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Square Enix reveals Croft Steelbook Edition and Ultimate Edition for Shadow of the Tomb Raider
If you’re interested in obtaining some actual treasure with your copy of Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Square Enix has two additional purchasing options for you: the Croft Steelbook Edition ($89.99) and the Ultimate Edition ($199.99).
The Croft Steelbook Edition contains the base game, as well as the Season Pass, the Original Game Soundtrack, three Collectible Art Cards, three Outfit/Weapon Packs, and Steelbook packaging. Meanwhile, the Ultimate Edition includes everything from the Croft Steelbook Edition, as well as a Climbing Axe Bottle Opener, a Replica Flashlight, and a Lara Croft “Terrifying Tombs” Statue.
Players who pre-order either edition will also receive Early Access to the game, and they can begin playing Shadow of the Tomb Raider two days early on September 12.
According to Square Enix, both the Croft Steelbook Edition and the Ultimate Edition of Shadow of the Tomb Raider will be available for the PS4 and Xbox One… sorry PC players.
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider’s Season Pass detailed by Square Enix
In addition to pulling the curtain back on the first trailer for Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Square Enix also announced a Season Pass for the upcoming action-adventure game. Shadow of the Tomb Raider’s Season Pass will be priced at $19.99 (or included with the Croft Steelbook Edition or the Ultimate Edition), and include access to seven add-ons known as “Paths.”
More information about the content contained within each “Path” can be found at the game’s official website:
The Season Pass delivers seven new adventures called “Paths,” with each Path including new narrative, new missions, a Challenge Tomb, a new weapon, a new outfit, and a new skill. The first Challenge Tomb will also introduce new co-op functionality. Finally, Season Pass owners receive an exclusive weapon, outfit, and skill on Day One!
Shadow of the Tomb Raider will be released for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One on September 14. A monthly release schedule for each new “Path” is planned after the game’s launch, with the first penciled in for October, while the seventh will appear the following April.
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Square Enix officially unveils Shadow of the Tomb Raider in a new trailer
As promised, Square Enix has unveiled our first look at Shadow of the Tomb Raider in a brand new trailer. Dubbed “The End of the Beginning,” it looks like players will close out this chapter of Lara Croft’s life as she takes her rightful place in the world as the “Tomb Raider”:
Experience Lara Croft’s defining moment as she becomes the Tomb Raider. In Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Lara must master a deadly jungle, overcome terrifying tombs, and persevere through her darkest hour. As she races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse, Lara will ultimately be forged into the Tomb Raider she is destined to be.
Key Features
- Survive and Thrive In the Deadliest Place on Earth: Master an unforgiving jungle setting in order to survive. Explore underwater environments filled with crevasses and deep tunnel systems.
- Become One With the Jungle: Outgunned and outnumbered, Lara must use the jungle to her advantage. Strike suddenly and disappear like a jaguar, use mud as camouflage, and instill fear in enemies to sow chaos.
- Discover Dark and Brutal Tombs: Tombs are more terrifying than ever before, requiring advanced traversal techniques to reach them, and once inside they are filled with deadly puzzles.
- Uncover Living History: Discover a hidden city and explore the biggest hub space ever found in a Tomb Raider game.
While today’s trailer lays out the main story of Shadow of the Tomb Raider, fans will get their first look at a Gameplay Trailer during this year’s E3 Expo in June.
Square Enix also announced that Camilla Luddington will once again portray Lara Croft in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, reprising her role from Tomb Raider and Rise of the Tomb Raider. And she’ll continue to tell Lara’s story beyond the release of the game, as the publisher is planning to launch seven downloadable add-ons to Shadow of the Tomb Raider in the months that follow.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider is currently in development at Eidos Montreal and Crystal Dynamics for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One. And it’ll be released on September 14.
Universal’s Direct-To-DVD studio is making another Doom movie
Critics were extremely unkind to Universal’s Doom adaptation way back in 2005. Even though it features a stacked cast (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Karl Urban, and Rosamund Pike), the film could only garner a measly 19% on Rotten Tomatoes. But come on, that first-person scene was pretty badass, wasn’t it?
And now that Doom 2016 has rejuvenated the franchise, Universal is going back to the Doom universe for a new movie.
According to a new report on Variety, the studio’s “Direct-To-DVD” arm, Universal 1440 Entertainment, will produce the untitled sequel. Universal 1440 Entertainment is most recently responsible for the Death Race sequels (the ones without Jason Statham) and the Tremors sequels (the ones with Michael Gross, but without Kevin Bacon).
