Eidos Set to Succumb to Pounds 215m French Offer

The Sunday Telegraph London (August 08, 2004)

Author: Andrew Murray-Watson

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Summary

LARA CROFT, the computer-generated heroine and pneumatic pin-up girl for the UK's teenage population, is set to bid au revoir to her British investors after Ubisoft, the giant French games publisher, emerged this weekend as the front-runner to snap up Eidos, its struggling UK rival.

The British company, which created Lara in its successful Tomb Raider series of games, is locked in takeover talks with Ubisoft.

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Eidos Set to Succumb to Pounds 215m French Offer

Analysts believe the deal could value Eidos at more than pounds 215...

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