Lara Croft, star of Tomb Raider series, beats Mario and Sonic to be named most iconic video games character

Lara Croft has beaten the likes of Mario and Sonic to be named the most iconic video games character ever. The star of the Tomb Raider series came out on top in a Bafta poll of more than 4,000 gamers from around the world. Croft beat Nintendo's legendary Mario into second, with Agent 47 from the Hitman series third. Others making the top 10 included Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog, Link from the Zelda games, Master Chief from Xbox's Halo series, and classic dot-chomping character Pac-Man.

Shelley Blond, the woman who first voiced Croft in the games, said the way the character took off was a big surprise at the time. 'They had only ever done children's games before and of course they hoped it would be a success, but I think it went above and beyond any and all expectations,' said Ms Blond.

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