The makers of the new Tomb Raider computer game have insisted there was no outside pressure to include more violence after it became the first in the series to receive an 18 rating.
Ian Livingstone, the life president of Eidos, said Lara Croft's latest adventure – her first outing in three years – features combat play with "gritty realism" as she is left stranded on a mysterious island.
But Livingstone, who received a CBE in the New Year honours list, denied the success of shooter games such as Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto had influenced the game's developers to include more fighting scenes.
