You could ask, well why don’t you unlock them yourself by actually playing the game? Well, errm, good question. Anyway, here’s the lowdown on unlocking the bikini outfits:

• Cream bikini - Complete the game and all time trials
• Black bikini – Complete the game, all time trails and collect all artifacts

So far I’ve nearly collected all the artifacts, but completed none of the time trials (and these are quite hard). So I’ve still got some way to go. However, when you’ve finally got Lara all dressed up in her bikini outfit you find that she can’t go outside! You can only use the outfits within the confines of Croft Manor. Boo. Very disappointing.

Black bikini:

Cream bikini:

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Read Tikipod’s review of Tomb Raider – Legend here.

Update 11th Aug: You can now replace Lara’s white bikini with a black lingerie (sort of see-through) version by using this patch (235k) which is available from fileplanet here. This patch is only for the PC version (obviously), and also includes a 100% complete save game with every outfit unlocked for your viewing pleasure.

Update 2nd Jan 09: The Sun newspaper has a slideshow (23 pics) of the latest real life Lara Croft – Alison Carroll in a bikini and in her Tomb Raider outfit.

Update 28th Sep 09: There’s an awesome Lara Croft bikini mod, for all your Lara bikini modding needs!

Check out all the Tomb Raider stuff on offer.