Crystal Dynamics, the developer who revitalised the Tomb Raider franchise, has today issued a somewhat cryptic and tantalising announcement of a new game called Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, which will be available as a digital download. Note that the words “Tomb Raider” are nowhere to be seen! All very curious. The game is due to be shown strictly behind closed doors at this year’s Game Developers Conference which starts on March 9th. Crystal Dynamics is being so secretive about the new project that it won’t even say what platforms the game will be on at the ...Read more.

After the runaway success of the first Test Drive Unlimited game, which saw over one million players creating online accounts, Atari has today announced Test Drive Unlimited 2 for the PS3. Test Drive Unlimited 2 expands on the traditional racing experience with its Massively Open Online Racing (M.O.O.R) environment, enabling players to compete, team up, and share their achievements and creations online. TDU2 blends the open-world experience with realistic vehicles and performance dynamics, and for the first time features vehicle damage, weather effects, day and night cycles and a new island ...Read more.

Konami has today released new artwork and screenshots for the forthcoming PS3 game, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, which is due for release some time in 2010. These are the first screenshots we’ve seen since way back last August, so go ahead and feast your eyes on the beauties! The game marks a new beginning for the Castlevania series, with Madrid-based developer Mercury Steam working closely with Konami’s Kojima Productions studio led by the man behind Metal Gear Solid, Hideo Kojima. The PS3 title will mix combat elements with a fully interactive 3D realm populated by all sorts of ...Read more.

Psychological crime thriller Heavy Rain has stormed its way to the top of the UK All Formats Top 40 in its first week of release, knocking last week’s newcomer, Aliens Vs Predator, down to the number 2 slot. Quantic Dreams’ long-awaited PS3-exclusive game is, in the words of the developers: “The place where action gaming meets film-noir head on, in an adventure unlike any other. A game where your mind, emotions and human nature will be put to the test like never before, Heavy Rain takes interactive entertainment down a dark, compelling path rarely ventured in the gaming ...Read more.

Capcom has today announced that it has listened to the fans pleas and decided to make the Albert Wesker playable skin and Magnum Revolver available to everyone who purchases Lost Planet 2, rather than exclusively to those who pre-order the game via GameStop, as was originally announced. At the same time, Capcom has also revealed details and screenshots of two new multiplayer maps which fans who pre-order the game at GameStop locations in North America will be able to download. Presumably this is to make up for the loss of exclusivity on the Wesker skin and Magnum. I wonder if Capcom will ...Read more.

Everyone that makes an RPG these days is always banging on about how they’re redefining the genre and all that, but for once SEGA may have produce a game that lives up to the hype with modern-day espionage RPG Alpha Protocol.  The game is being developed by Obsidian Entertainment, and will launch in Europe on May 28th 2010 for the PS3. With a storyline lifted right out of today’s headlines, Alpha Protocol brings a new level of modern-day realism to the RPG genre. Your job, as rookie spy Michael Thorton, is to track down those responsible for a murderous missile attack on a ...Read more.