Lara Croft's to face 'rape' ordeal in next version of video game

London, June 14 (ANI): Lara Croft will be facing an attempted rape by a bearded baddie in the next Tomb Raider game.

In the new game the Croft, played in the movies by Angelina Jolie, is taken prisoner and is forced to fight the baddie off before finally escaping his clutches.

Makers of the action-adventure epic at US video game giant Crystal Dynamics have defended the scene, claiming that they want to make Croft more vulnerable.

"The ability to see her as a human is even more enticing to me than the more sexualised version of yesteryear," the Sun quoted executive producer Ron Rosenberg as saying.

"We'd be concerned if this was designed mainly to titillate as this trivialises real women's experiences," Katie Russell of Rape Crisis said. (ANI)