@budash2:
That's Xenia Onatop's move....

Benjammn

The new Lara croft? I don't remember who the last one was.

londonlad

I still prefer Karima.

Hugoku

They can't be real-haven't you guys seen the gymnasts at the Olympics? I question the mole's credibility too :p

Concretepiggy

Looks like someone got a bikini wax...

darthnader

id eat that mole of of her... uhh

Scrapple

Wow. Technology really seems to keep marching on. The texture maping and modeling are just amazing on her. They even actually worked realistic muscle structure in her animations!

FrigidAir44

need to work on the tan =D

vinchbr

@AngelMayLaugh:

She looks like Skeletor.

will

That high kick picture totally beats out Chun-Li's high kick!

nerdBOY01

Lol half a kotaku nsfw fish should've been added

MysteriousStranger

I like that part where the sun don't shine.

VakeroRokero

@doubtful: Yeah, I think you're right. But oh man, imagine if those things were real! :D

BossVersion1

Nice ponytail physics in this shot. She's ok, I guess....If you're into really attractive women that could beat you up. Which I am.

Insert_Witty_Comment

What happened to Angelina Jolie? This is like a television show switching actors. My heart has been shot.

AngelMayLaugh

@NegativeGhostrider: I would think it were the natural place to look after her lips.

Dirty jokes aside, this one looks the role and has the gymnast thing going for her. As the next Lara, I approve wholeheartedly.

LoopyChew

I think I speak for everyone when I say she is brutally hot.

MSUSteve

@Sam Smith: Yeah, the second one I would label NSFW :D

tironabardheblu

I find her attractive in a strange cosplay sorta way :) I will still buy the game even if she wasn't. Let's hope good things come from this.

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

Mmmmm...quite, quite.

Woodwater

@BossVersion1:

Nah, they're probably just airsoft guns.

;)

doubtful

Holy choch shot, Batman!

Stimpy

Yeah I think they should keep this one, a hot british gymnast is pretty much Lara to a T.

RET_Ghost

Damn. That is a relatively risky image, heheh.

Sam Smith

@KREEPYKRAWLLY: The T-Rex ate her on a tragic, tragic accident.

Shiryu

Looking Good.

Maherr

@pd771: I'm with ya brother!

tironabardheblu

I like her :)

tironabardheblu

Nice. But, what happened to the other chick ?.

KREEPYKRAWLLY

@NegativeGhostrider:
Perhaps a better question is, why sir are you not ;)

-EDGE-

I keep hearing music of the Russian Steppes. Half expecting her to cross her arms and start leg kicking.

Eville1 says SKUse me a sec.

Oh god...muscular legs...oh god...

Candlejack

professional equipment for a camera shoot and the image is still blurry ... wtf? I need my leg action sharp.

lilaliendog

That almost needs a Kotaku Fish. Glad it doesnt good looking gal.

MisterMcThursday

@Thugmunk: You're right, it doesn't. I'm just a curious young man. I can never tell. lol

BossVersion1

scraped knees

I usually let the ladies use knee pads for their comfort

UncleAndross

I never realized the muscles in the neck do that when you kick without facial expression...

MPD51

boobs or pecs?

silasthemariner

@RET_Ghost:

The latest ones have been pretty good. Try playing Tomb Raider: Legend. Or Anniversary

LittleBigPlaneteer

Nice grooming.

Gray665

I liked the model for Legend better. This one looks too...pretentious.

But the lolkick was amusing.

Aethyr

@BossVersion1: Would it matter?

I submit that it would not.

I suggest we have a live Action Lara Croft vs Chun Li "fight" to the "death".

Thugmunk

Well, she's certainely attractive and strong, but does she really have the "Lara Croft" image?
She just doesn't look like Croft to me.

Ad-hominem

I can dig it. And I would dig it, I would dig it so very far into her...

mentok1982

@-EDGE-:
Why the hell were you even looking at her knees?

NegativeGhostrider

I like the scar. Laura should have more than a few scars really with all the crap she has been through.

greeble

Will she be on display at GC?

El-Suave

I'm sure loving the new Lara Crotch, er, Croft.

Tyber_Zann

@Innervate: That's because you're gay. Or you're a girl, in which case, you're not gay! :D

kevko

Woah, she's bad ass. Kickin' off heads better be mapped to a button

kidko

Are her games even fun to play anymore, the last one I played was 3 and I definitely don't remember raving about it.

