Tomb Raider Online Slot Completes Ten Years

March 30, 2015

The Microgaming online slot game Lara Croft: Tomb Raider completed a decade of its existence a few weeks back. It has been among the most popular branded video slots at Canadian online casinos since its launch. The software provider quietly celebrated the occasion with an announcement to this effect. Nothing more was needed because Tomb Raider is a celebration in itself.

Microgaming signed an exclusive deal with Eidos for the Tomb Raider brand in 2004. This was the conception of the first branded slot game in the online casino industry and is the longest-running brand partnership The first slot machine released through this agreement was Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. The rest, as they say, is history.

Because of its unprecedented demand at online casinos, Microgaming has used this slot game on other formats as well. In 2006 it became evident that mobile gaming will rock the market all over the world, including in Canada. Being able to gamble on the move from handsets freed the player from having to wager from home on bulky desktops. Microgaming developed Tomb Raider in J2ME for use on mobile devices. With the proliferation of smartphones and tablets, Web App, Android and HTML5 versions of Tomb Raider followed, extending the game’s reach even further. Microgaming powered Canadian online casinos are also popular for the multi-player tournaments hosted by them. The best of Microgaming slot games have been specially adapted for these events. Tomb Raider was also configured for use in a tournament environment when Microgaming launched its multi-player software in 2007. The multi-player slots also provide information like chip balance, leader board position and time left.

Roger Raatgever, CEO of Microgaming, said, “The Tomb Raider brand is instantly recognisable, so when we signed the licensing agreement back in 2004, we were incredibly excited. As the industry’s first branded slot, we knew the game would be popular; it has now become a Microgaming classic!” Following the success of Lara Croft Tomb Raider online slot Microgaming carried forward its partnership with Eidos. In 2008 a hotly-anticipated sequel titled Lara Croft: Secret of the Sword was released. It sent players on a brand new mission to track down fragments of a lost sword. This new slot game has even more powerful animations from the Eidos video game.

Both the Lara Croft branded slots can be played at all Canadian Microgaming online casinos. Of these, the brands of the Fortune Lounge group like Royal Vegas, 7 Sultans and Platinum Play are extremely popular.