My name is Keir. I’m the Group Community Manager at Square Enix Europe which means I mainly surf the internet or play games for a living. I must have been a lovely person in a previous life. Although I’m normally chained to my desk at Square Enix Europe HQ in cloudy London, I’m currently chained to another desk in the Crystal Dynamics studios in even cloudier San Francisco. I’m here to give you the lowdown on Crystal Dynamics’ latest offering ‘Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light‘.

In case you haven’t seen any LCGoL news over the last few weeks and months, here’s the skinny. I have decided to boil the key info down into bullet points because I like to waffle.

“Wait… what?” – Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light isn’t a Tomb Raider?!

Crystal Dynamics are currently working on two projects. One of them is Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, the other one is another game which I can’t mention or I’d get sacked *cough*Tomb Raider*cough*. The studio had a chance to really experiment and do something new and exciting with LCGoL. As a result they’ve crafted an arcade style digital download that draws on all the fundamental aspects you’d associate with Lara (including great puzzles) but also added some fresh elements. It is made of win.

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Hi, I’m Keir, you may remember me from such official forums as Tomb Raider: Underworld, Kane and Lynch: Dead Men and now Batman Arkham Asylum. Yep, I’m lucky enough to be Group Community Manager at Eidos. Batman: Arkham Asylum (which is out now!) has pwned my waking hours (and some of my sleeping ones) over the last few months. It’s been a genuine delight to work with Rocksteady’s masterpiece (in case you haven’t seen any reviews, check out IGN 9.3/10, Gamespot 9/10, 1up A-, Gametrailers 9/10, Eurogamer 9/10, gamespy 5/5) and I’m here to tell you about the epic PS3 exclusives…

Along with the awesome ‘Play as the Joker’ PS3 DLC in which you control the Joker in Challenge Maps (with some great special moves including my favourite: the kick in the nuts) we’re also giving PS3 owners the chance to get their very own Batcave Outpost in PlayStation Home. Available exclusively on PlayStation3, the Batcave Outpost is a faithful recreation of the Batcave under Arkham Island. Featuring the BATMOBILE, BATWING, and tons of other nice features, the Batcave Outpost allows fans to call the BATCAVE their own home within Home.

The PlayStation3 version of Batman: Arkham Asylum unlocks the Batman: Arkham Asylum Batcave Outpost in PlayStation Home.

Check out the trailer…. HOLY PS3 EXCLUSIVITY!

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