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Today at Crystal Dynamics, we're proud to announce our expansion with key new hires at our Redwood Shores headquarters and the creation of a new Bellevue, Washington satellite studio: Crystal Northwest™! “We’re aggressively scaling up our teams and adding a new studio with spectacular talent to deliver the ultimate gaming experiences for our players,” said Scot Amos, Co-Head of Studio at Crystal Dynamics. “We have assembled a team of industry veterans and leaders in order to create gaming experiences that surpass the expectations of our passionate community.” Our new studio in the Seattle area is officially up and running as of today, and is a full-fledged extension of Crystal Dynamics. Dedicated initially to technology development, it delivers even more expertise to the highly-anticipated Avengers Project. Led by 20-year industry veterans Chad Queen and James Loe, the new studio bolsters the development of future games, tools, and technology. In addition to the new studio, Crystal Dynamics has added best-in-class development talent to our Redwood Shores, CA headquarters. Among the dozens of new hires are world-class developers like Vincent Napoli, the new Lead Combat Designer at Crystal Dynamics who was most recently on the latest God of War, plus Ben Wanat, an 18-year industry veteran and an original co-founder of the Dead Space franchise, who led the development of Dead Space 3 as Creative Director. Joining them is David Fifield, who sports 20 years of experience as Executive Producer and Design Director at 343 Industries on Halo, as well as Game Director at Raven Software on numerous Call of Duty titles. We continue to attract the best and the brightest talent across all disciplines, many recently hailing from the likes of Naughty Dog, Pixar, EA, and many more. “Our new studio in Bellevue, and the new hires in Redwood Shores, represent our continued commitment to the most ambitious project we’ve ever created,” said Ron Rosenberg, Co-Head of Studio at Crystal Dynamics. “We’ll keep building on the exciting growth Crystal Dynamics has experienced over the last several years, and are eager to deliver a world-class Avengers experience for fans around the world.”

November 4 - Crystal Dynamics Extra Life Marathon

Mark your calendars and tune in Saturday November 4 for our first-ever Extra Life marathon! We'll be playing classic Crystal titles for 24-hours straight, celebrating the studio's 25th anniversary and raising money for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.

Crystal Dynamics' Meagan Marie and Morrigan Johnan will be joined by four streamers also championing Extra Life's cause - Melonie Mac, Awesome Joey, Cira Corellia, and DJ Tech Live. The stream will also feature appearances from the Crystal Dynamics development team throughout the marathon.

Festivities will kick off at 12:00 PM PST Saturday November 4th and feature short and long plays from our library, including Gex, Legacy of Kain, and Tomb Raider. Tune in for a chance at big-ticket giveaways from our partners at Prima Games, Titan Books, Razer, Gaming Heads, and Fan Kicks. Donations milestones will be rewarded with spins on our "Wheel of Misfortune", providing viewers with hours of entertainment as hosts receive permanent marker mustaches, take the cinnamon challenge, or perform a live interpretive dance routine.

Donors to Team Crystal Dynamics can receive goodies, ranging from digital to physical depending on the tier.

Marvel Entertainment & Square Enix Announce The Avengers Project

Marvel Entertainment and Square Enix announced today a multi-year, multi-game partnership, leading with the reveal of The Avengers project. This newly established partnership pairs the creative minds at Marvel and Square Enix for one of the most powerful alliances in interactive entertainment.

A game based on beloved Marvel heroes, The Avengers project is being crafted by Crystal Dynamics – longtime developers of the award winning Tomb Raider series – in collaboration with lauded Deus Ex developer Eidos-Montréal.

“By partnering with Crystal Dynamics and Eidos-Montréal, we are now working with two of the industry’s most talented and respected game development studios to bring Marvel stories to life in ways our fans have never experienced,“ said Jay Ong, Senior Vice President, Games & Innovation, Marvel Entertainment. “The Avengers project is a perfect example of how Marvel is making games a key part of the landscape for Marvel storytelling, alongside comics, television and film. We can only do this by matching our greatest Super Heroes with the world’s top developers, such as the creative minds at Square Enix.”

“Marvel’s diverse, innovative universe has created millions of longtime fans, including all of us,” said Phil Rogers, CEO, Square Enix Americas and Europe. “It’s exciting to bring together Square Enix’s award-winning development studios with Marvel’s extraordinary storytellers to establish a new entertainment powerhouse. This collaboration of passion and talent will craft epic, imaginative experiences allowing gamers to live out their Super Hero dreams like never before.”