Can anything save Tomb Raider at this point? I thought Angel of Darkness would've been the final nail in the coffin but it looks like the name recognition is still paying off somehow. I kind of get the feeling that Toby Gard returning to the series will pan out much like when Nolan Bushnell returned to making games for Atari. On the other end of the spectrum, it's cool to see Starbreeze expanding its horizons. It's always nice when the little guys hit the big time.

	PSP Gran Turismo to be a Port It has been revealed that the previously announced Gran Turismo title for Sony's upcoming handheld, the PSP, will indeed by a port of Gran Turismo 4. This was confirmed by series producer Kazunori Yamauchi who also commented, "The PSP is a portable game machine, and people may think it's oriented towards playing simple games, but it really has the same hardware performance as the PS2. Since we're already developing the GT4's system on the PS2 hardware, we're planning to port that directly to the PSP."
	Toby Gard Rejoins Tomb Raider Team The man who created the original concept of Lara Croft, only to flee the series after its first release to spend seven years on Galleon, has joined up with Crystal Dynamics to work on the seventh installment of the Tomb Raider series. Not much else is known at this point, but it is rumored that Warren Spector will also have a hand in the game. Tomb Raider 7 is expected to ship in the summer of 2005.
	Starbreeze Working on Next-Gen Title The studio that quickly rose to fame with their critically-acclaimed Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay, Starbreeze announced they are hard at work on a new game for the next-generation consoles. They have signed a letter of intent with an American publisher to have a title ready within two years. In a comment to EuroGamer.net, "In the same way we reused the Enclave engine. We will evolve it. We'll have this as a base - we can do prototypes, we can start developing the gameplay, have a really quick start with the next project."
	Twilight of Lareleth With media already available, Spinning Reality formally announced a new Xbox RPG called Twilight of Lareleth. GameSpot described the game as being "set on the world of Lareleth, where elves and gnolls have battled for years, and the elves have retreated to huge floating islands in the sky." Players control one of our elven characters that can assume one of nine classes. Gameplay is estimated to last sixty hours. Interestingly, the game will support four player gameplay with split-screen action. The game is without a publisher but set for a release in 2005.
	Weekly Bungie Update Finally, after two weeks of slim content due to a major crunching effort, Frankie reports in with actual content! One thing is for certain; there will be no playable Halo 2 demo any time soon and not before the game ships. Rumors were abound that August 24th would see the release of a demo, but according to Frankie, that is not true.
	Misc. Q&As/Features IGN interviews Brian Fargo about the "funniest game to come out in years," The Bard's Tale. GameSpot talks with Psychonauts creator Tim Schafer. IGN has a seven page feature pitting the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP against each other.
	Misc. Media/Previews
	GameSpot offers impressions of the online mode for Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal and screens of Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires. The Final Fantasy XII website updated with three music tracks. GameSpy treats us to a handful of images for Neo Contra. IGN gets crazy with their media with videos of Michigan, an exclusive trailer of Jak 3, images of Resident Evil Outbreak 2, and shots of Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge.
	IGN shows off three new exclusive shots of Jade Empire as well as five images of Blinx 2. TeamXbox delivers screens of Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict. GameSpy has shots of TRON 2.0: Killer App.
	The return of Prime Time Friday! Except instead of a short movie clip, we get a seven page feature discussing the art we'll find in Metroid Prime 2 Echoes. At the same time, GameSpot tells us their impression of the bonus disc demo for Echoes.
	Images of Mario Pinball Land can be found at GameSpy tonight.
	IGN delivers video of The URBZ: Sims in the City (PS2, Xbox, GCN), NHL 2005 (PS2, Xbox, GCN), Second Sight (PS2, Xbox, GCN), and images of The Bard's Tale (PS2, Xbox). GameSpot has a handful of media, taking looks at NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup (PS2, Xbox, GCN), X-Men Legends (PS2, Xbox, GCN), and screens of both Test Drive: Eve of Destruction (PS2, Xbox, GCN).