| Record-Breaking Lara Croft Battles her way Into New Guinness World Records 2010 Gamer's Edition With Six World Record Entries |
| January 21th, 2010 |
• "Most Successful Video Game Heroine"
• "Most Recognisable Female Character in a Video Game"
• "Most Detailed Video Game Character"
• "Most Official Real Life Stand-Ins in a Video Game" (Tomb Raider)
• "Highest Grossing Computer Game Spin-Off" (Tomb Raider)
• "Most Successful Live-Action Transfer" (Tomb Radier)
Computer game character Lara Croft, star of the hugely successful Tomb Raider
computer game franchise, has cemented her status as video gaming's leading lady by notching up an impressive six world record entries in the brand new edition
of Guinness World Records 2010 Gamer's Edition, published Thursday 21 January 2010.
This means Lara Croft is now officially recognised as the "Most Successful Video Game Heroine," "Most Recognisable Female Character in a Video Game"
and "Most Detailed Video Game Character" while Tomb Raider set new records as "Highest Grossing Computer Game Spin Off", "Most Successful Live-Action
Transfer" and "Most Official Real Life Stand-Ins in a Video Game".
Lara Croft has transcended the boundary of the video game to become a recognisable figure in mainstream society, making her "Most Successful Video
Game Heroine" and "Most Recognisable Female in a Video Game". Her position at the helm of the Tomb Raider franchise has seen her star in two
blockbuster movies, TV advertisements for Lucozade and SEAT cars. She has also appeared on the front cover of style magazine The Face has even
shared the stage with rock band U2.
Lara Croft is also the "Most Detailed Video Game Character". In her Tomb Raider: Underworld
incarnation, developers used a character model consisting of 32,816 rendered polygons during gameplay, which as well as ensuring the
video game looked amazing, also set a new world record.
Tomb Raider is the video-game with the "Most Official Real Life Stand-Ins" with Lara Croft having been officially portrayed by 10 different
models since 1996. Actress Rhona Mitra and TV presenter
Nell McAndrew are among the stars who became famous as the official face (and body)
of Lara Croft. The most recent "real-life" Lara (pictured) is UK gymnast and model
Alison Carroll, who took up the mantle
from Karima Adebibe in 2008.
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider already ranks as the highest grossing video-game movie, but together with its sequel,
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (USA, 2003), the franchise has grossed in excess of $431 million
(GBP216 million) as of July 2008, making it the "Most Successful Live-Action Transfer" of all time.
Guinness World Records Gaming Editor, Gaz Deaves, says: "Lara Croft epitomizes all that's great about video gaming and
we're delighted to acknowledge her success by awarding her with six official record entries including making her the
most-famous and most-successful female video game character in the world."
Karl Stewart, Brand Director of Crystal Dynamics, said: "After traveling the world for 14 years now, exploring and
uncovering some of the world's greatest secrets, Lara Croft has continued to remain one of the most recognisable video
game characters in the world. She continues to break new ground and we are thrilled that Lara has been recognised
through these Guinness World Records."
Guinness World Records 2010 Gamer's Edition is published Thursday 21 January 2010 and is the third instalment of the
successful Gamer's series devoted to the latest and greatest in video gaming. Guinness World Records is the globally-recognised
authority on record-breaking achievements.
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