiting the island she’s shipwrecked on was the result of “limited information” available at the time.

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Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is now free to play in your browser, Square has announced. The title is the latest in a string of games released on the firm’s Core Online platform, joining the likes of Hitman: Blood Money and Mini Ninjas. The system uses Google’s Native Client on Chrome, is available for both Mac and PC users, and supports ads. However, you can pay $9.99 to remove the adverts from the game if you like.

Tomb Raider’s box art has been revealed by Square Enix. Check it it out below. The game launches worldwide March 5 on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.

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Tomb Raider will have a more relatable Lara Croft who is a step back from the “aristocratic ice queen” she has been portrayed as over the years, according to the game’s writer.

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Tomb Raider will become less bleak as the game wears on as compared to the rather violent beginning, according to developer Crystal Dynamics.

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Crystal Dynamics’ global brand director, Karl Stewart, has said the revamp of Tomb Raider is one of the most “challenging projects,” the studio has ever taken on.

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Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics have begun the countdown to the launch of Tomb Raider by kicking-off a new series of behind the scenes videos detailing the development process, titled The Final Hours of Tomb Raider.

Head through the break for the first episode, which looks at Camilla Luddington’s mo-cap and voice work for Lara Croft; episode two will feature the writers of Lara’s origin story.

All of the videos that make up the series, The Final Hours of Tomb Raider, will be available for iPad and PC in March 2013. Tomb Raider launches on March 5, 2013.

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Crystal Dynamics global brand director Karl Stewart has said the Tomb Raider comments made by executive producer Ron Rosenberg during E3 contain a word which is not in the firm’s “vocabulary,” or “communication.”

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Square has announced it will release Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light for Chrome this fall. The game was first releases in August 2010 on Xbox Live Arcade before landing on Blackberry, iOS, OnLive, PSN, and Steam. “We’re happy to be working closely with Google to bring Lara Croft to Google Chrome without download or installation of game software for the first time,” said Phil Rogers, president and chief executive of Square Enix Europe. “Console quality gaming in the browser is an area we believe in and are committed to by delivering innovative, high-quality entertainment experiences.” More Square titles will be released through the Google browser in the next year. Thanks, VentureBeat.

Don’t miss the point, says Patrick Garratt. The travails surrounding Lara’s reinvention are to do with triple-A’s obsession with men and violence, not women and sex.

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Crystal Dynamics studio head Darrell Gallagher has said there isn’t an attempted rape scene in Tomb Raider, despite earlier reports to the contrary.

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The new Tomb Raider game seems to be a far cry from those made in the past: Lara isn’t portrayed as a fearless treasure hunter capable of taking down ten grown men by herself any more.

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Crystal Dynamics has justified the inclusion of a greater supporting cast in the latest Tomb Raider game as a means to give protagonist Lara Croft a personality, for what is claimed to be the first time.

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Karl Stewart, global brand manager for Crystal Dynamics, has dropped a few extra details surrounding the gameplay, plot, and the settings contained within the new Tomb Raider revamp.

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Brian Horton, art director at Crystal Dynamics, has taken to the firm’s official forums to explain the design choice for Lara Croft in Edios’s upcoming reboot, after members expressed concern over Lara’s iconic blue tank top and shorts being scratched for neutral colored cargo pants and a layered tank.

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