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Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens Wu Yanzu in South China for the delivery of clues! CTOnews.com, December 31 (Xinhua)-- Crystal Power (Crystal Dynamics) confirmed that its classic IP Tomb Raider series has sold nearly 100 million copies in the past 26 years.

According to reports, since the release of the Tomb Raider series in early 1996, the total sales have exceeded 95 million. The latest figures are 7 million more than those disclosed by Embracer Group after its acquisition of Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal.

The Tomb Raider series, which includes more than 20 video games, is loved by more than 170 million people around the world and has sold more than 9500 copies since the first work was released in 1996.

CTOnews.com learned that Tomb Raider was originally an action adventure game launched by British gaming company Core Design in 1996 and has since expanded into a cross-media brand. Ownership of the series was transferred to Skewell Anix between Eidos,2009 and 2021 and to Crystal Power in 2022.

In May, Embracer Group from Sweden bought Crystal Power, Eidos Montreal and Square Enix Montreal and more than 50 familiar IP from Square Enix for $300m, including Breaking out of the siege and Tomb Raider.

According to public information, the Tomb Raider series now has 12 orthodox works and a number of derivative works, of which the restart trilogy Tomb Raider (2013), Tomb Raider: rise and Tomb Raider: shadow accounted for nearly half of the total sales.

It also makes Tomb Raider one of the best-selling series in game history, higher than Monster Hunter (88 million) and Halo (81 million), lower than biochemical Evil (130 million) and the Sims (175 million).

At present, the Super Mario series is still the best-selling game IP in the world, with total sales exceeding 776 million. In second place were Tetris (495 million), Pokemon (440 million), call of Duty (425 million) and Grand Theft Auto (325 million).

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