TOBY GARD TAPPED
BY CRYSTAL DYNAMICS?
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[ August 5th2004 ]
According
to numerous industry sources, Toby Gard - the
original architect behind the Lara Croft Tomb
Raider franchise - has been tapped by U.S.-based
studio Crystal Dynamics to lend a hand with the
new Tomb Raider adventure game. Gard, responsible
for creating Britain's most explosive digital
export to date while serving with Derbyshire-based
studio Core Design in 1995, abandoned his role
as lead designer after a series of creative differences
shortly after London-based publisher Eidos acquired
Core Design following a series of takeovers and
mergers.
Gard
went on to form Confounding Factor and spent years
developing Galleon, a swashbuckling high-seas
adventure game that finally shipped to retailers
earlier this week. Shortly after completing Galleon,
Gard wound up operations at Confounding Factor
and is now rumoured to be joining the ranks at
Eidos-owned Crystal Dynamics, the Californian-based
studio charged with rejuvenating the Tomb Raider
video-game franchise.
No official
comment has been made at time of going to press.
More to follow.
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