Tomb Raider, additionally understood as Lara Croft: Tomb Raider in between 2001 as well as 2008, is a media franchise business that stemmed with an action-adventure computer game series produced by British gaming firm Core Design. Formerly owned by Eidos Interactive, then by Square Enix Europe after Square Enix's acquisition of Eidos in 2009, the franchise focuses on fictional British archaeologist Lara Croft, who circumnavigates the globe looking for shed artefacts and also infiltrating hazardous burial places as well as damages. Gameplay normally concentrates on expedition of environments, resolving problems, browsing aggressive atmospheres full of traps, as well as combating enemies. Additional media has actually been developed for the franchise in the form of movie adaptations, comics as well as novels. Development of Tomb Raider, the initial computer game, began in 1994; it was released in October 1996. Its vital and also business success prompted Core Design to create a new v...