Eidos Interactive owner SCi Entertainment has announced that it will be canceling 14 projects and terminating 25% of its staff under a new effort to restructure the company.

No details were provided on the canceled titles, though the company noted they were "unlikely to generate an acceptable return on investment or are not of appropriate quality."

Going forward, SCi will focus on what it described as its "cornerstone products," including Tomb Raider, Hitman, Championship Manager and Deus Ex. Of those franchises, new Tomb Raider and Deus Ex titles are known to be in development.

Other properties held by the company include Carmageddon and Kane & Lynch: Dead Men.

In addition to cutting 25% of its staff, bringing its workforce down to 800 people, SCi will also relocate much of its production staff from London to Montreal. The ... Read more

IGN has a few new shots from Tomb Raider: Legend, showing Lara Croft in various poses. The third person action adventure game sequel is expected some time next year.

Eidos Interactive has released a new Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness patch, updating the recently released third person action adventure game to v.49. You can find the 8.55mb patch on FileShack as well.

According to this press release by Eidos, the Tomb Raider franchise is being yanked from Core Design and transferred to US based Crystal Dynamics (Legacy of Kain) instead. Eidos will also evaluate "Core Design studio's on-going direction and contribution as part of the Group's overall development capabilities."

Computer & Video Games is reporting that Core Design co-founder Jeremy Heath-Smith has stepped down from the boards of Core and Eidos. Heath-Smith was the "sacrificial lamb" blamed for the very average Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness. Of course the game not being all it could be has nothing to do with the fact that Eidos pushes out games before they are done just to please their shareholders.

GameSpot is reporting that the PC version of Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness will be released in July. The PS2 version of the game is out in the US, and if early word is to be believed, they don't need to bother with a PC port.

There's a new Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness Q&A on C&VG, chatting with Core Design's Jeremy Heath-Smith about the game. There are also early impressions of the new game on GameSpot, and those impressions certainly aren't favorable.

Another Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness movie is out, offering some more cinematic and gameplay footage from Core's latest. The official website has been updated as well. Thanks Blues News.

Looks like Eidos released the Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness E3 2003 trailer, you can grab it from FileShack. The trailer is in Quicktime format and shows plenty of gameplay footage. Thanks Gamers Hell.

UGO's Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness feature is online, offering a preview of game, a Q&A with the producer and some new screenshots as well. Producer Mike Schmitt answers questions about the "darker" Lara, the new Kurtis character, new gameplay elements, camera control and weapons among other topics.

Also on the Adrenaline Vault is this interview with Tomb Raider producer Mike Schmitt. Mike is asked about the Angel of Darkness subtitle, the inclusion of a new playable character, combat, stealth elements, locations, and several other topics.

Gaming Horizon has posted a Q&A with Eidos' Mike Schmitt, who is the US producer on Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness. The GH guys ask about the storyline of Angel of Darkness, the locations, the male character Kurt, new moves, new weapons, the save system, the improved camera system and a few other topics.

Eidos has updated the official Tomb Raider website, offering a 20mb Making Of documentary video. In this video you'll see and hear about the creation of Angel of Darkness, the new Tomb Raider game. There's gameplay footage as well. You can find a mirror on FileShack.

UGO has a preview of the new fresh Tombraider game so many of us are anticipating. There will be new and exciting ways to get a look at Lara's boobies and push rocks around.

HomeLAN Fed's Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness Q&A is up this morning. Eidos' Mike Schmitt answers questions about things like goals for this game, the storyline, locations, weapons, PC demo plans and more.

Some brief Tomb Raider impressions are up at Computer & Video Games, based on a demonstration of the game at ECTS. Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness is supposed to be out by November, but the C&VG guys say "don't hold your breath".

Gaming Horizon has posted a Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness Q&A, talking to Mike Schmitt of Eidos about the latest Lara Croft adventure.

A Tomb Raider Q&A on PC.IGN is finally available to non-Insiders. Though not particulary long, but PC.IGN does ask about unique gameplay features, how the action has changed, what they've done with the camera system, characters in the new game and a few other things.

Computer & Video Games has a brief Tomb Raider interview which they conducted at E3. Core's Adrian Smith talks about how all they are showing is tech and tools instead of gameplay, how the PS2 support is working out, what we can expect gameplay wise and a fwe other things.

Games Domain checks in with a new Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness preview. There don't seem to be any new screenshots, but there's a handful of quotes from producer Mike Schmitt who tells us about the story, gameplay, etc. Thanks HomeLAN Fed.