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Eidos Interactive have today announced an agreement with Microsoft
to release two brand new downloadable chapters in the continuing
Tomb Raider adventures of
 Lara
Croft. Containing up to six hours of new gameplay and content for
Tomb Raider: Underworld, the chapters will be available
exclusively on XboxLIVE! Marketplace for the Xbox360. A demo
for
Tomb Raider: Underworld will also be available on XboxLIVE!
Marketplace in October.
Offering entirely new content specifically designed to extend the
Tomb Raider: Underworld experience, Tomb Raider: Underworld –
Beneath the Ashes and Tomb Raider: Underworld – Lara’s Shadow
will deliver two very different single player gameplay experiences.
Tomb Raider: Underworld – Beneath the Ashes takes place after
the Tomb Raider: Underworld story has finished and will
feature an incredible new environment to explore, additional secrets
to unlock and different enemies to fight. Tomb Raider: Underworld
- Lara’s Shadow will introduce players to a new kind of playable
character and create a unique Tomb Raider experience.
The first new chapter, Tomb Raider: Underworld – Beneath the
Ashes, will be available for download exclusively on
XboxLIVE! Marketplace this Christmas. Tomb Raider: Underworld
– Lara’s Shadow will follow in early 2009.
“We are constantly looking at ways to extend our franchises, whilst
developing a deeper relationship with our players. The retail
release of any videogame is just the start of the player experience,
from there it all depends where you want to take the player in terms
 of
ideas and innovation,” said Sean Vesce. “With these additional
chapters and the online reach of XboxLIVE!, we are able to
deliver exclusive content to millions of gamers worldwide.”
“We’re thrilled that Xbox owners will be able to extend their Lara
Croft adventures with exclusive Tomb Raider: Underworld
episodes,” said George Peckham, General Manager of Global Third
Party Publishing for Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business.
“We look forward to continue working closely with our great
publishing partners to deliver the most robust gaming experiences,
only on Xbox360.”
Tomb Raider: Underworld will release on Xbox360, PLAYSTATION3, Wii,
PlayStation2, NintendoDS, and PC Games for Windows platforms. With
development led by Crystal Dynamics, developers of the recent
Tomb Raider blockbusters, Tomb Raider: Underworld
represents a new advancement in exploration-based gameplay. As the
fearless adventurer Lara Croft, players explore, raid and solve the
mysteries of exotic locations around the world, each designed in
breathtaking high-definition. |
