Video Game Icon Lara Croft Teams Up With the Nokia N-Gage Game Deck at the Nokia Sugar Bowl

Video Game Icon Lara Croft Teams Up With the Nokia N-Gage Game Deck at the Nokia
Sugar Bowl
Tomb Raider for N-Gage(TM) Distributed to More Than 70,000 Fans at the 2003
National Championship Game 


SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eidos , one of the world's
leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, announced that the
company's video game heroine Lara Croft will make a celebrity appearance at this
year's Nokia Sugar Bowl. Eidos and the N-Gage game deck have joined together to
provide copies of the new Tomb Raider for the N-Gage device to all the game's
attendees. Nokia plans to give away more than 70,000 copies at the pinnacle
college football game on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2004.

"Tomb Raider starring Lara Croft is one of the strongest titles so far for the
Nokia N-Gage," said Debra Kennedy, Nokia. "We are pleased to work with Eidos to
share the Tomb Raider experience with the lucky fans at this year's Nokia Sugar
Bowl."

"We are very excited to have Lara Croft represent the entire video game industry
at this year's highly-esteemed Nokia Sugar Bowl," said Paul Baldwin, vice
president of marketing, Eidos. "Lara has always been the number one video game
heroine, and it's appropriate for her to be present at this year's Sugar Bowl
where the national champion will be crowned."

This classic monster shooting, exploration, and puzzle-solving action game for
the N-Gage game deck offers up 15 huge levels and full 3D graphics, but what
really sets it apart is the downloadable Assault Course (via N-Gage(TM) Arena)
which lets players compete against a shadow image of their friend's effort.

About Eidos

Eidos plc is one of the world's leading publishers and developers of
entertainment software with a diverse mix of titles for the PC, PlayStation(R)2
computer entertainment system, Nintendo GameCube(TM) and the Xbox(TM) video game
system from Microsoft. For more information on Eidos and its products visit
http://www.eidos.com/

About Tomb Raider:

Published by Eidos and developed by Core Design (Derby, UK), the Tomb Raider
series (5 games in total) has sold over 28 million copies worldwide. Tomb Raider
is the number one selling franchise on PlayStation in Europe and the U.S. The
blockbuster Tomb Raider movie starring Angelina Jolie was released in the summer
of 2001, and the sequel released on July 25, 2003.

About N-Gage

The N-Gage game deck is an innovative mobile device that is creating an entirely
new market for the games industry. Built for active and hardcore gamers, the
N-Gage platform is the first mobile and connected game deck to feature online
high-quality 3D multiplayer gameplay over Bluetooth wireless technology and
GPRS. The N-Gage device also offers unique online games services as well as a
comprehensive and growing games catalogue from the leading game publishers.
Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications. Nokia and N-Gage are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Nokia Corporation. 

DATASOURCE: Eidos plc



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