TOMB RAIDER ANNIVERSARY
SCORES BIG
Copyright 2007 Eidos plc Press Release
[ June 12th 2007 ]
Eidos
Interactive Ltd., part of SCi Entertainment
Group, one of the world’s leading publishers and
developers of entertainment software, is pleased
to announce that the latest Lara
Croft adventure, Tomb
Raider Anniversary, which released on June
1st throughout Europe, has taken the No.1 spot
in a number of territories on both PlayStation
2 and PC.
In the
UK the game went straight in at No.1 on PlayStation
2 and PC and has remained at No.1 for a second
week running. In Germany the game also went straight
in at No.1 on PlayStation 2 and PC and in France
the game went in at No.1 on PC and was the best-selling
game (in value) on PlayStation 2 (source: GFK).
Inspired
by the first Tomb
Raider videogame, originally released in 1996,
LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER ANNIVERSARY is a totally
new adventure for Lara, faithfully preserving
the elements which made the original Tomb Raider
such a classic, selling over 7 million copies
worldwide.
The Tomb
Raider series is still one of the best selling
videogame franchises of all time with over 32
million copies sold and two major feature films
released, starring Angelina
Jolie.
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