History of the company |
1988 :
- Core Design, a British video game development studio based in the city of Derby was founded by Jeremy Heath-Smith and several former employees of Gremlin Graphics.
Core Design's original logo. |
1989 :
- Rick Dangerous, the studio's first game, was released.
1994 :
- Core was acquired by the CentreGold group, comprising the publisher US Gold and distributor CentreSoft.
1996 :
- Eidos Interactive acquires CentreGold plc, which includes US Gold, Core Design and CentreSoft. The same year the first Tomb Raider game was released.
2003 :
- Eidos moved the development of the Tomb Raider franchise from Core Design to Crystal Dynamics, another Eidos-owned studio, after Tomb Raider : The Angel of Darkness mixed reviews. Several members including key member Jeremy Heath-Smith left the team and established a game development of their own, Circle Studio which was liquidated later in 2007.
2006 :
- The company is acquired by Rebellion (Rebellion Derby), but Eidos retains the name and IPs. Rebellion Derby closed its doors later in 2010.
2007 :
- The official Core Design domain name is put up for sale.
2014 :
- The domain name is acquired and a new "by the fans for the fans" Core Design tribute website is created.
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The team |
Webmaster & Administrator : Alex Fly
Thank you for visiting Core-Design.com |
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Previous team members |
Co-Administrator : Kaejaris (2014-2018) |
Latest record of visitors: January 2021
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