The news of another Doom movie was originally confirmed by actress and singer Nina Bergman on Twitter. She wrote that she has a starring role in the sequel, which is set to start shooting soon in Bulgaria with “a super cool Director.”
There’s no word yet on who’s going to sign up to play the Doomguy… or if the Doomguy will even be included in the film for that matter. Other key questions – such as “When will it be released?” and “Will it take place on Mars?” – also went unanswered by Universal.
The Invisible Hours, Emily Wants To Play Too, Runestone Keeper added to Xbox Store
Are you ready for the first Xbox Games Store update of the week?
As of today, Xbox One owners will be able to download The Invisible Hours, a “complex murder mystery” with Nikola Tesla at the center; Emily Wants To Play Too, a survival horror sequel about killer dolls; and Runestone Keeper, a roguelike dungeon crawler from Blackfire Games.
You can learn more about all of today’s additions to the Xbox Games Store after the break. (more…)
Far Cry 5 and Sea of Thieves sail to the top of March 2018’s list of best-selling games
The number of high-profile new releases has slowed to a trickle in April, and that’s probably because game publishers threw open the tap in March. Not surprisingly, gamer scooped up these new titles by the armful, with Ubisoft’s Far Cry 5, Microsoft’s Sea of Thieves, Sony’s MLB The Show 18, and Nintendo’s Kirby Star Allies taking the top four spots in The NPD Group’s monthly tally of best-selling games.
The venerable Grand Theft Auto V remains in the top five, but other new releases, including Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom (#8) and A Way Out (#15), managed to break into the NPD’s top twenty.
According to GamesIndustry.biz, overall sales for the industry were down by 11% in March, however, “first quarter 2018 spending across the four categories [software, hardware, game cards, and accessories] was up by 15% year-on-year to $3.4 billion with growth in all areas.”
You can find the full list of The NPD Group’s best-selling titles for March 2018 after the break. (more…)
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Play as Thanos in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 with the Avengers: Infinity War Character and Level Pack
We’re just a few days away from the premiere of Avengers: Infinity War, but first, Thanos will make his debut in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2.
The Avengers: Infinity War Character and Level Pack is now available to download for the PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One, and players will be able to challenge the Inhumans as The Mad Titan in a brand new level:
This action-packed level offers players the chance to control Thanos, one of the most dangerous Super Villains in the Marvel Universe, and his ruthless army. The Mad Titan and the Children of Thanos have invaded Attilan to take on Black Bolt and the Inhumans in an all-new original game level. Working as a team, the menacing crew must work their way through the various levels of Attilan before they are given the opportunity to break through to Black Bolt’s throne.
New unlockable characters Thanos, Corvus Glaive, Cull Obsidian, Proxima Midnight, Ebony Maw, Hulkbuster 2.0, and Groot (Avengers: Infinity War) add to the main game’s roster of over 200 Super Heroes and Super Villains.
The Avengers: Infinity War Character and Level Pack is available to download as part of Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2’s Season Pass ($14.99) or as a standalone download ($2.99). A trailer for the add-on has been embedded above.
Valve has acquired Firewatch developer Campo Santo
Valve hasn’t published a new game since 2013’s Dota 2, but that’s all about to change in the very near future. Over the weekend, the gatekeepers of Steam acquired Campo Santo, the team behind Firewatch. In an announcement on their official website, the developer said that their pairing with Valve came about due a mutual enjoyment of “making and producing entertainment”:
If you’re the type of person who gives two flips about this news, we can elaborate a little bit on this big decision. First, we really like making video games. Furthermore, and perhaps more accurately, we really like making and producing entertainment. From the day-to-day production of our last game, Firewatch, to the way we run the company, make merchandise, meet players at expos and shows, send out a quarterly literary journal, throw open-to-the-public game demos in the middle of an artificial forest—all of it is geared towards surprising, delighting, and entertaining the customers who have shared in our success.
In Valve we found a group of folks who, to their core, feel the same way about the work that they do (this, you may be surprised to learn, doesn’t happen every day). In us, they found a group with unique experience and valuable, diverse perspectives. It quickly became an obvious match.
Campo Santo has promised that it will be business as usual going forward, with Valve now signed on to publish their next game, In the Valley of Gods. The developer also said they will continue to publish their literary journal, The Quarterly Review, and future support for Firewatch (including the upcoming Switch launch) will continue as planned.
Finally, this whole deal may have happened because Campo Santo stole a bottle of champagne from IGN that was originally destined for Valve. It sounds a little far-fetched, but I want to believe that it’s nothing but the truth.