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Video Game Icon Lara Croft Teams Up With the Nokia N-Gage Game Deck at the Nokia Sugar Bowl Tomb Raider for N-Gage(TM) Distributed to More Than 70,000 Fans at the 2003 National Championship Game SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eidos , one of the world's leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, announced that the company's video game heroine Lara Croft will make a celebrity appearance at this year's Nokia Sugar Bowl. Eidos and the N-Gage game deck have joined together to provide copies of the new Tomb Raider for the N-Gage device to all the game's attendees. Nokia plans to give away more than 70,000 copies at the pinnacle college football game on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2004. "Tomb Raider starring Lara Croft is one of the strongest titles so far for the Nokia N-Gage," said Debra Kennedy, Nokia. "We are pleased to work with Eidos to share the Tomb Raider experience with the lucky fans at this year's Nokia Sugar Bowl." "We are very excited to have Lara Croft represent the entire video game industry at this year's highly-esteemed Nokia Sugar Bowl," said Paul Baldwin, vice president of marketing, Eidos. "Lara has always been the number one video game heroine, and it's appropriate for her to be present at this year's Sugar Bowl where the national champion will be crowned." This classic monster shooting, exploration, and puzzle-solving action game for the N-Gage game deck offers up 15 huge levels and full 3D graphics, but what really sets it apart is the downloadable Assault Course (via N-Gage(TM) Arena) which lets players compete against a shadow image of their friend's effort. About Eidos Eidos plc is one of the world's leading publishers and developers of entertainment software with a diverse mix of titles for the PC, PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo GameCube(TM) and the Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft. For more information on Eidos and its products visit http://www.eidos.com/ About Tomb Raider: Published by Eidos and developed by Core Design (Derby, UK), the Tomb Raider series (5 games in total) has sold over 28 million copies worldwide. Tomb Raider is the number one selling franchise on PlayStation in Europe and the U.S. The blockbuster Tomb Raider movie starring Angelina Jolie was released in the summer of 2001, and the sequel released on July 25, 2003. About N-Gage The N-Gage game deck is an innovative mobile device that is creating an entirely new market for the games industry. Built for active and hardcore gamers, the N-Gage platform is the first mobile and connected game deck to feature online high-quality 3D multiplayer gameplay over Bluetooth wireless technology and GPRS. The N-Gage device also offers unique online games services as well as a comprehensive and growing games catalogue from the leading game publishers. Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications. Nokia and N-Gage are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nokia Corporation. DATASOURCE: Eidos plc CONTACT: Laura Weir, ext. 262, or , or Sibel Sunar, ext. 271, or , both of The Bohle Company, +1-310-785-0515, for Eidos Web site: http://www.eidos.com/

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