Ascendant: The Fall of Tomb Raider and the Rise of Lara Croft
(N4G GameCube)

In 1996, Core Design`s Tomb Raider revolutionized 3D gaming. Six years later, the franchise and its heroine had fallen from grace. Developers from Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal look back on their blockbuster origin trilogy, and discuss how Lara Croft came back from darkness to take her place in the spotlight as one of gaming`s most powerful and resourceful icons.