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Original Tomb Raider dev closed down?

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The development team that bought you such delights as CarVup, Premiere, Tomb Raider and many others, Core Design, looks like it took it's last gasp this morning. According to scuttlebug on the internet the studio, now known as Rebellion Derby after being purchased from SCi in 2006, will shutdown with almost immediate effect.

[Updated with official word from Rebellion HQ]

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Cajun Chicken5978d ago

Obviously lost all the talent along the way. Shame, about 15 years ago, Core used to be amazing.

EVILDEAD3605978d ago (Edited 5978d ago )

Top 3 ORIGINAL Tomb Raider memories

1. Being absolutely astonished when controlling Laura Croft for the first time

2. tie.. Seeimg the T-Rex for the first time..diving off of the waterfall.

- Trying to pull off the nude code for a half an hour and then realizing it was a fake (confirmed later)

RIP Core or wherever the restructuring takes you

(I really need to finally grab that Tomb Raider Anniversary)

Who cares..just don't mess up Aliens Vs. Predator..that's one of mymost anticipated titles for 2010..

Evil

Redempteur5978d ago

i still don't remember a good serie core made ... ( tomb raider inclued )

maybe i played it when i wasn't ready but i need got into the appeal of the tomb raider games except the fourth ... that was a nice change but i never finished it either ..

Jamescagney5978d ago

Yeah they've made some great games in the past, especially from the Amiga days. A lot of devs lose their shine over time though.

Disccordia5978d ago

Back in the days of the Amiga, they did a fine racing game called Jaguar XJ220. It had some stuff which I had never seen before like being able to change the soundtrack using a CD Player, varying weather conditions, damage, track editor, etc. Sadly, it got overlooked in favour of the inferior but still pretty good Lotus games.

itsralf5978d ago

Tomb Raider Anniversary was made by Crystal Dynamics, and it was horrible. It butchered everything about the the original game.

Jamescagney5978d ago (Edited 5978d ago )

Yeah I had that, it was a very good racer.

Ever play Rick Dangerous? That was the first Core game I played I think. They've made quite a few I enjoyed though. Chuck Rock was another I liked, most people probably remember it on the Megadrive but it was better on the Amiga.

darthv725978d ago

like chuck rock and bc racers. Jaguar xj220 is one of the first sega cd games and offered a track editor. Thunderhawk was a cool first person helicopter game. Sort of a mix between desert strike and thunderblade.

Tomb raider...never played it so that is why I dont really remember them for that.

Other companies that seemed to have dissappeared are tecnosoft, sunsoft and renovation (wolf team).

EVILDEAD3605978d ago

Yeah..I knew that Crystal got the gig because of how they handled the previous TB release..

But, I always wanted Tomb Raider Anniversary because they revisited the old levels and supposedly added an updated spin on them.

Havent seen Meta's score but the game seemed to review well in the mags.

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MK_Red5978d ago

Well, since they made Rouge Warrior, I don't think I feel too sorry for them, with or without considering TR.

Elven65977d ago

Rebellion never said which team worked on Rouge Warrior.

Regardless, people losing their jobs is never a good thing, just because the higher ups couldn't throw resources the teams way doesn't mean the team should be solely at fault.

TheDeadMetalhead5978d ago (Edited 5978d ago )

They made Shellshock 2 and Rogue Warrior. I'm not surprised they're being closed down. Maybe if they had put some effort into those games, this wouldn't have happened. They brought it upon themselves, I'm afraid.

lizard812885978d ago

Tomb Raider was good. i even liked the Remake of it, Tomb Raider Anniversary.

other than that, what else did CORE make?
also was it them that kept pumping out lame TR games?

Raider695978d ago

They are not closing doors!They are just shutting down one studio,AVP is still on works!

http://www.thinkdigit.com/G...

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Well if that 44% left im sure there would be a lot less redundancies

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