RET_Ghost

@iNime: Agreed. I can tell it's NSFW from my hot tears of shame.

kennyd1

One*

BossVersion1

Nice, but the last one was hotter

NecronomiconUK

Lara Croft? She should be Chun-Li in the new Street Fighter movie!

ShaggE

Bewbs!

Winterbringer

On question: are they real?

BossVersion1

It looks like her leg has come off 0_0

LordChris915

I don't like her.

Innervate

@Neocorey: Well played, sir.

Thugmunk

Holy crap
her legs
I don't have it in me to make a sexual comment here. I'm serious

fishbonez

Lara Crofts new move:

Jump on guy with massive hips, squeeze, aforementioned head pops off like a fire cracker.

budash2

Holy shit, that's one hell of a kick.

Thugmunk

This new Lara will have to prove it to me by going in an ultimate competition to the death vs. Angelina Jolie, let the victor take the spoils. which will end up being hugging fan boys.

Go Team Venture

Jeeze Fahey, thanks for mentioning that scar on her knee. I wouldn't have noticed it otherwise. You'd think they'd airbrush that out for the promo shot

How many Lara Croft's have their been so far anyway? It's like the female version of the James Bond character or something.

LittleBigPlaneteer

Can't... stop... staring... at... second... pic...

pd771

She doesn't really leave much to the imagination does she?

Ketch2k8

TITS [ ]
GTFO [ ]

The choice is yours Alison Carroll.

Neocorey

Looks like she missed an area with the tanning cream, allow me to help you out there.

Boozerz

@iNime: ... I agree but I have a classroom of a hundred-something medical students that could just turn around and see what I'm looking at.

theuglyteradon

Why hey there *wink wink*

kumuasata

Nice! The scars on the knees make her look so real....huh wait.

-EDGE-

Wasn't expecting that...!

theuglyteradon

somehow, I feel that this second image just isn't safe for work...

iNime

lol nice leg action

sluzzuls

I can see where the tan ends...

Meldy

Nice Extension

G-PoNg

No.. words.. Should have sent.. a poet....

Bunn

karima wasnt bad but i like the fact this one doesnt just stand there and look pretty, she can actually move....now that is a lara croft i know! but she should have been in legend because she seems younger.

lonesn1per

Useless facts learned today:

1. Lara Croft does not tan in the buff.

Mutton-Chops

Irony is Daily Mail is also a big "anti-game" (there all evil) paper in the UK, but happily report about a new Lara in a postive light.

Mr.Monkey

She's really in shape. I want to work out with her.

The bigger the lie, the more they beleive!

@KaRmAChAnG: agreed.

nanikore

I just don't get this. It's like the guys who dress up like Mickey Mouse at Disney World, just marketed to boys who are allergic to actually having sex. I'm a bit embarrassed by it. At least with booth babes there is this implicit acknowledgement that it's completely meaningless-- they're just boobs. They mean nothing. It's like using breasts as a car's hood ornament.

But this, they use it like it's an institution. Only, stupid.

wild homes isn't anything!

I suppose it needs to be said...

She can perform in front of my Prince Charles...

Ibramgaunt

She's nice, but I prefer Karima Adebibe.

KaRmAChAnG

She has more pics at the official site.
[www.tombraiderchronicles.com]
Don't like her bellybutton though.

nanikore

Please just make the new TR game live-action like Myst!!!

kthxbai

Mucudadada

Those Thighs...she could pass off as a Chun-Li.

Luffay

There's some kind of Glitch with those ragdoll physics.

P3nnst8r has returned on the Graces of Brian Ashcraft

I liked the previous one better, Karima Adebibe.

redgopher

Give us back Angelina Jolie!

TMFAN

There is something about her face that I just don't like. I think it may be a bit too soft. Too much girl next door not enough hard sexy vamp.

roguemarvel

I would. Enough said.

coffeehair

She looks short in those pictures on the daily mail.

I'm still "meh" with her... so far none of these models have looked anything like Lara Croft.

Angelina Jolie will always be the true to life Lara.

goddessakasha

I dunno. I dare say this woman here is a better choice:

[images.cosplay.com]
[images.cosplay.com]
[images.cosplay.com]

GlazedDonut2186

Smack dat all on the flo'

smack dat, till you get so'

SyphonFilter

Eww, scar knees.

