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KEELEY HAWES REPRISES
LARA CROFT GIG
Copyright 2007 www.tombraiderchronicles.com
[ December 14th 2007 ]
British
actress Keeley
Hawes will once again reprise her role as
gun-toting archaeologist Lara
Croft in Tomb
Raider Underworld. The 31-year-old star of
British TV will pick up from where she left off
in Tomb Raider
Legend for another round of globe-trotting
exploits.
Tomb
Raider Underworld pits Lara Croft in Southern
Mexico where she must unravel the mystery surrounding
the five missing days of the Mayan calendar, an
apocalyptic time when the portals between the
mortal realm and the Underworld dissolve, allowing
ill-intending deities to causing disaster and
mayhem.
The game
courts a slew of new features including a brand
new Next-Gen engine which uses a hybrid lighting
model that combines dynamic lights with carefully
created light maps to make Lara's world look stunning,
alive and immersive.
Crystal
Dynamics have also given Lara full motion capture
to bring a more natural fluidity to her movements,
with proper weight and secondary motion. Lara
also interacts richly within her environment,
pushing aside foliage as she tramples through
undergrowth and vegetation.
Tomb
Raider Underworld will court Next-Gen consoles
including Sony PS3, Microsoft Xbox 360 and Windows
PC. The game will release in 2008. Eidos is expected
to officially unveil the title in the coming days.
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