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TOMB RAIDER 7
- DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE
Copyright 2004 www.tombraiderchronicles.com
[ March 4th 2004 ]
March
4th 2004 - EIDOS CEO IMPRESSED WITH TOMB RAIDER
7 PROGRESS
Eidos
CEO Mike McGarvey has briefly commented on the
new Tomb Raider video game currently being developed
by Crystal Dynamics during a conference call with
Ziff Davies Media Inc as part of the company's
bi-annual trading update. "We saw a new version
of Tomb Raider for the first time last week at
our development meeting and we were extremely
impressed with the progress that's been made so
far," said McGarvey.
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February
29th 2004 - WARREN SPECTOR TAPPED FOR TOMB RAIDER
7
Legendary
game designer Warren Spector has been tapped to
lend a hand in producing the forthcoming Tomb
Raider video game currently under development
by U.S. based studio Crystal Dynamics, fuelling
rumours of a collaborative effort between Ion
Storm Entertainment and the studio charged with
the immeasurable task of restoring order and prosperity
back into the Tomb Raider franchise.
https://www.tombraiderchronicles.com/headlines1528.html
November
1st 2003 - MANGO STYLE CHARACTERIZATION FOR LARA
CROFT
Rumours
that the next game could be influenced by Mango
anime, a popular style of art developed in Japan,
circulated across the web, later scoffed by Eidos
London.
https://www.tombraiderchronicles.com/headlines1452.html
July
30th 2003 - TOMB RAIDER FRANCHISE AWARDED TO CRYSTAL
DYNAMICS
On 15
July, Eidos plc announced that Jeremy Heath-Smith
was stepping down as its Development Director
and as Managing Director of Core Design. Since
then, the Board has been conducting a review of
the Tomb Raider franchise and the studio operations
of Core Design. In recognition of the Company's
need continually to enhance the value and maximise
the commercial opportunity of one of its key franchises,
for which all intellectual property rights belong
to Eidos, the Board has concluded that it will
transfer development of the franchise to its Crystal
Dynamics studio in the US.
https://www.tombraiderchronicles.com/headlines1403.html
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