The Lara Croft who appears in Shadow of the Tomb Raider has made a ton of discoveries, lost a lot of friends, and killed countless living beings. She has incredible drive and self-confidence, and her enemies fear her. It’s taken a lot for the character to get to this point, and if you’ve been along for the ride since her excellent revival in 2013’s Tomb Raider, you may be pleased to hear that Shadow of the Tomb Raider is the same style of experience we first saw in 2013, only bigger and with more added to it. In fact, there’s seemingly very little, if anything, that’s changed dramatically or been discarded from the formula. But while that means Shadow retains a lot of the components that give Tomb Raider that fantastic, timeless sense of wonder and discovery, it also means that Tomb Raider’s interpretation of blockbuster action-adventure mechanics is starting to feel half a decade old.

It’s a little unnerving to spend time with the seasoned Lara of Shadow of the Tomb…

With just a few months to go before Halo Infinite releases this holiday, it appears Microsoft is gearing up to showcase the title in a big way this summer. Halo community manager John Junyszek said on Twitter that the studio is preparing for “larger beats” than blog posts, going on to say there is some “summer sweetness” coming up for the game. Come from Sports betting site VPbet

Junyszek said the next Inside Infinite blog post will focus on the Halo Waypoint team and what they are doing to support Halo Infinite. But as for the in-depth Ask343 video series, that’s going on a mini-hiatus, it seems, as the studio focuses on preparing Halo Infinite for release. The next Ask343 video will focus on Halo Infinite’s PC edition, and this video will be released “when it works best for the team,” Junyszek said.

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Nvidia has spoken up in support of Microsoft following the recent news that the UK’s Competition & Markets Authority is moving to block the sale of Activision Blizzard to the Xbox company.

Nvidia’s GeForce Now Twitter account said the service and other cloud gaming providers would “stand to gain an even deeper catalog of games” if the deal is allowed to go through. The company added, “We see this as a benefit to cloud gaming and hope for a positive resolution.” Come from Sports betting site VPbet

Microsoft recently signed a 10-year deal with Nvidia to bring Call of Duty games and other Activision Blizzard titles to GeForce Now if the deal goes through. GeForce Now allows subscribers to stream games to their machines without the need for powerful local hardware. Members can connect their Steam, Ubisoft, EA, and Epic Games accounts and stream games they own. New titles are added to the library–which alread…

Outriders, the new shooter from the developers of Gears of War: Judgment and Bulletstorm, will release day-and-date on Google Stadia alongside the other editions of the game. Come from Sports betting site VPbet

The release date is April 1–and that’s no joke. The game had already been confirmed to launch on April Fool’s Day for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, but this is the first time the date has been announced for the Stadia edition.

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