MetalGearMax

She can disemowell me anyday.

so beautiful, mortal man may lay no eyes nor hands on her.

such is the albatross

Neverkilled: The complete series

@Ibramgaunt: nice, beat me to that!!!

Man, I can ask her to show me her mole and i'd show mine, xDDDDD

KristenBal

Nice bikini wax

Norrin_Radd

@zymeck: Me. I almost built my house out of shit from the Ikea there. What's your point? It's pretty representative of UK towns I'd say. The nicer ones that is.

Cultivar

@goddessakasha: Angelina FTW.

BTW, She needs to lose those "airsoft" replica pistols and move up to .50 DE , Rrrowl!

SigmundTheSeaMonster

She looks (to mine eye, anyway) considerably more buxom than her predecessor. I guess these shots are celebrating the fact that they don't have to stuff a pillow down "Lara's" shirt anymore.

shimage

gymnast...with boobs... i dungettit

Ozmaff9

I came, I saw, then I came again

That is all.

JustJake

Brazilian Wax job FTW!

phalanges

i assume most of you guys have never been to croydon? :/

zymeck

I like Karima Adebibe better also.

diuqil

She doesn't even look like Lara Croft. At least cosplay model (and stuntwoman) Anne Roig has the look down. [anneroig.tk]
Check out her gallery for Tomb Raider.

cyr3n

Well, at least she's flexible...

nerdBOY01

Nice Axe kick.. She did some martial arts in her day

huginn

Alison from Croydon: "I fink games are for geeks, innit Trace"

D4vr0s

Alison: "I fink games are for geeks, innit Trace"

D4vr0s

Genocide Cutter!

gorbachops

scar makes it seem like she got shot, but I just want to lightly kiss that mole^^

shefakedit21

@Purple Dave: Cutscenes FTW.

goddessakasha

She kicks high

Cyrian

she needs to tan her vagina.

che-che

What's the big deal about a scar on her knee? Don't you think that if Lara were real she'd have a few scars?

breakblossom

She looks like the role, but will she be able to play it? Also... her legs...

Mike's Stalker

Eww, angles.

LiquidDarsh

They owe it to their models to do a better job of photography. I do a better job as a rank amateur of freezing motion than that. It's not hard, it's just equipment, and if they really care about the image of their model and of their product they should do more to ensure quality.

Mind you, that last sentiment could be liberally applied across the product line.

gblock

I want my Karima back ]:

Ryumeka

Mmm...Rhona Mitra... Wait, what? We're supposed to be talking about _this_ Lara Croft?

@Mutton-Chops:
I'd say more that she keeps her legs closed when she tans, so as to be all lady-like and such. You're not seeing the parts that would or would not be covered by swimwear (speaking of which, is it really fair to call it swimwear if the only time it ever gets wet is when you throw it in the wash?).

@goddessakasha:
How so? I mean, I've never played the games, but from what I understand about FPS/TPS gameplay, you don't exactly spend much time looking at her from the front, do you? So isn't it more correct to say that she looks nothing like Angelina Jolie, and that you (and several others) are probably judging them based on the movies and not the games?

Purple Dave

She kicks high. *moves pillow over crotch*.

Luis

LARA NEEEEDS MORE BOOOOOOBS

Ratultg

TO DROOL OR NOT TO DROOL...!! That is the question...

Ratultg

She´s nice. She just don´t look very Lara Croftishy to me.

gashapon

Hey. I think that's my favorite Tomb Raider yet. She doesn't look really like a Lara Croft... in face, she really looks like someone Cosplaying a Lara Croft.

But. You know. She's raging attractive.

The straight expression during the kick on the second picture is kind of... strange though.

sir_carrot

HAHAHA Croydon, CROYDON!!!! Thats my stumping ground, THOSE ARE MY ENDZ BLUD. (I assume no one here will understand that last sentence except for my fellow londoners lol)

TotaleeAwesome

Yes please :O.

yargh

Kick to the face!

Wolfers

Will you just take off the clothes already, we're tired of beating around the bush (no pun intended unfortunately).

w1ndwaker

@LittleBigPlaneteer: Lol, I agree with you. I noticed the scar right away after he mentioned it. She must be really good if they took her with a scar and all. I'm not sure if in the end she'll be happy about leaving her old job to stand next to die hard fans who keep saying, "Say "That treasure is mine" in British again. Please Lara!"

kylo4

What, the old Laura Croft's boobs goin' south? ^_<

relic1980

She is amazing looking.

