Lara Croft firm for sale

[temi]

The makers of Tomb Raider are at the centre of a bidding war
A bidding war has broken out for UK video games maker Eidos after rival SCI Entertainment topped a £71m takeover offer from US group Elevation Partners.
Eidos, best known for computer game icon Lara Croft, said it would consider the new £76m bid.

source/full story: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4371203.stm

 

[Duke]

I believe Eidos was stripped of the rights to the Tomb Raider franchise after the Angel of Darkness fiasco. The released a poorly done, unfinished game that was blamed for that box office disaster movie where Laura actually punched a shark in the yap.