According to various sources SCi will announce this week it has signed up the rights to the latest game developed by Toby Gard, the creator of Lara Croft and the original Tomb Raider game.

Toby Gard quit his job as lead designer at Core Design, the developer of Tomb Raider, in 1997 after a row about the "sexing up" of Lara. Since then Gard has spent years developing Galleon, a new game which he believes is "his best yet".

Galleon is due to be released in Spring 2004 first on Xbox, and a bit later on GameCube and PS2. Head on over to our preview for more info on this action adventure game: Galleon Preview.

UPDATE: Galleon only for Xbox. For now, at least...

SCi today informed Cube-Europe that Galleon will currently only be released on Xbox. However, the company is currently evaluating other options for Galleon. When a decision is made we will let you know.