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Crystal Dynamics axes 30 staff

 
Tomb Raider developer cuts 30 from its workforce. The news follows last week's announcement from Crystal Dynamic's publishing partner, Eidos, that the 1.5m global sales of Tomb Raider: Underworld had fallen 500,000 copies short of forecasts. Click here to read the full article (link)

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