Games publisher Eidos Interactive has released the first set of screenshots from the forthcoming Tomb Raider Underworld.

The game, which is expected to be released this Christmas, is rumoured to be in development for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.

The new title, whose events take place after Tomb Raider Legend, will feature more interactive environments, with Play reporting: "In the level where Lara explores Southern Mexico, she leaves footprints in the mud, but it's raining so they wash away. The bodies she leaves behind in combat encounters will stay, however, as will the debris from any destruction she causes."

Tomb Raider Underworld will include a new engine and full motion capture, with developer Crystal Dynamics stating the system has been designed "to bring a more natural fluidity to her movements, with proper weight and secondary motion".

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