321.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - STARLET LARA FLOUNDERS CATALOGUE

Lara Croft's summer cinematic debut failed to boost sales of Eidos's back catalogue of Tomb Raider computer games, the company said as it announced its quarterly results yesterday. Finance director Stuart Cruickshank said revenues from old Tomb Raider games which star Lara Croft, had improved after the film was released in the United States in June, but he added that the improvement was not material.

Last Updated: Sep 20, 2001  

322.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - EIDOS HERALDS MARKET TURNAROUND

British computer games publisher Eidos Interactive have announced lower than expected losses for the first quarter of its fiscal year declaring £15.3 million, a sharp fall from the £22.3m shortfall it reported in the previous quarter, the BBC reports today. London based Eidos gave a broadly bullish outlook for the coming year compounded by its 2001 release strategy which includes Core Designs Project Eden, making its digital debut on Playstation and PC September 28th, Soul Reaver II and Herdy Gerdy.

Last Updated: Sep 19, 2001  

323.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - EIDOS PRESS AHEAD WITH THUNDERHAWK

Eidos, the company behind the Tomb Raider computer game, will not scrap plans to release an all-action game featuring a war against terrorists in the Middle East, despite last week's attacks in the US. Mike McGarvey, the company's chief executive, said Eidos did not expect any problems with its latest release, called Thunderhawk. It is an action adventure game where you fight terrorism in the Middle East with helicopters, but we don't envisage any problems with it, he said.

Last Updated: Sep 19, 2001  

324.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - EIDOS TO RELEASE POPSTAR MAKER

Ever wanted to manage your own band? Think you can do a better job than Nasty Nigel? Now you can prove it with the new game from Eidos Interactive - Popstar Maker - the world’s first pop star management game. Choose your band members from a group of young hopefuls and then transform them into worldwide superstars! The game is being developed by Teque Software, UK, and is due for release this Christmas on PlayStation.

Last Updated: Sep 19, 2001  

325.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - EIDOS ANNOUNCES Q1 FINANCIAL RESULTS

Eidos plc, one of the world's leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, announces results for the quarter ended 30 June 2001. Turnover: £12.2m £16.8m. Total operating loss before goodwill: £11.1m £18.6m. EBITDA: £10.6m £17.7m. Loss per share: 14.8p 14.8p. Loss per share before goodwill: 10.9p 11.0p

Last Updated: Sep 19, 2001