Kotaku: tomb raider anniversary

Get Your Hands on Lara Croft For (Almost) Free

torif — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:30:21 MST

Lara Croft is ten years old today (doesn't that make you feel dirty?), and to celebrate, Eidos is letting you play Tomb Raider Anniversary for free.

Of course, nothing in life is truly free, is it? You can access the game through TrialPay, an alternative payment service, but only after you sign up to try or buy an offer from one of their blue-chip advertisers. To sign up for your free subscription to Tomb Raider Anniversary, go to the TrialPay sign-up page.

See? Lara's a classy broad. She wouldn't be givin' it away for nothin'! Her momma raised her better than that!

EIDOS PARTNERS WITH TRIALPAY TO GIVE PLAYERS THOUSANDS OF WAYS TO GET TOMB RAIDER ANNIVERSARY FOR FREE
Mountain View, Calif. - February 15, 2008 - Lara Croft celebrates her
birthday this Valentine's Day and to commemorate the event, Eidos is
inviting players to enjoy Tomb Raider Anniversary for free. Eidos, a
world-leader in entertainment software, and TrialPay, the leader in
alternative payments, have partnered to make it even easier for customers
all over the world to play Tomb Raider.

Using TrialPay, players get a free subscription to Tomb Raider Anniversary
by trying or buying an offer from blue-chip advertisers. With TrialPay
everyone wins!

"I can't think of a better way to celebrate Lara Croft's 10th anniversary
than by letting loyal players get the new Tomb Raider Anniversary game for
free," said Dave Clark, vice president of new business development for
Eidos. "Through our partnership with TrialPay, more players will be able to
enjoy the Tomb Raider series, and these players get a great deal which
fosters the brand loyalty that has made Lara Croft the first lady of gaming
for a decade."

Tomb Raider Anniversary commemorates this occasion by offering a
revisualization of a gaming classic using advanced rendering technology to
bring the original Tomb Raider Game to life for today's audience. And
through this partnership with TrialPay, anyone can get the game for free by
completing one offer from the brand of his or her choice.

"TrialPay lets millions of Tomb Raider fans get the Anniversary game for
free by trying or buying an offer from their preferred brands," said Alex
Rampell, TrialPay's CEO. "We are extremely proud to partner with Eidos for
Lara Croft's 10th anniversary."

Eidos has promoted this free method for getting Tomb Raider Anniversary
through e-mail and online merchandising campaigns and will continue adding
more touchpoints in the next few months.

To get Tomb Raider Anniversary for free through TrialPay:
http://www.trialpay.com/stores/eidos/laracroft?tid=9ahB9aF

For more information on TrialPay: www.trialpay.com

About Eidos
Based in Wimbledon, South London, Eidos Interactive Ltd, part of SCi
Entertainment Group Plc (SEG), is one of the world's leading developers of
entertainment software. Eidos consists of publishing operations across
Europe and the US and several development studios including Crystal
Dynamics, IO Interactive and Pivotal Games as well as a valuable stake in
other studios.

About TrialPay
TrialPay unites advertisers, merchants and shoppers to create the first
payment platform that benefits all parties. Using TrialPay, merchants turn
lost and indecisive shoppers into paying customers by giving away their
product for free when a shopper completes an offer from blue-chip
advertisers like American Express, Gap, FTD, eBay and thousands more.
Advertisers pay a bounty that equals or exceeds the merchant's regular price
to create a profitable transaction out of a stalled or abandoned cart.
TrialPay ensures that every shopper finds an offer that compels him or her
to purchase by pairing premium brands with the added value of a free
product. With TrialPay everyone wins: shoppers get a free product,
advertisers acquire new customers and merchants earn significant revenue
from lost or unlikely customers.

TrialPay works with over 2,500 premium merchants, including McAfee, The Wall
Street Journal, Skype and other industry leaders in software, games,
publishing, online services and retail. TrialPay currently has more than 4.5
million registered users and adds 15,000 new users every day.

Tomb Raider Anniversary Hits Xbox Live

Mike Fahey — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:30:50 MST

Lara Croft's updated first adventure has been in stores since late last month for the Xbox 360, and many of you chose not to pick it up, either not giving a damn or just plain laziness. Good news for the latter group! Now Tomb Raider Anniversary is available for download via Xbox Live in two, 1200 point downloads. Unless my math is off, and it generally is, that comes out to around $30 for the game, $10 off the retail price. The downside? If you've not upgraded to a large 360 hard drive, the 3GB of space this baby takes up is a huge chunk of hard disk real estate, if you're so inclined, the game is listed under Tomb Raider: Legend in the new games section of the download service. An excellent way to cope with post Thanksgiving lethargy...or just general American lethargy for that matter. We yanks love our sitting on our asses.

Tomb Raider Anniversary 360 Plans Fleshed Out

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:40:41 MDT

After a somewhat confusing reveal of Eidos' plans for Tomb Raider Anniversary on the Xbox 360, it appears that the remake of Lara Croft's original adventure has been nailed down. What was originally scheduled first as an Xbox Live Arcade release, one that requires ownership of Tomb Raider Legend, will come first as a standard retail release. Eidos will release Tomb Raider Anniversary for the 360 next week, October 23 in the U.S. and October 26th in Europe.

A pair of downloadable releases, still with the same Tomb Raider Legend requirement, will follow in November. Got it?

A Gathering Of Laras

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 30 May 2007 17:20:12 MDT

After the release of the first Tomb Raider, it became clear that the anticipation surrounding each sequel was generally focused on which new real-life model could better squeeze herself into the official pair of Lara Croft short shorts. Always looking to outdo the previous Lara's ability to fill out the tight vinyl top, we've generally been more impressed with the successive twenty-something ladies than with the videogames themselves.

For the upcoming release of Tomb Raider: Anniversary, Eidos has dug up most of the previous flesh and blood Lara Croft models, decked them out in slimming black vinyl and flattering lighting, then paid them to stand side-by-side for your gawking pleasure. IGN's got the exclusive pics of the Lara reunion, with one Lara, the semi-successful Rhona Mitra noticeably absent.

Even though we're one Lara short, it's nothing short of airbrushed perfection! Michael McWhertor

Lara Croft Reunion [IGN]

Tomb Raider Anniversary Gets Wii Port

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 14 May 2007 21:40:18 MDT

Eidos is making one more stop on the Tomb Raider Anniversary cash-in tour, giving Wii owners a chance to relive Lara Croft's original PC and PlayStation adventure. The game is built on the Tomb Raider Legends engine, quite pretty I might add, and promises its share of Wii-remote and nunchuk specific controls.

Tomb Raider Anniversary will ship on the Wii well after the PC, PSP and PlayStation 2 editions which are scheduled for release next month. IGN has additional details in the form of an interview with Eidos' own Bill Gardner. Michael McWhertor

Eidos Talks Wii Lara Croft [IGN]

Tomb Raider Anniversary Brings Lara Back In June

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:20:37 MDT

To celebrate the momentous ten-year... wait, eleven-year anniversary of Lara Croft's PlayStation and PC debut, Eidos has gone back to the beginning. As you're probably well aware by now, Tomb Raider Anniversary is the remade, remixed revisit of the original Tomb Raider with updated graphics and gameplay.

It's been a bit delayed, obviously, but word from Eidos is that we can finally expect Lara's reimagined raids of Egypt, Peru, Greece and Atlantis to ship on June 5th for the PC and PS2. A PSP version is expected, but still not firmly dated.

Anyone else out there, desperately in need of some indigenous wildlife killing, picking this up? Michael McWhertor

Tomb Raider Anniversary [Eidos]