Muisee

She doesn't make a good Laura Croft. She doesn't have the lips.

BlkMagik07

I'm 6'3 and I get the feeling she could kick my chin through the top of my head. Impressive.

Vezroth

Using photoshop, cut the ponytail, make hair silver, make her skin several shades darker and you get Vanessa Williams (VF).

00000000

Where do you find receptionist like this?? Ohh, i see, only in Croydon...

Daisuash

Creamy...

Altima NEO

Who do I wan't to falcon punch her? :D

spaz33

My nearest branch of Ikea is in Croydon.

Pangolin

sexy and deadly ^_^

ViciousViper

First pic: nice eyes, good tits etc

Second pic: not on the first date!!!

f0cus

@G-PoNg: I LOL'd

f0cus

Is it bad that I can't help staring at middle of the second pic? It's like when Austin meets the mole in Goldmember!

Pudgey

She's not doing it for me. Google Karima Adebibe. Do it. Much better Lara, and her voice was perfect.

subject117

still think jolie is hotter though.

maraxusofk

Random Croydon facts: Kate Moss grew up there (think) also head office of retail chain "superdrug" is there...

Dont know why I posted that but there you go...

Mr.Monkey

I would pay money to have a promo pic where her fingers were not around the trigger.

Gun safety is for losers, amirite?

Volturi

Wow, Kotaku guys are creepy as Fuck

Amsterdaam

I can see the light at then end of the tunnel...(*Wink, Wink*)

DannKnee

Pitter pat pitter pat pitter pat.

onepoker

@TotaleeAwesome:

I've never seen her around Croydon. :S And you're not alone!
That's 2 Croydon stories on Kotaku now:

[kotaku.com]

Chadders

Now if we can only take her legs and place them on Kristin Kreuk...

suya123

WOWZERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

freespeech2

I think the role of Boob Raid... er... Tomb Raider model was filled with a pretty good choice (no pun intended). I mean, she is athletic, isn't ridiculously endowed, looks like she can handle herself, and is hopefully versed well enough in the gun kata to take on all of the other rogue elements of archaeology. She's a fine pick for translating the character into reality.

Sensai-N

hopefully that's a tanline and not a stain. ew.

cyr3n

@Meldy:

lol

I want to see her do that with no clothes on.

My first pervy comment on Kotaku and I feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

Majpain007

The tan makes her look pretty real.

Pensador

Reminds me of a certain someone...

[danbooru.donmai.us]

Shiroi Kaze

Ohhh, there goes some Lara Crotch!

Mokona

Nice gams.

Placentasaurus

What exactly did the poster had in mind when he meant "she could completely kick your head off while standing right next to you."

Don't tell me you meant the other head!!!! I don't think she could kick mine off but knowing me I would have an erection when standing next to her and she would notice (necause its BIG) and BANG!!!!! I get an UBER penile fracture.

Algerian

Mole on her left breast, what?

But anyway, do these Laura Croft models even do anything, or are they just the designated girl to follow the company around on tour? Seems kind of like a step down as far as a career goes, though I'd guess it pays moderately well.

...I wonder if it's star-shaped...

Blah8

Oh yeah...that'll work.

karateka

Will she be playable on GC?

djHEAT

Didn't need to see those rug burns on her knees or her trying to turn Lara into a martial artist... dirty.

Gam3r

oh hotness

tasty...

Solid_Skittle1218

Looks like she fits the part very well. But...seriously, what's the deal with not airbrushing photos these days?

dirkxxdiggler

I don't care about her knees... good kick :|

ingerudo

Is this really needed to sell Tomb Raider?

hagridore

If you think about it; Lara should be covered in scars from head to toes, so I like the added realism.

Kamizzle

@BossVersion1: I think they are. I don't know very many ladies who are both seriously athletic and get implants. They look pretty healthy and natural on her.

Human Bomb

Too muscular IMO. And she doesnt have a very "Lara Croft" face like the previous ones.

dgonchild

I found some other interesting pics for additional reference:

Back tumbersault
Kick 1
Kick 2

Heidern

She's attractive, but they probably should have picked slightly longer shorts to hide those inner thighs. With what she's wearing in these pics we almost get a clear view of the netherworld.

