Ubisoft brushes SCi, Lara Croft aside

by Jason Dobson { Oct 11th 2007 at 5:30PM }

Look SCi, Ubisoft wanted me to tell you that they really just want to be friends. Sure, you both had some laughs, and there was a time when things might have even gotten serious, but Ubi has moved on, and really, you should too.

What's all this about? Well it turns out that despite last month being linked to possibly purchasing Edios and Lara Croft parent SCi, French-based developer/publisher Ubisoft has now lost interest in any potential deal, with a spokesperson telling Reuters that the company "has no intention of making an offer for SCI-Eidos." Ubisoft was one of a handful of firms that had been reportedly looking at SCi as a possible acquisition, with other companies including current SCi shareholder Time Warner, as well as Electronic Arts and an unspecified Chinese firm, so it will be interesting to see how all this shakes out as we wait to see just where Lara Croft will call home. Until then, keep your chin up Lara. As they say, there's other fish in the sea.

Tags: acquisition, eidos, laracroft, sci, ubisoft

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

mr nimblewick (SegaDF - Jogurt Ring) @ Oct 11th 2007 5:41PM

Ubisoft no longer wants Lara Croft? Glad to see they've joined the rest of the gaming community.

NATO_Duke @ Oct 11th 2007 5:58PM

Zing! I'll be damned if that ain't the truth.

Agent4187 @ Oct 11th 2007 5:42PM

Well Lara has some choices... I hope they go with WB, since they've been with the company for a while and SHOULD have a better idea what is going on with production than anyone else. And we all know EA is just a huge slut, it's already with Bioware & Pandemic.

"Unspecified Chinese firm"? I'm a little confused, details, maybe?

Phranctoast @ Oct 11th 2007 5:49PM

I know I'm not the only one, but I really loved the Tomb Raider games. TR:Anniversary is great.

Obadiah @ Oct 11th 2007 5:51PM

So.... a little unrelated BUT... Does anyone know when TR: Anniversary is coming out for the 360? They are only listing it for the Wii on Eidos.com even though all major retailers are saying October 23. Anyone know what is going on?

Phranctoast @ Oct 11th 2007 6:06PM

not sure but I was under the impression it will be Downloadable form. Thats pretty cool!!

Dave @ Oct 11th 2007 6:13PM

Well, my wife loves the series--and she asks me that question nearly every day.

DangerMouse @ Oct 11th 2007 6:33PM

the first one was good. Great exploration. The second one blew, since it became a third person shooter, and i don't find putting 60 bullets in someone before they go down entertaining at all. God, that game was annoying. If the others were better, i will never know, since they lost me after 2.