Crystal Dynamics
American video game developer
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| February 2025 | Scheduled release of Tomb Raider IV–VI Remastered in collaboration with Aspyr, completing the remastered collection of Core Design's Tomb Raider games. |
| 2024 | Crystal Dynamics plans to release two remastered game collections: Tomb Raider I–III Remastered and Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered, to be published by Aspyr for multiple platforms. |
| December 2024 | Released Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered in collaboration with Aspyr. |
| February 2024 | Released Tomb Raider I–III Remastered in collaboration with Aspyr, remastering the first three games from Core Design's original Tomb Raider series. |
| September 2023 | Crystal Dynamics conducted layoffs, reducing their workforce by ten employees (nine in marketing and one in IT) as part of Embracer Group's cost reduction measures. |
| July 2023 | Square Enix announced ports of the Gex Trilogy to modern platforms. |
| 2022 | Concluded their Tomb Raider reboot trilogy under Square Enix, marking the end of their long-term development of the franchise. |
| August 2022 | Sold by Square Enix to Embracer Group in August. |
| August 26 2022 | Crystal Dynamics officially became part of Embracer Group's CDE Entertainment operating group upon completion of the acquisition. |
| May 2022 | Embracer Group announced its acquisition of Crystal Dynamics from Square Enix, including the Tomb Raider and Legacy of Kain series. |
| April 2022 | Announced another Tomb Raider game. |
| 2021 | Joined The Initiative in developing a reboot of the Perfect Dark series. |
| May 2021 | Opened Crystal Southwest in Austin, Texas, under the leadership of Dallas Dickinson. |
| 2020 | Released Marvel's Avengers. |
| 2018 | Shifted to a support role for Shadow of the Tomb Raider while working on Marvel's Avengers. |
| August 2018 | Opened a satellite studio, Crystal Northwest in Bellevue, Washington, to support Marvel's Avengers development. |
| January 2017 | Announced a partnership with Marvel Entertainment to create multiple Marvel character video games, with Crystal Dynamics developing Marvel's Avengers. |
| 2016 | Brian Horton, senior art director for Tomb Raider and director of Rise of the Tomb Raider, left the studio. |
| 2015 | Developed Rise of the Tomb Raider, the second game in the Tomb Raider reboot trilogy. |
| December 2015 | Gallagher left the studio, and was replaced by Scot Amos and Ron Rosenberg. |
| 2014 | Released Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, another spin-off game in the Tomb Raider series. |
| 2013 | Developed the first game in the Tomb Raider reboot trilogy. |
| 2010 | Released Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, a spin-off game in the Tomb Raider franchise. |
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