On September 17th, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, For the King 2, and Overthrown will be playable for Standard subscribers on September 17th. Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is available on the same day for Ultimate and PC Game Pass, marking its exit from early access.

Frostpunk 2 debuts for Xbox Series X/S and cloud on September 18th alongside Wobbly Life. To prepare for Hades 2’s exit from early access, the original game will be playable on September 19th for Ultimate, Standard and PC Game Pass subscribers.

Endless Legend 2 is up next on September 22nd, which marks its entry into early access via Game Preview for PC. Another rogue-like, Sworn, will exit early access on September 23rd. September 25th sees the addition of Peppa Pig World Adventures and Visions of Mana, both releasing for cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X/S across all three subscription tiers.

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is available on September 30th, and Sopa – Tale of the Stolen Potato rounds it all off on October 7th. Check out the titles that will leave the service on September 30th below:

• Ninja Gaiden Sigma (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Ninja Gaiden 3 Razor’s Edge (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Terra Invicta (Game Preview) (PC)

Thanks to the official announcement, The Lara Croft Collection is now also available to pre-order through the Nintendo eShop, and is priced at $24.99. The collection is a bundle featuring two games: Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, and Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris.

The Nintendo Switch release of The Lara Croft Collection will feature the same classic co-op centric games, along with the ability to play local multiplayer between up to four players.

A Nintendo Switch release for the two Lara Croft games being this close was first hinted at back in May when an ESRB rating for a bundle with the two titles popped up on the ratings board’s official website. For context, both Crystal Dynamics and Feral Games had first announced plans to bring the two titles on to the Nintendo Switch all the way back in 2021.

Both of the Lara Croft games have been out for quite some time on other platforms. Crystal Dynamics and Feral Games had announced plans to bring the two titles to the Nintendo Switch all the way back in 2021. While originally slated for release in 2022, the studios clearly saw some delays. The collection, however, finally seems to be set for a launch soon.

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light and Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris are both isometric adventure games that place a strong emphasis on exploration and puzzle solving. Both games also quite heavily emphasise co-operative play, allowing for up to two players in Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, and for up to four players in Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris.

The Tomb Raider franchise has struggles to maintain its identity in the last decade, up until the reboot. The installments simply did not manage to find solid ground as each subsequent installment tried to imitate elements from other games in order to cater to a wider audience, causing most of the existing fan base to feel alienated.  In 2010, Crystal Dynamics took Lara in a whole new direction by switching to an isometric co-operative adventure. While Lara might have jumped genres, all the core staples of the Tomb Raider franchise were all intact, along with surprising new additions. The Guardian of Light was the finest Tomb Raider entry in years, and fans held out hope for a sequel which will now never come to be.

“There are no plans to do anything in that series but it was a great opportunity to do something a little bit outside of the core,” said creative director Noah Hughes in an interview with OXM.

“Guardian was a great opportunity to explore things that we may not have done in the pillar franchise titles, but in that case it was co-op.”

When asked whether the developer had planned to include co-op in the reboot, Noah said that the campaign is simply not appropriate for a co-operative experience, and we couldn’t agree more.

“We looked at the integration of multiplayer in Tomb Raider. We’re anxious to continue to play with ways that people could tomb raid together. With Guardian of Light, the tone and the story supported side-by-side play in the campaign; this time around, it’s less appropriate and we tried to do more of a complementary experience, hoping it would have a lot of replay ability and people can just jump in and have fun.”

“Those are just two of our explorations into multiplayer in the Tomb Raider universe, and we are anxious to see what else we can do in connected play.”

Tomb Raider has just landed on store shelves, and is the breath of fresh air that the franchise was gasping for. You can check out our review of it here if you need further convincing.

You can access the site here. It’s been developed Hapti Co., based in Denmark and features an interesting system for generating revenue. Supported by ads, you have to click on them to continue the F2P experience. Or you can go for an ad-free version by simply purchasing the level (or game). As the URL indicates, the site is currently in beta phase.

Games currently listed include Hitman: Blood Money and Mini Ninjas. Isometric action-adventure title Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is scheduled to release in October.

Tomb Raider: Underworld and Gyromancer currently have no release date, but are being advertised as “coming soon”. Wonder how many more titles that will include?

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The hit arcade game that was released on Xbox Live Arcade, PSN and PC, being Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is now available on the iPhone as well as the iPod Touch.  It is currently on sale right now for only $0.99, that’s right only 99 cents normally running you $2.99, but only for 4 days.

The console version had a unique co-op experience, the iOS version has unlockable weapons, upgrades and takes advantage of the isometric camera. The sale will run from November 10 to November 14 and you can get it right here at the iTunes App Store.

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is coming to the Xperia Play, Sony Ericsson has announced. The game is made by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix on various platforms ranging from PC to the PS3.

The game is optimized for the phone and is a top to bottom game. Square Enix has promised to make more games for the Sony Ericsson phone, Xperia Play, they said. Tell us what you think in the comments section below.

Here is the trailer for the Kain and Raziel DLC character pack available the arcade game Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (XBLA/PSN).  You will see Kain and Raziel get into it in the trailer offering more than just simple characters modules added to the game for $5.00/400 Microsoft Points.  From the Xbox.com description:

“Grab a friend or go at it alone as Kain and Raziel from the Legacy of Kain games. The two iconic characters must work together to defeat a new threat in an unfamiliar world.”

Add pack to your instant queue.

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light has been out for quite a while now for both the PS3 and the 360, and while both games were missing the co-op feature, the Xbox 360 version of the game did get a patch for it in October.

But now PS3 owners will get to play some co-op action as well, because Crystal Dynamics has finally added co-op via a patch.

Go ahead and invite your friend to play with you, I’m sure the game will be even better now.

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Lara Croft and The Guardian of Light Arcade Game is getting free DLC on October 27th for the Xbox 360 Live Arcade.  The “All the trappings” DLC will only be free for 30 days and will add a new stage to with puzzles as well as exploration. With the DLC also comes a title update which enables full online co-op which will make the game much more fun to play online with your friends. No word on Playstation 3 or PC yet but keep it here for the latest news.