Sci
Entertainment Group - publishers of Tomb
Raider, Hitman and a string of successful
IPs - confirmed today the firm is still in negotiations
on a possible takeover by unnamed parties. The
group also registered a 14% increase in sales
in the first quarter of FY08.
"As stated
at our preliminary results announcement in September,
our major product launches planned for this financial
year will target next-generation consoles which
benefit from strong software pricing and margins.
Therefore a key focus during the first quarter
was completing the development of Kane and Lynch:
Dead Men (for Playstation3, Xbox 360 and PC) and
Tomb
Raider Anniversary (for Wii and Xbox 360)."
"Tomb
Raider: Anniversary was successfully launched
on Xbox 360 in both the US and Europe in October
and on Nintendo Wii on 13 November in the US.
It will launch on Nintendo Wii in Europe on 7
December. A trading update for the six months
ending 31 December 2007 will be issued in late
January 2008"
