THE WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL GAME STUDIOS
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CRYSTAL DYNAMICS
TOP TITLES
USA PUBLISHER
HIGHEST UK CHART
£10.88m FORMATS
UK RELEASE REVENUE DATE
Founded: 1992 Owned by: Eidos
1 TOMB RAIDER: ANNIVERSARY
STATISTICS
Last year’s position: 15
EIDOS
2
PS2, WII, XB360 JUN 07 PC, PSP
£8.27m
Head count: Undisclosed
EIDOS
1
PSP, PS2, XB360, PC, XB, GC
£2.58m
CONTACTS
2 TOMB RAIDER: LEGEND
APR 06
Address: 64 Willow Place, Menlo
3 PROJECT: SNOWBLIND
Park, 94025, California, USA
EIDOS
Tomb Raider: Anniversary could hardly have been expected to enjoy the frenzied reception that greeted Lara a decade previously, but, after the fairly positive verdict from reviewers, Eidos, Crystal Dynamics and co-developer Buzz Monkey Software might have been disappointed it didn’t match 2006’s franchise-
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PS2, PC, XB
FEB 05
£0.02m
TOTAL:
£10.87m
saving Tomb Raider: Legend. The result was a slide for the Eidos-owned US studio, from 15th position last year. (It’s worth noting that Tomb Raider: Anniversary was also released via Xbox Live Arcade in episodic form, a channel the developer has said it’s keen to explore further.)
www.crystald.com
(99% of total revenues)
April saw Crystal Dynamics move to new premises in Redwood City, which it shares with its troubled parent’s relocated North American office. Officially the studio is hard at work on Tomb Raider: Underworld, but there are still fans who hope to hear of a new Legacy of Kain title some day.
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