Macworld First to Bring Tomb Raider II Demo to Lara Croft Mac Fans

Business Wire, Oct 8, 1998

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 1998--

Macworld Online Announces Tomb Raider II Available for Download;

For Non-Web Users, Macworld's December Newsstand Issues to Feature

Tomb Raider II CD

Macworld magazine, the leading Macintosh monthly published by Mac Publishing, L.L.C. announced today that the long-awaited Tomb Raider II demo is available for download on its web site at www.macworld.com.

Internet surfers will find the demo on the home page of the site today at 12:00 p.m. PDT. In addition, for Mac gamers who would rather not download the 8.5MB file, Macworld's December newsstand copies will feature a special Lara Croft cover with a CD-ROM of the Tomb Raider II demo. December issues with the CDs will hit newsstands November 10.

"We're thrilled to be the first to bring Tomb Raider to the legions of Mac gamers who have been anxiously awaiting Lara Croft's premier appearance on the Mac platform," said Andy Gore, editor-in-chief of Macworld magazine. "Offering the demo online and as a cover mounted CD ensures that Mac fans everywhere will have access to one of the most popular games ever."

Tomb Raider, originally created by Eidos Interactive, a leading developer of games for the PC, PlayStation, and Nintendo 64, has been one of the most successful computer games ever with sales of over nine million copies of the entire Tomb Raider series. Tomb Raider II is being brought to the Mac platform by Aspyr Media, Inc., maker of popular Macintosh games like Carmeggedon and BonkHeads.

Macworld magazine is the largest monthly Macintosh publication with a paid circulation of over 500,000. Macworld Online, the largest Macintosh Web site has over 80,000 unique visitors a day, over 8,000,000 monthly page views, and is one of the top contributors of traffic to ZDNet. Macworld is published by Mac Publishing, L.L.C., a joint venture of Ziff-Davis Publishing Company and International Data Group.