The big games usually came out before Tomb Raider till AOD and Legend and Tomb Raider usually comes out in November so where is the risk? A couple of weeks after a purchase hardcore gamers are usually looking for something new to play, and especially as a Christmas purchase a game closer to Christmas has more chance. Hitman will not lose that many sales to CoD, it would probably lose hardly any to Halo 4 which is only on the Xbox 360 and a few weeks before Hitman is released. Hitman is hardly some brainless shooter/wartime romp, someone more interested in suspense, thinking and stealth will buy Hitman. Despite the fact most of the big name shooters with online modes get a bigger slice of the gaming market, not everyone is interested in playing that type of game. So the little fish turn out to be a different type of shooter or completely different type of game they can still get good opening sales if they are good enough..

I think people need to consider the demographic of the people buying these games. If you cosnider that, the competition goes way down.

http://www.gameranx.com/features/id/...of-lara-croft/

:jmp:Great to see an October release date. Though its not going to happen on 5th, I hope its just around 5th. 2nd/9th. :D

And for the cover, I think only the Day One render is perfect. :)

seriously -_-

Well there is a crashed plane on the island. :pi:

Probably just a mistake in mixing up the events prior to the first TR, and the reboot.

So GamesMaster covered TR before. So May 22 might give us something new. :)

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Maybe in America games are released on Tuesday, but that HMV is British and games over here are released on a Friday.

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SO COOL! :D

only for US user...in Europe most released date are Friday...so 5.october could be great

Spong beat me,,,i didn't see this message first

Oh no October 5th im on my honeymoon till the 9th lol :)

I'll order it so it's at home when we fly back :)

But when they say the game is going to be released simultaneously, doesn't that mean the exact day release no matter which country you live in?

not exactly....different time zones + games in US are released in thuesday but in Europe is it Friday .....but is it same week, so basically = game is going to be released simultaneously all over the world

I want to just... snatch it and run away.

With empty box? D:

That's slightly better :D

Why are you making fun of Legend cover? Compared to the new render it looks less realistic,that´s true, but it´s still the most beautiful version of Lara, the superhero, imo. I love that picture :(

^Sorry, but no.

What? Was this directed at me? I am sorry but you have clearly misunderstood my efforts. Lara was never supposed to be a superhero, actually she is the definition of the anti-hero.

No, it wasn´t directed at you. It wasn´t directed to anyone concrete.
I just finnd that version of Lara incredibly pretty. I remember I was completely fascinated by that cover when it was released.

Yes cause of the bottom part. :p

I couldn't care less about boobs D: For me they're just milk factory for babies...because :gay:

Hey I also made her eyes smaller and her nose bigger as well as darkened her hair :p, but no you won't notice that no. j/k :vlol:

OMG, she looks like classic Lara...and don't tell me she doesn't! :eek: This is actually the first model who really reminds me of Lara.

http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/def...e7ac967620.jpg

No wonder that comes from you. But its also feels great to rub. :p

My eyes automatically turns to that part when I see a girl picture. Not true though, kidding. :D

I can see a resemblance. Put that in the Lara lookalikes thread then! :p

Who is she?

This is not MGC chat :pi:

@Rai

Done :D I've no idea who she is though D:

Edited beyond relief.

This looks like a photo-morph-manipulation to me :whi:...

Of course it's been photoshoped. :p

It's freaking scary :vlol:

So wait...is that one or two models?

I've found it here: http://forums.eidosgames.com/showthread.php?t=125980

Exactly my thoughts!

Ah right, so it is a manipulation. I know you don't know who the model is that it's based on, but it would be really nice to see what she looks like before the photo-shopping, for a comparison. Maybe she looks enough like Lara anyway.

@TippingWater, Yeah, I agree. Crystal did an amazing job with this new Lara :).

I still can't wait for them to update the model though. Some tiny details bother me.

I am still curious to find out who were the girls that they scaned in order to finalize her deign :D. Tomb Raider is finally an AAA game :cln:.

I predict successes, well if things go according to plan :D.

Can you even imagine how the final model looks like :cln:? I bet the polished model they will add extra effects that will make her resemble more the CGI renders :cln:.

I haven't been this excited for Tomb Raider since Angel of Darkness :D.

@ Linoshi, Well, we'll see the updates at E3 no doubt. She's gonna look fab!

Imagine Lara Croft instead of him.
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