Twice the fun, twice the Croft! Eidos Interactive has announced via press release that they're coming out with a Double Pack edition for their two Tomb Raider games on the PSP.

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 News has it that previously unpublished materials from Tomb Raider: Anniversary, Tomb Raider Legend, and The Angel of Darkness are now available for your enjoyment.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.

Today we have a huge bunch of new screenshots from the PlayStation Portable version of Tomb Raider: Anniversary (Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation Portable, Nintendo Wii, PC). We really do mean huge, since there are 115 screenshots in total.

Due to the size of this screenshot update, we've zipped all of the images up. The screenshots feature Lara Croft in three of the game's five levels: Peru, Egypt and Greece. These levels are also the first three levels that players will go through in the game.

You can get the archive file containing the screenshots by clicking on the download link below. The PSP version of Tomb Raider: Anniversary is already out in the U.S. and will be available in Europe tomorrow.

Download: Tomb Raider: Anniversary PSP screenshots

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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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.

Here's the first few minutes of Tomb Raider Anniversary from Eidos Interactive. In this clip, we see Lady Lara Croft and his companion going up an ancient ruin. But being the resourceful gal that she is, not having a rope is not a problem at all as Lady Croft can always cling on to walls and perform acrobatic jumps and grappling.

Tomb Raider Anniversary is actually a re-mastery of the video game that appeared more than ten years ago. Much of the gameplay elements were retained alongside all the other features that made the original game a success. The developer, Crystal Dynamics, used an enhanced version of TR: Legend game engine on this remake.

Tomb Raider Anniversary has already been released in North America and Europe earlier this month.

The period spanning releases dated August 6 to 12 for the U.S. carries quite an interesting crop with some nice variety. Bannering this edition of On Shelves This Week is the party game Boogie for the Nintendo Wii which will have casual gamers bopping 'til they drop. Still at the Nintendo yard, Mega Man's trifecta of RPGs are coming in with some cool attributes all their own.

The PlayStation Portable will have a couple of frantic titles from popular franchises that will have you pushing the pedal to the floor and storming caves in search of treasures. Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars and Tomb Raider: Anniversary are out! For more strategic gamers, Combat Mission for the PC is out now. Anyhow, let's get this line-up introduced, shall we?

Boogie. The Nintendo Wii is about to get its groove on once more as Boogie is about to go to town. Headlined by such classic acts as The Jackson Five and Jamiroquai, you can now practice your moonwalkin', crotch-grabbing moves like Michael Jackson in Never Neverland.

• Nintendo Wii - August 7, 2007
• US$ 59.99 (includes microphone)
  
• ESRB E (Everyone)
  
• Electronic Arts

Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars. Get outta the way of the rushing yellow cab as Crazy Taxi and its sequel Crazy Taxi 2 are here for the Sony PSP. Experience the frantic rush of Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars and show the city who's the king of the streets.

• Sony PSP - August 7, 2007
• US$ 29.99
• ESRB E (Everyone)
• Sega of America

Tomb Raider: Anniversary. Lara Croft celebrates her tenth year in the industry with this special re-mastery of the original runaway hit on the first PlayStation. Battle wolves and bears while searching for artifacts in an adventure of epic proportions.

• Sony PSP-  August 8, 2007
• US$ 29.99
• ESRB T (Teen)
• Eidos Interactive

Check out the whole list of games to be On Shelves This Week behind the Full Article link below.

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!

Eidos Interactive's Tomb Raider Anniversary for the PSP is nearly out! Celebrating the 10 years since Lara Croft's original adventure, this game provides you with all the elements that made the first one such a success. The developers also added a good amount of new challenges for you to wrap your noggin around.

Tomb Raider Anniversary for Sony's PlayStation Portable will be released on July 24 for the US, while Europe will have their local babe come home on July 6. Until then, enjoy the amazing visuals from this latest batch of screenshots:

There's more after the jump!