Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light | Review

Rounding out the 5-week Summer of Arcade is Eidos and Crystal Dynamics attempt at re-inventing Lara Croft; this time by shifting the perspective, dramatically changing the control scheme and placing a little less focus on exploration and more on combat. But this time, you're not alone...

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Lara is back in downloadable form, this time with a partner

That's right, Tomb Raider is coming back this summer, toting the Guardian of light suffix along with coop gameplay and being downloadable on XBLA, PSN, and PC. Not being a fan of the previous titles, this has indeed sparked some interest. Guardian of light is scheduled for release on August 18th as part of the annual Summer of Arcade for 1200 MS Points. The new trailer can be found below.

Summer of Arcade 2010 is coming | E3 2010

You may recall a gaming window in August of 2009 that saw back-to-back/week-to-week XBLA releases that to this day still haven't been topped...that is, until now.  Microsoft announced a sequel to their incredibly successful Summer of Arcade, this time with some excellent titles in the pipe.  We'll touch on the titles here, but will post some more details in upcoming posts.

• Castlevania Harmony of Despair
• Hydro Thunder Hurricane
• Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
• Limbo
• Monday Night Combat

This (third) annual Summer of Arcade kicks off in July.  But that's not all - there are a few other titles coming that aren't on the official SOA list, some that deserve to be high on the radars of all of us, with Comic Jumper, Hydrophobia, Sonic 4, and Super Meat Boy.  We'll be posting on all of these titles with screenshots and news as it becomes available.  In the meantime, check out the trailer above.

First trailer of Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is an adventure

Lara Croft is back, in an adventure you actually may want to play.  Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is a download-only title (available this summer on Xbox Live, PSN and Steam) that's different than any other Tomb Raider you've ever seen.

Presented in an isometric view (think Diablo, or most recently Torchlight), and you have an idea of the style here that Eidos  and Crystal Dynamics are going for.  Little is known of the game so far, except this time Lara will not be alone, and there's some co-op flavor built in here. Eidos has just released the first official trailer; and we've embedded it below.

Check it out, and let us know what you think.  This seems like a title I could get behind.