A quick video recap of our trip to Derby, the birthplace of Lara Croft.
Starring:
Myself
Survivor Reborn team
Peter Connelly, the composer for Tomb Raider 4-The Angel of Darkness
Martin Iveson, SFX designer for Tomb Raider 1-6

Can’t wait for our next adventure!

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We were suggested to organise an annual #tombraider gathering in the UK. Let us know if you’re interested to attend any of the following:

— Tomb of Ash (@TombofAsh) January 16, 2017

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When we set up Tomb of Ash a few years ago, we strove to make it a different, unique and exceptional website; a website that would deliver original content and not rely on official news posts.

Last year we created a number of incredible projects, such as providing our English and Russian speaking audiences with up-to-date media and news from E3 and other events.

You can read about our projects from last year in the End of Year report 2015. Truly, 2015 was very productive for us and we knew that it would be hard to top that year. 

From the beginning of 2016 we started producing unique projects, such as our Baba Yaga video, that was nominated for the Royal Television Society Award. Our ultimate pride however is our efforts to create the largest 20th Anniversary Celebrations for the fans, which we did with PLAY Expo.

We also tried to re-unite our divided community with our upcoming 20th Anniversary Video Project and we thank everyone who joined us on that journey.

Lastly, from mid-October until the end of November we had a number of Super Tomb Raider weeks, during which we would post exclusive Tomb Raider related content DAILY.

Core Design, Natalie Cook, Tomb Raider fans  and 2/3 of Tomb of Ash team at PLAY Expo. Photo by the Big Issue North

Below is the full list of our accomplishments this year.

We thank every single one of our readers for their help and support. We really can’t thank you all enough for helping us weather the negativity of the last year. We are still not certain about our future as an “official fansite” outlet but we definitely won’t be quitting, even if we do go “rogue”, as we feel we owe that to our readers and friends who have stuck with us through uncertain times. We also would like to thank every single contributor to our website, be you anonymous or not. Your submissions are greatly appreciated by us and Tomb Raider fans worldwide. Lastly, thank you to those of our readers who’s generous donations allowed us to upgrade some of our photo equipment.

~Ash, Terenete, April and Tatiana 

EVENTS

• PLAY Expo – we were co-organisers, coordinators and stage directors for the Tomb Raider celebrations at the expo
• 20 Years of Tomb Raider at the QUAD 
  
• MCM Comic Con Manchester
  
• Chester Comic Con
  
• Reboot Infogamer
  
• Gamescom
• insomnia 59
• Tomb Raider LIVE in Concert

ARTICLES

• A Guide To The Real Locations In Tomb Raider 3
  
• Exploring Aldwych – The Real Location In Tomb Raider 3
  

• Easter Eggs In The Angel Of Darkness

INTERVIEWS

As usual, a number of exclusive interviews were conducted throughout the year

• Judith Gibbins
• Natalie Cook
• Jill de Jong
• Nathan McCree
• Murti Schofield
• Richard Morton
• A number of ex-Core Design team members were interviewed in our PLAY Expo video recap

VIDEOS

We were super busy with creating visual content, such as our Baba Yaga project (below). However, we felt it was important to cover all of the major “TR20″ events this year so we released a number of recap videos for those who could not attend.

PLAY Expo recap

• Tomb Raider 20th Anniversary Panel at PLAY Expo
• Nathan McCree at PLAY Expo
• Lara’s Diary – Baba Yaga
• Core Design Panel at the QUAD, Derby
• Murti Schofield – Writing Games (Chester Comic Con 2016)

IMAGES

We released NUMEROUS  unseen screenshots and renders, notably from

• Tomb Raider the 10th Anniversary Edition
  

• Tomb Raider the Angel of Darkness
  

• Classic Tomb Raider Series

We also released some fan-art, such as

• 3D renders
  
• LED Art

OTHER TOMB RAIDER 20 CONTENT

• 20th Anniversary Project
• Croft Confessions
• PLAY Expo Guestbook
• Natalie Cook – Raider (single)

PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS

Our website and our projects made it into online and print-based media!

• Retro Gamer titled Ash Kaprielov, the creator of Tomb Ash, as “Lara’s Biggest Fan” and wrote a feature about him in their huge TR20 article.
• The Big Issue North
• Liverpool Screen School
• The Arcade 
• Cherrylight (Russia)

Awards

We were overwhelmed to learn that our Baba Yaga video is nominated for a Royal Television Society award. The Royal Television Society is a British educational charity for the discussion and analysis of television in all its forms. It is the oldest television society in the world! We thank everyone who helped us with this project, including those who translated it to multiple languages <3

Sometimes we are just too productive… We wrote our End of Year report a couple of weeks ago but a number of cool things happened since then. Here’s an updated version for you to catch up with everything we did this year. We wish you all the best in 2017 and stay tuned, because we still have plenty of tricks up our sleeves. Something incredible is coming

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You can now leave comments on all of our posts even if you don’t have a tumblr accont. All you need to do is to scroll to the bottom to any of the articles and login to Disqus. You can use your Facebook to login.

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Here’s my Master’s dissertation on Let’s Play. It will also be interesting for those who want to learn more about fan-produced content, active audience and fan motivation. Could actually update it in light of recent events…maybe one day

Abstract 

For this study, I conducted qualitative research to explore and identify key aspects of Let’s Play production and consumption. This involved interviewing three individuals who had been involved in Let’s Play production for a long time. All of the informants came from very diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds, and produced very different types of Let’s Play videos. As a result, this research provided an insight into Let’s Players’ motivations, selfrepresentation, and methods of video production. Based on these interviewees’ responses, we can infer that Let’s Play videos contribute to a contemporary need-fulfilment related to both socialisation and entertainment. This need, however, comes not only from the audience but also from the Let’s Player themselves. The research investigated how Let’s Play communities and producers contribute to the contemporary videogame industry, and how the phenomenon is used by videogame producers to market their products. The research also explored ethical issues, censorship, and harassment. Ultimately, the research aimed to provide a foundation for further academic research in the field.

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4K Likes on Facebook

We joined Facebook about 2 years ago and we are way into 4K likes now!
Thank you for your continuous support everyone <3
~Ash, Terenete, Tatiana, April and Chris the bear

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20 Years of Tomb Raider Signed Poster

Signed by Core Design team members, who attended PLAY Expo Manchester 2016

Part of my collection

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Croft Confession is a project created by our friend blog http://classiccroft.tumblr.com/ who joined forces with us.

Has your Croft Confession been featured?

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Tomb Raider Community Dinner at the Font

Get together with your fellow Tomb Raider fans and some of the developers after the 1st day of PLAY Expo.
Menu and prices
Facebook Event
Nearest Train Station:
Manchester Oxford Road

10min walk from Manchester Piccadilly Bus Station

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