When Square-Enix took over as the brands, after the acquisition of Eidos Interactive in 2009, one of the first things they did in the lead up to their rebooted Tomb Raider raider series was to ditch the Models who had represented the game for over a decade. Many years passed but that certainly wasn't the last footnote in the bid to clean up Lara Croft's act. We have a large number of young fans and we don't want them stumbling across the pictures when they do a general search for Tomb Raider.' There are a number of Websites featuring the character, but there is one particular site which is causing most of the concern. 'We are looking in to taking legal action. The thing is, nude modes for Lara like the ones seen above aren't exactly new.Įven since the release of the original Tomb Raider game in 1996, when people started circulating rumours that you could punch in a code and miraculously remove Lara's trademark hotpants and rubber vest, gamers have been striving to disrobe the one time playboy model.Įventually gamers made a break through with the so-called 'Nude Raider' patch for PC and almost immediately creators Core Design were on the case with plans to take legal action, stating: SUPERB: Rise of the Tomb Raider was one of the big hits of 2015 (Pic: PH) (Image: PH)
