256.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - BRITISH FILM INDUSTRY SCORES BIG TIME

Good news for the British film industry this week as new figures released by the UK Film Council showed record levels of production last year, in tandem with the second highest figure in cinema admissions in 30 years. In addition, the 10 most successful UK films last year raked in over $1bn worldwide between them, despite the absence of a Bond or Potter film. The best performers were Love Actually ($185m), Johnny English ($158m), and Lara Croft Tomb Raider 2: the Cradle of Life ($156m).

Last Updated: Jul 20, 2004  

257.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - TOMB RAIDER JEEP BOOSTS ADVERGAMES

How do companies get consumers to play their products? That's the latest question floating round the marketing water coolers? Ian Bogost, CEO of Persuasive Games and founder/editor of www.watercoolergames.org, says the playing solution might lie in advergames. Dr. Bogost is a game designer, academic game researcher, educational publisher and Assistant Professor in the Information Design & Technology program at Georgia Institute of Technology. Bogost has nearly a decade of experience in digital media production for film, music, games, advertising and business.

Last Updated: Jul 20, 2004  

258.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - TOMB RAIDER COMIC TIES WITH TR7 LAUNCH

Top Cow Productions, in conjunction with Eidos, Ltd, is announcing that the Lara Croft: Tomb Raider comic book will wind down its first volume and relaunch in conjunction with the release of the 7th Tomb Raider video game in the summer of 2005. Top Cow is participating in the re-design of the new game. Top Cow plans to end the 1st volume with issue #50, written by Dan Slott (JLA, She-Hulk), shipping to comic book stores in January.

Last Updated: Jul 18, 2004  

259.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - WARREN SPECTOR TO HEADLINE EU FORUM

ION Storm's Warren Spector and BioWare's Ray Muzyka are to deliver keynote addresses at the European Developers' Forum this September in London, headlining a programme which features a range of speakers from around the world. The EDF event runs alongside the European Games Network trade show and Game Stars Live consumer show in London's ExCeL conference centre from September 1st to 3rd, and is backed by UK developer trade body TIGA along with a number of other international developer associations.

Last Updated: Jul 18, 2004  

260.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - BEOWULF EPIC BOUND FOR HOLLYWOOD

Hollywood's never-ending quest for epic material has taken it back to the first horror story - Beowulf, the Old English poem of monster versus man. Two film versions of the eighth-century Saxon work are under way as studios rush to capitalise on the fascination with myth and legend exposed by the success of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. J R R Tolkein, who wrote the Middle Earth series, cited Beowulf as one of his key influences.

Last Updated: Jul 18, 2004