Throwback to that one time when me and my co-admin tried to fly a plane in Microsoft Flight Simulator X. We crashed.

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Reboot infoGamer 2016 is the fifth annual edition of the rapidly expanding games show in Croatia, that is once again breaking records as one of the truly biggest in Europe. The six-day show will take place at the Zagreb Fair convention grounds at even bigger expo area with a focus on the newest and upcoming video games, hardware, gaming merchandise, eSports and analogue games.

The event will take place from November 8th – November 13th

For more info visit:  http://www.rebootinfogamer.hr/en/

You can find the official facebook event here.

Last year Microsoft presented Rise of the Tomb Raider at Reboot infoGamer and it was one of the the biggest stands there. Check it out: https://www.tomb-of-ash.com/post/133495286305/my-co-admin-terenete-went-to-reboot-infogamer-expo

Hope to see you there!

Tina aka Terenete

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Microsoft
and Crystal Dynamics invited me to attend their presentation for Rise of the
Tomb Raider at E3! Microsoft is paying for my trip to Los Angeles and
accommodation at the Hilton Hotel by Universal Studios. I’ll be documenting the
whole trip; posting daily updates and also releasing written articles and a
special video report shortly after I’m back in the UK. I’ll try to be as fair
and balanced (but not in the Fox News way) as possible in my review articles
too! Stay tuned for more info. I have created a special E3 Ambassador 2015 page
on my website that I’ll be updating with media on a regular basis.

PS.

The video report will feature a special guest doing some voice overs; Shelley Blond (the
original Lara Croft voice actress)

Read the official statement here 

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“Yes, Microsoft will be publishing Rise of the Tomb Raider on Xbox. Microsoft has always seen huge potential in Tomb Raider and they will get behind this game with more support across development, marketing and retail than ever before, which we believe will be a step in continuing to build the Tomb Raider franchise as one of the biggest in gaming.”

No details on PS4 or PC release and this statement is also as vague as it gets (only blind, deaf and completely brainless squirrel wouldn’t know that Microsoft would be publishing the game on its own console!). Personally I think it will be out on all the platforms in time

However people are still expressing their concerns over the “exclusive” announce last Summer. Here are some comments from the official Tomb Raider website. 

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Either way even the Xbox One owners (at least the mature/intelligent ones) were disappointed with this decision, as no one wants any fellow fans to be left out (let alone that Tomb Raider always was a simultaneously released multi-platform game, and the exclusivity sounds somewhat strange). It was very nice to read how people stick with each other. Which (how I think) fans should behave towards each other. 

Obviously not every XB1 gamer was sympathetic. The Internet is full of 12-16 years olds who just love to start their console wars. I as a specimen of “the Master PC Race” normally just spectate this puberty war of consoles with a bucket of popcorn and some Pepsi.

But on forums, I read the likes of: “You guys aren’t fans if you won’t buy console for one game, because this is TOMB RAIDERRRR” directed at me and fans with alike thinking ( as in “why buying another console because of ONE game?”).

Well excuse me for breathing, but I’d like to know who gave said people the right to talk about this game, when they are far younger than its 18+ rating.

That’s firstly. Secondly what actually makes a Tomb Raider fan?

I personally learned the English language, 3DS Max, Photoshop, Delphi only because I wanted to become a game designer when I was 16 (inspired by playing Core Design’s Tomb Raider games). I later was making renders with Lara and Kurtis (that was before XNA). And even though I’m now on Media/Journalism/Film career path I still use those skills that I got because of Tomb Raider.

Eventually I even moved country because of this game. I made friends worldwide who visit me every year (even I myself am going to Croatia next week to visit my fellow Tomb Raider fan-friend who I met online in 2007).

Everytime they visit – I take them on a “Tomb Raider Pilgrimage”. Speaking of which… I visited so many places – ex Core design offices in Derby, Lara Croft way, Kedleston Hall and other buildings that were an inspiration for the series.

I managed to meet the actual developers from Crystal Dynamics and some awesome people from Square Enix Europe (and no I won’t be blaming separate people for company’s decisions either). Let alone I was blessed to interview some people from Core Design (hopefully will interview a few more later, more on this soon).

The list can go on and on! Lara Croft indeed changed my life starting from my crazy teenage years where I was even bullied in school for avidly playing a game with a female protagonist.

However, I am indeed terribly sorry that I am not “fanly enough” (or “fan at all”?) to downgrade from my gaming laptop to some console.

This is like telling me to get an Iphone because you can play Tomb Raider I on it even though my Galaxy Note III can emulate any PS1 game with a full gamepad support; BUT HEY YOU MUST GET AN IPHONE COZ IT HAS AN OFFICIAL PORT YOU AINT FAN OTHERWISE!!!! I wonder if you guys got all the games for gameboy (and gameboy itself just to play those Tomb Raider games for it)?

On pictures is me with Rhianna Pratchett, Darrel Galagher, fellow fan Athora on Eurogamer Expo and in Square Enix offices. 

Sincerely, Ash. (not a) tomb raider fan.

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