So you guys want to see more of the legendary adventure-seeking heroine? Well, you're definitely in for a treat! News has it that previously unpublished materials from Tomb Raider: Anniversary, Tomb Raider Legend, and The Angel of Darkness are now available for your enjoyment. Find out more about Lara after the jump!

Lara Croft had dared to go where no man had gone before, and has now received the reward for her trouble: an anointing by the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition. Exactly what honors has the famed book bestowed upon the Eidos Interactive's famous local and fabulously female British aristocrat?Find out after the jump.

Crystal Dynamics recently made inroads into the possibility of completely downloadable games with Tomb Raider: Anniversary for Xbox Live.

But even while the attempt was a success, it looks like their devs are more interested in the potential that the PlayStation Network may offer. More details ahead in the full article.

Lara Croft fans, rejoice. We've just received word that the downloadable version Tomb Raider: Anniversary for the XBox 360 (also on the PC, Wii, PS2, and PSP) is now available for purchase over in the UK's Xbox Live service. Head on over to the full article for further details on the download.

Here's a new gameplay video for the upcoming Xbox 360 build of Tomb Raider: Anniversary. Developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Eidos Interactive, the title is also available on platforms PC, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable.

Anniversary is a remake of the 1996 hit Tomb Raider. This particular gameplay video is quite different from the others we've seen before in the sense that it has a cut-scene at the start. Here, Lara Croft meets for the first time Jacqueline Natla and the latter asks her to recover a mysterious artifact called the Scion.

Those familiar with the story know well that this isn't going to be an easy journey for Lady Croft. Anyway, enough spoilers from us and just enjoy the video below!

Eidos Interactive has just released pricing and release details for Tomb Raider: Anniversary's PSP and Xbox 360 versions for Europe. Expect both the 360 and PSP retail copies to land in store shelves this October 26.

Eidos further announced that Europe's gamers can also pick up Tomb Raider: Anniversary as episodic downloadables via Xbox Live by this November. The episodic will total two installments, with each carrying two chapters, and the mansion level. Players can also expect related merchandise to follow Tomb Raider: Anniversary's episodic content on XBL, including picture packs and theme packs. Be reminded that you will need an original copy of Tomb Raider Legend to take advantage of the episodics.

Further along this year, the company also announced that Tomb Raider: Anniversary's Wii release is coming along for the holidays, although no specific details have been revealed.


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Here are two new promotional videos for the Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360 versions of Tomb Raider Anniversary. The PlayStation Portable and PC versions, on the other hand, had already been launched by developer Crystal Dynamics and publisher Eidos Interactive last August and June respectively.

The video clip for the Wii version of the title features a real-life Lara Croft holding a Wiimote and Nunchuk interspersed with in-game footage. The one for Microsoft's Xbox 360 shows off more gameplay clips and some of the environments and enemies players will be meeting in the video game.

Tomb Raider Anniversary is a remake of the original Tomb Raider video game that was released in 1996. Crystal Dynamics used an enhanced version of the Legend game engine on this port.

See the other video after the jump!

If you're infatuated with Tomb Raider heroine Lara Croft and you want her to be yours alone, you'd better be ready to shell out the big bucks because she doesn't come cheap. About GBP £ 300 (US$ 600 million) should do the trick, though.

Publisher SCi recently announced that it is open to being taken over by third parties, and by extension all its intellectual property including the popular Tomb Raider franchise which has thrilled gamers across three gaming generations.

Share prices of SCi jumped from 37.5p to 375.5p immediately after word hit the streets on the company's willingness to sell out. The most eligible suitors at this point are industry heavyweights Warner Bros., Electronic Arts, and Ubisoft.

Preliminary talks are now being held with interested parties but no details have leaked from the negotiations. What's certain, though, is that CEO Jane Cavanagh and property mogul Robert Tchenguiz will cash in on a very sweet deal.

The Tomb Raider franchise celebrated its 10th anniversary this year with the release of Tomb Raider: Anniversary, which is a remake of the PSX original on the Microsoft Xbox 360, PC, and Sony PlayStation Portable.

Behold the new voice of Tomb Raider: Minnie Driver! The new "ReVisioned" series based on Tomb Raider's Lara Croft was launched by GameTap Retrospective in honor of the 10th anniversary of the release of the first game.  For more Lara Croft fun, the 10th Anniversary celebration will also release the Tomb Raider: Anniversary game on the PS2, Xbox 360 and the PlayStation Portable.

Seems like this delectable diva has been busy in the animation industry recently.  She also stars in the new Simpsons movie.  Probably the most spectacular demonstration of her voice was when she played Carlotta in The Phantom of the Opera, an even bigger diva than she is in real life.  She has experience in voicing an animated character from before: she played Brooke Shields in South Park and Lady Eboshi in Princess Mononoke so our favorite heroine will be safe in her hands (and microphone.)

"ReVisioned" will premier on July 10 on GameTap.com.  A new episode will appear every week through August 23.  And hey, it's free!

Scott Dodkins, European managing director for Eidos, talked to MCV last week and gave partner  Britsoft its props for enabling its upcoming Tomb Raider Anniversary title to have fast distribution channels both via download and retail.

Microsoft Xbox 360 owners in the UK will be getting Tomb Raider Anniversary in a not-so-regular way later this year as Eidos announces that its partnership with Britsoft has yielded an innovative result.

Starting this autumn, Xbox 360 owners who have the previous installment, Tomb Raider Legend, will have the ability to download the new game on Xbox Live. The digital version will come ahead of the boxed version which will be released later within the year.

"The industry is changing and the way that consumers want to acquire products is changing, so we have taken the initiative to look at delivering content in a different way,” he said.“We are the first company to do that, which we are very proud of," says Dodkins.

In addition, Dodkins expressed optimism that having games distributed via downloads can be a boon to the hardware part of the gaming industry. "If offering content to consumers in these new ways means that we can encourages hardware sales, then that’s good for everyone," he concludes.