Schmatz

Huh, wonder what left that scar... Also, boob mole FTW!

Zero_Beat

she can torture me anytime she wants.

Grimmjow Jeagerjaques

@Neverkilled: The complete series: You mean Disemvowel? HAHAHAHA!!!

SeraphX2

@Combichristoffersen: No, I don't know.

ihateeverything

the last one was hotter

ihateeverything

@Amsterdaam: Yea, but it wasn't always like this. Anyway, she's rather attractive, but I don't understand why they feel the need to have the Lara Models, oh well.

ggodo

She can raid my tomb any day, if you know what I mean.

Combichristoffersen

@Neocorey: aaaaahahahahha

Lord Thayer

Don't know if want

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

@Neocorey: You're an idiot.

Lake Somerset

i've found a few more that are different from the above links. have a look :)

[www.celebrity-gossip.net]

shockwave219

Seriously? Was that kick necessary? If we can tell what you do or don't wear in the tanning bed then perhaps you're showing too much.

Flik Nightshade

Is a leg supposed to do that? Reminds me of bending the leg on a G.I. Joe action figure too far...

Nyarlethotep_45

Is it me, or does each progressive Lara have less and less clothing? (Not that I'm complaining, because I am definitely not. Boobs.)

minimelo321

now we need a lara that can parkour!

lonesn1per

Looks like she's ready for action...

It kind of reminds me of those crazy cat pictures.

Edi_bOMB

all i can say is "shes not the lara i grew up knowing" xD

Fauxe

nice :D
although she looks kind childish... niceeeee

master.of.the.bus

Nice tan lines.

EskimoDave

She was only 11 years old when the first Tomb Raider came out.

Think about that.

sandwiches

Wow. o_o

.em.

"the well-placed mole"

I didn't notice it until you said that. I guess I'm not as much of a pervert as I thought.

Billup

My favorite model for Lara so far! I don't know how anyone can think Angelina looks like Lara Croft with her fake accent. She may have been good for the first movie (2 was just not needed) but she wasn't as fit to be Lara. This girl here can move and has an athletic build, with battle damage to match! I like her. Still a little young. Lara should be about 30 now but still...liking the new girl. I think she looks nearly exactly like her. well as close as humanly possible. on further thought she'd be perfect for the "Angel of Darkness" Lara.

Netnavi

Definitely looks better than Mrs. Fakelips.
That leg action got me thinking.........
...
...huh? Don't bug me I'm thinking....

phosphor112

Jolie blows her out of the water -.-

Anaxtasian

DO WANT.

hypnoglyph

@Neverkilled: The complete series: I believe that she is more of a unicorn. A true creature of legend. ;)

Burn1n9m4n

Her leg looks like it's about to come off!

Super Bunny Princess

Hey I see they still have those no-longer-made Heckler & Koch USP's! Hot!

GOLD5

Can't help but think about how gymnastics influences the strength of Kegel muscle...

...what? Oh, sorry, I was thinking of something else here. Sorry.

Barts

She's too bulky and her face is more cute than hot. Looks wise, the last model they had was better.

Lara Croft's supposed to be a supermodel version of Indy. But I guess maybe they want this Lara to be able to do more than just look good. haha

henhowc

@Billup: I though it was a pixel

Infamous.mpgEU

I just hope she's not the kind of person who reads blog comments. I think she'd sob a little into her cleavage.

Also, I think she looks a bit like a chavette. She looks like the kind of girl who'd stab you in the neck and face with a switchblade while her friends video it on their mobiles for YouTube. I blame the heavy eyeliner/ponytail combo for making me think this.

Mr.Bates

. . . I still perfer Karima as Lara.

Elektra54

Wow, she's pretty.
But that poor trigger finger discipline and weapon orientation has to be worked on.
I can help with that!

JimJD

And I thought only I liked threatening to kick people in the face.

Glad to know brunette brits enjoy it too.

asthepenguinflies

Where'd she get the scars from? Angelina Jolie will be a tough act to follow - training or not. Good call on the spray tan. Maybe she should look into something a little more 'real'.

wtchthegme

ROFLMAO at MetalGearMax. Scar knees. Funny as hell.

Mr Butterscotch

I approve! I approve!

pupaboy3