Tomb Raider: The Legend Of Lara Croft Netflix Animated Series Locks In October Release

“Uncover lost truths”.

Netflix has announced the new animated series Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft will make its debut on 10th October 2024.

The events of this show pick up after the video game Survivor trilogy (Tomb Raider; Rise of the Tomb Raider; Shadow of the Tomb Raider) and follow Lara in her next chapter.

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Video: 10 Exciting New Games Coming To Nintendo Switch In June 2024

Luigi, Monster Hunter and more.

We’re now at the halfway mark of the year for 2024 and it’s been a blast on the Switch so far with games like Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Thankfully, there’s even more on the way in terms of first-party exclusives, with the 3DS title Luigi’s Mansion 2 making a return this month in HD.

As for third-party releases, it’s just as exciting with Capcom’s 3DS game Monster Hunter Stories also being revived for the Switch, and the Atlus title Shin Megami Tensei V making an encore with ‘Vegeance’ – a definitive version.

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Talking Point: How Do You Define ‘Retro’?

10 years? 20? Anything older than two console generations?

If you’re reading this, you’re getting older. Right now, at this moment, you’re older than you were when you started reading this sentence. And this one. No, you can’t go back and read it again to get younger. Time marches on, so thank you for spending your precious seconds on this silly intro. We’ll get to the point.

‘Retro games’ — how do you classify them? Do you count years, generations, or is there some other personal metric you use to delineate between what’s ‘old’ in the realm of video games? Do you need to be able to count the pixels with the naked eye?

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Review: Overmorrow (Switch) – Intriguing, But Assumes Too Much With Its Save-Wiping Setup

‘Morrowind you up.

Overmorrow, the debut release from solo developer PixelManta, manages to be philosophically interesting, is evocatively written, visually distinct, and lovingly crafted. Yet, the notion of re-playing it – which you’ll effectively need to do by design – is a tall order, and therein lies the unfortunate problem with this otherwise commendable maiden indie effort.

When we reported on Overmorrow’s central mechanic of a player’s save data being deleted after 30 in-game days, the comment section was abuzz with discussion over the merits of such game design. A player’s time is precious, and holding a sword of Damocles over save data is one of the most provocative decisions a developer can make.

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Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (1st June)

What are YoRHa doing?

Crikey, it’s the weekend already..? Ah well, we’ll take it!

Looking back on this week, it’s kinda felt like a bit of a quieter one, but we’ve still had some pretty sizeable news items drop. The top story this week was undoubtedly the reveal of the new Lego set based on the Legend of Zelda franchise’s Deku Tree; it’s an expensive one, but a beautiful one.

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Crash Bandicoot And Spyro Studio ‘Toys For Bob’ Is Now Officially Independent

It will partner with Xbox to publish its next game.

In March, the Crash Bandicoot and Spyro developer Toys for Bob announced it would leave Activision and the Xbox team to become an independent studio. In an update on social media, it’s now made this official with a profile update.

In its bio description on X, it now says “We are an independent game development studio and have been making epic entertainment since 1989”. So, that’s it, the California developer is officially independent!

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