Zorro

А, может, и правда Южная Америка? Цивилизация инков или майя? Там она, по-моему, ещё не была.

Возможно, что maverick правильно угадал - скрины очень похожи на что-то в стиле ацтеков, майя или инков.    Надеюсь, что это действительно так!!!   А судя по кофточке, горам, водопадам и снегу - больше тянет на Анды (инки, стало быть)  

С другой стороны, на неоновой рекламе видны восточные иероглифы, что южную Америку отбрасывает и предполагает действие где-то в Юго-Восточной Азии. Да и небоскрёбов в Южной Америке нет. Скорее, это где-то в Малайзии... Я лично, думаю, что это всё-таки будет Азия. К сожалению, у меня нет времени, чтобы сравнить стиль статуй с учебниками/сайтами по истории, чтобы найти наиболее точное соответствие. Если у кого-то такое время есть, сравните, пожалуйста, и расскажете всем о результатах.  

http://www.tombnews.com/

Здесь, в принципе, та же самая информация, но есть что-то и новенькое:

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По информации CNN 7-я часть Tomb Raider будет показана уже через 6
недель (18-20 мая) на выставке E3 в Лос Анжелесе.

CNN has told that Eidos will show Tomb Raider Legend on E3!

CNN: "Lara Croft fans will see yet another incantation of the buxom heroine as Eidos shows the newly revamped 'Tomb Raider: Legend'. The newly red-headed and less buxom Lara will return to her tomb raiding roots in this game after her ill-fated journey into the streets of Paris and Prague in 2003's 'Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness'. Series creator Toby Gard, who hasn't worked on a 'Tomb Raider' game since the original, is overseeing work on this one."

E3's just six weeks away!
May 18-20, 2005 at Los Angeles Convention Center, USA.

No official word from Eidos on the E3 story.

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Судя по всему ни у кого нет чёткой информации о дате выхода игры и платформам:
эти ребята цитируя Eidos, говорят следующее (думаю перевод не нужен):

Tomb Raider: Legend is slated for release on the Sony PlayStation2, Microsoft Xbox and
PC between July 1, 2005 and June 30, 2006 (FY2006).

Вышеприведённая новость от Cheri, является (практически) дословным переводом вот этой новости на gamespot:

http://www.gamespot....ws_6121700.html

Так что, люди, можете не мучаться и не переводить её   Новенького и интересного там - два  оффициальных скриншота Лары в хорошем разрешении.

Вот они:

Лара Спереди


Лара Сзади

Слово "Legend" исчезло с сайта.

http://www.tombraider.com/

Для тех, кто не знает английский: судя по всему, Eidos уже куплена
или очень скоро будет куплена компанией News Corp. и это хорошо,
так как у них много денег, и они купили Eidos чтобы делать новые
и хорошие игры , а не для того, что бы получить бренды Eidos
и уволить всех её сотрудников!

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http://www.gamespot....ws_6119049.html

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News Corp. eyeing Eidos?


Game-industry sources in the UK say the multimedia conglomerate is close to a "wholesale acquisition" of the Tomb Raider publisher.

Two weeks ago, whispers began to spread that British publisher Eidos Interactive was on the verge of being bought by a then-unnamed party. The unsubstantiated reports were the latest in a months-long chain of buyout rumors surrounding Eidos since it revealed it was in "preliminary discussions" with corporate suitors last August. Past reports have named everyone from Ubisoft to a venture capital group led by U2 front man Bono as potential buyers.

The big difference with the latest batch of Eidos-takeover scuttlebutt is that it involves News Corporation. In recent months, the massive multimedia conglomerate, which already owns DirecTV, Sky TV, TV Guide, The New York Post, HarperCollins Publishers, and the Fox film studio and television networks, has been quite public about its desire to break into the game industry.

Given News Corp.'s size--it kicked off its 2005 financial year with a $536 million first-quarter profit, more than double Eidos' entire FY04 annual income of $241 million--a buyout of the cash-strapped, IP-rich Eidos would be a piece of cake. Such a move would also seem in character for News Corp. chairman and CEO K. Rupert Murdoch, who has championed an aggressive acquisition strategy since founding the company in Australia more than two decades ago. It would also likely be a preemptive strike against News Corp.'s archrival Viacom, whose own CEO, Sumner Redstone, owns nearly 80 percent of Midway Games and is moving aggressively to reenergize the publisher. (It would also be ironic, given Viacom-owned Paramount Pictures produced both Tomb Raider films.)

Now, it looks like the buyout may be happening. An informed source close to the British game industry, in general, and Eidos, in particular, today told GameSpot that News Corp. is on the verge of purchasing Eidos outright. "It sounds like a wholesale acquisition," said the contact.

If it comes to pass, a News Corp. acquisition could provide a very bright future for Eidos. Previously, the most common scenario was that a rival publisher would buy Eidos for its valuable original franchises, such as the Tomb Raider and Hitman series, and then lay the majority of its employees off. However, since News Corp. has no game-development or publishing infrastructure in place, it would probably retain most, if not all, of Eidos. "Mr. Murdoch looks likely to snap up the whole organization," the source told GameSpot. "He'll want to retain the structure, as it gives him immediate access to content and distribution. So it's not likely he'll gut it."

As word spreads, some press outlets are speaking of the News Corp. acquisition as a done deal. However, nothing is official--yet--as American and British representatives for Eidos had not responded to solicitations for comment as of press time. But until any deal is formalized, it is likely any statement given will be similar to one recently offered to GameSpot by a corporate officer, who said, "I can't comment on this, at the moment, other than to say the strategic review is ongoing."

GameSpot will have all the latest developments in the Eidos-acquisition saga as they occur.

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpot  POSTED: 02/23/05 12:31 PM