The Making of Tomb Raider

Detailed background from the original team at CORE Design on creating both Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2.

Back in 1994 at the game company ‘CORE Design’ in Derby, Lara Croft was born. Through eighteen months of pure hard work from the team, Tomb Raider was released in 1996 and became the success that we see today; taking part in the mid—nineties celebrations of Brit—Pop and Girl Power.

This is the story of the team who were involved in creating the first two games, then leaving the series t...