Tokyo Xtreme Racer DRIFT 2 has shipped for the PS2. The game tasks you with earning yourself the rank of the best drifter in the mountain roads of Japan, including Hakone, Niko, Haruna and Akagi, all laser-scanned to keep the perfectionist drifters happy. With 180 licensed cars and both on- and off-road races, the game sounds like it should be fun. And, at a low-low price of $15, why not give it a shot?
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6 Feb 2007

Tokyo Xtreme Racer Returns

PS2 News from N4G | Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift 2

PS2 - Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift 2 - Tokyo Xtreme Racer Returns

Today Crave Entertainment announced the next entry in its street racing series, Tokyo Xtreme Racer DRIFT 2 for the PlayStation 2. The reigning drift champion has gone missing -- that means the tournament crown is up for grabs. Now's your chance to race, grind, and drift your way to the top.

DRIFT 2 will send you racing through the mountains of Japan -- Hakone, Niko, Haruna, and Akagi -- all faithfully recreated to maintain every tight twist and hazardous turn. Enter your car in sanctioned races for money by day, and by night go under the radar to crush your opponents.
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9 Aug 2008

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon storyline gets real

PS2 News from N4G | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter

PS2 - Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter - Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon storyline gets real

Russia's invasion of Georgia Friday is eerily similar to the storyline of a video game, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon.
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23 Jan 2007

The Top 7... series run into the ground

PS2 News | Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness

A game is made, and it turns out to be good. The game comes out, becomes popular... and then becomes a series. Usually, we have nothing bad to say about that. Until, inevitably, things start to slide. The creator that made the game what it was bails. Or it fizzles in the transition from one console to another. Maybe the staff just forgot what made it great. Whatever the problem, we've selected seven of the biggest offenders, for your ...
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28 Dec 2007

A year in breasts

PS2 News | Tomb Raider: Anniversary

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3 Dec 2007

New Tomb Raider uncovered?

PS2 News | Tomb Raider: Anniversary

Dec 3, 2007 It could well turn out that Tomb Raider Underworld is the name Eidos will slap on Lara Croft's next adventure. Reports indicate that the publisher has filed for trademark of the phrase 'Tomb Raider Underworld' with the Patent and Trademark Office. 'Underworld' has led to speculation that the new Tomb Raider game may find Croft mixing it up with seedy criminal elements, but it could of course just be a reference to the core of the sequel involving underground antics. Either way, ...
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25 Oct 2007

Lara Croft raiding Wii Nov. 13

PS2 News from N4G | Tomb Raider: Anniversary

PS2 - Tomb Raider: Anniversary - Lara Croft raiding Wii Nov. 13

This week, Eidos is releasing to retail the Xbox 360 version of Tomb Raider: Anniversary. And while it typically doesn't take much for the buxom heroine to turn heads of her own accord, Eidos is capitalizing on the increased attention anyway by announcing that Wii gamers will have a chance to go hands on with Lara Croft in Tomb Raider: Anniversary on November 13.
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22 Aug 2007

Lara Croft - NUDE!

PS2 News | Tomb Raider: Anniversary

Aug 22, 2007 One of the best in-gags in gaming history is the "Lara Nude Cheat." For all the old Tomb Raider games, Core would leak a cheat that claimed to turn Lara naked. In reality, once you'd managed to pull off the complex moves, your only reward was to watch your heroine violently explode with a scream, her arms, legs and head flying off in different directions. Gone are such innocent times, thanks to the mod scene. Now you can have Lara look any way you wish in TR: Anniversary (sorry ...
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13 Aug 2007

Eidos: We need more 'Lara's

PS2 News from N4G | Tomb Raider: Anniversary

PS2 - Tomb Raider: Anniversary - Eidos: We need more 'Lara's

The Eidos executive thinks that the games industry needs more iconic characters to compete with movies, TV, and comics:

Industry veteran Ian Livingstone thinks that game developers need more character. The Eidos product acquisition director, speaking at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival 2007, told the audience that characters were extremely important not just in games, but also as intellectual properties that can then be used in other products.
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27 Jun 2007

Tomb Raider: Anniversary - Lara Croft opens Italy first ever women-only beach with two photos of bikini-clad girls

PS2 News from N4G | Tomb Raider: Anniversary

PS2 - Tomb Raider: Anniversary - Tomb Raider: Anniversary - Lara Croft opens Italy first ever women-only beach with two photos of bikini-clad girls

Lara Croft (Karima Adebibe) takes a break from promoting the new Tomb Raider: Anniversary game to relax in the sunshine and open Italy's very first women-only beach located in Riccione, an exclusive resort near Rimini on the east coast.
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