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Amazon selling a 7 game Square Enix Adventure Pack for $50

If you’ve been let down by the lack of Labor Day 2011 video game sales, then head to Amazon. The site has you covered today. At least, if you’re a computer gamer, you’ll be covered. There’s a big bundle called the Square Enix Adventure Pack available, and you can get seven big name games for $49.99. Let that sink in.

See, Square Enix is known for the mythical Square Enix tax. The company’s games always are among the most expensive out there. This bundle completely eliminates that premium price. Let’s look at the list of games you get…

Tomb Raider Trilogy arrives on March 22

Time to get into Tomb Raider again. Square Enix is going to be releasing a nice little trilogy for the PS3 called the Tomb Raider Trilogy. You’ve probably heard of it – it has HD versions of the PS2 games Tomb Raider: Legend and Tomb Raider: Anniversary. It also includes the PS3 game Tomb Raider: Underworld. Yes, if you pick it up, you’re pretty much set….

Layoffs hit Crystal Dynamics after disappointing Tomb Raider Underworld sales

In the wake of what Eidos considered lackluster holiday sales for Tomb Raider Underworld, developer Crystal Dynamics laid off approximately 30 people on Friday (January 9, 2009), according to Kotaku. Ironically, Crystal Dynamics is the developer hailed for breathing life back into the Tomb Raider franchise after it had become synonymous with sequelitis.

Even Underworld doesn’t seem to be a flop by reasonable standards, having sold 1.5 million units in a crowded holiday season filled with blockbuster titles. The true answer may lie in a look at Eidos’ stock price, which dipped by 25 percent after the company announced the latest Lara Croft installment had failed to…

PR rep tries to delay less-than-awesome reviews of Tomb Raider Underworld

Oh Edios, will you guys ever learn?

A majority of gamers still remember the mess that was dubbed “Gerstmanngate” after former executive editor, Jeff Gerstmann, was allegedly fired over his negative review of Eidos’ Kane & Lynch game. Opinions were all over the map about the incident and it looks as though debaters will have another incident with the premise that Eidos – or at least Eidos’ PR company – is trying to get reviewers to hold negative reviews of Tomb Raider Underworld until this upcoming Monday (November 24, 2008), days after the game launch (November 21, 2008)…

EA gives Tomb Raider:Underworld the mobile treatment

Hot off the heels of its botched attempt to acquire Take-Two, Electronic Arts has teamed up with Eidos to publish one of its biggest franchises. Tomb Raider: Underworld will make its way onto consoles in November of 2008, but it will also make an appearance on mobile devices as well.

Unlike the console versions, which are being published by Eidos Interactive, the rights to publish the mobile iteration of Tomb Raider: Underworld sits solely with EA Mobile. EA signed an agreement with Eidos giving it the right to publish Underworld, alongside mobile versions of Just Cause 2, California Games X, and Minesweeper