Looks like the future of Lara Croft is in the hands of Final Fantasy studio, Square Enix. The latest news is that Eidos Interactive, the company that owns the Tomb Raider franchise, will be bought by Squeenix for a whopping US$ 120.8 million.

Who else is suddenly thinking of Lara with a gunblade?

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SCi Entertainment has announced its intent to change its name to Eidos. To this end, they have already filed an application with the Registrar of Companies. SCi is the parent company of Tomb Raider and Hitman publisher, Eidos Interactive.

The numbers are in from the UK and it looks like gamers are still too busy with Call of Duty: World at War to bother with Resistance 2, which entered the charts at 10th place. That's way lower than expected for the highly anticipated (or not) game.

Full top 10 games in the UK after the link.

The rumor mill is abuzz over talks of someone making a grab for Eidos Interactive's parent company, SCi Entertainment. The big names mentioned were the US company, Electronic Arts, and the French company, Ubisoft.

People say Jane Cavanagh, the founder of the SCi Entertainment Group, has just released the company's 2007 annual report where they revealed that sequels to the Tomb Raider, Hitman, and some of their other IPs are in development. There's an uneasy air surrounding its emergence, however, since SCi's own investors called for the ousting of Cavanagh a few months ago. To find out more, head on over to the full article.

The gaming world was recently greeted by the news of Eidos signing a beneficial deal with Time Warner, but it looks like there were some dire consequences: according to some insider sources, Eidos has laid off its PR, marketing and sales departments in what seems to be in exchange to Time Warner's financial assistance. Read more about it in the full article.

Yesterday we reported that Eidos Interactive's parent company, SCi Entertainment, confirmed that it was open for business. Today, we got an update on this matter. Apparently, the company just rejected an offer from a mystery suitor. Read more on this in the full article.

It seems like SCi Entertainment is finally getting into the role of the reluctant "father", ready to give away his daughter (i.e. Lara Croft) at the altar. It was confirmed recently that SCi will be entertaining the possibility of opening a major business investment in the near future to help get the company back on track. You can read a statement released by the company explaining this move in our full article.

It would seem that SCi is going through some rough times. First, a management upheaval recently rocked the company, and now it looks like SCi is going to cut 25% of its jobs as part of a radical restructuring plan. More corporate news follows after the jump.

SCi Entertainment, the company that owns the Tomb Raider franchise, is currently experiencing an upheaval. Owing to falling shares and the lack of offers to purchase the company, shareholders are now demanding for the resignation of Jane Cavanagh, founder and chief executive of the company. Details in the full article.