Eidos has passed on Tomb Raider Underworld Screens for release on Tomb Raider Fan sites.

Since today you can find several Screenshots and location shots from Uxmal, Mexico in our galleries.

In the January issue of Game Informer, or issue 178, there's a two page article covering the basic features and news of the upcoming game, Tomb Raider Underworld.

From the article, this can be clarified:

Tomb Raider Underworld is a completely new adventure that is still connected to the ending of Legend (thank God). In this, the whole Maya calendar scenario is still based on the adventure, but it's something new that they added that still relates. Some new features and abilities also take place such as: Lara's grapple can now connect to anything, and with sufficient force is applied, she can pull or move anything in the environment. Now, Lara can pick up any item in the environment and run around with it with her other hand free to pull out a pistol and shoot any enemy she encounters! She can also shoot whilst hanging from ledges or ropes. On top of that, a new combat system includes expanded melee attacks to fend off the many predators she encounters.

Lara's moves and abilities are being modelled after real-life Olympic gymnast, Heidi Moneymaker! Lara's moveset had been expanded to reflect what the team at Eidos and Crystal Dynamics thinks would be her real work capabilities!

Tomb Raider Underworld seems to be the best Tomb Raider game to date, and it's factorial that it will explore never before seen territories in the Lara Croft universe!

At the moment, it is unclear if Amanda Evert will make a return, or if anything in Legend was related to Jacqueline Natla like the crates in the final level suggest.

SCi announced yesterday, that Tomb Raider Underworld is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2008 and will against all expectations also come for PS2, Wii and Nintendo DS, as well as the next-generation Platforms PS3 and XBox 360, and PCs.

In our galleries you can find 5 new concept arts for Tomb Raider Underworld.

Eidos has also released an interview with Concept Artist Joel Boucquemont which can be found in the Tomb Raider Underworld Section of the site.

As a side note: The site is currently in the process of being revised, a completely new version will go online soon. (If you want to peak at the new version, visit the German pages.)

Eidos has called all Lara Croft Models in for a special photo shoot. You can find the first image in the Models Section.

I have finished the first wave up updates in the Community Section.

You can now submit Tomb Raider News and Fan Fiction.

If you find any mistakes, please report them to me. (You can find my email address or PM link in my profile when you click my name.)

A complete revision of the Fan Fiction Section is up next. This and the bug fixing that comes afterwards will probably keep me busy till I start working on the Tomb Raider Anniversary Walkthrough next week.

I have added two images of the 3-disc European Version of Tomb Raider Anniversary and three images of Karima in Germany to the image galleries.

I am currently updating the community section. You might encounter problems during this process.

I am hoping to finish this first wave of updates tonight.

There will be a new registration form (which might not appear different from the old one), a new log in procedure, a new community home site when you log in, and the option to submit Tomb Raider news, your Tomb Raider website and Tomb Raider fan fiction to tombraidergirl.com.