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Old 29-12-15, 16:03   #11
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Eidos owned (and I think Square still owns) the Core Design name so there's no reason to think they wouldn't have owned the logo, as well, which makes copyright issues quite unlikely. I'd imagine that someone at Crystal did that because they were still feeling a little insecure about their claim on the franchise (their first TR game had just come out a year prior and Core had only just tried to develop a TR anniversary game of their own)... Then again, copyright law can be quite convoluted so maybe I'm wrong.
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Old 29-12-15, 17:20   #12
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It doesn't really matter when the game starts with "Tomb Raider Anniversary Copyright Core Design ltd"
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Old 29-12-15, 18:23   #13
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Eidos owned (and I think Square still owns) the Core Design name so there's no reason to think they wouldn't have owned the logo, as well, which makes copyright issues quite unlikely. I'd imagine that someone at Crystal did that because they were still feeling a little insecure about their claim on the franchise (their first TR game had just come out a year prior and Core had only just tried to develop a TR anniversary game of their own)... Then again, copyright law can be quite convoluted so maybe I'm wrong.
The "Core Design" trademark is not owned by Eidos/Square Enix or Rebellion. It was never renewed as Eidos/Rebellion never needed it since they sold off Core Design to Rebellion and the two companies merged.

I believe that's nothing to do with Eidos/Square since Core Design was it's own studio, that's all on them and they owned the trademark. However, the "Core Design UK" trademark is now owned by someone else and is not used for Computer Software anymore but clothing/accessories.

They did right to block it out as they wouldn't have been able to request permission to use the logo or name in the first place.

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Old 29-12-15, 20:01   #14
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Throwing shades is more likely. After all, given how both Crystal and Eidos are used to it, this wouldn't surprise me in the slightest. They've always felt the need to push their own questionable agenda to make the fandom believe that Core was trash and they are the supreme "saviors" of Tomb Raider. This was simply one of the multiple ways to express their lack of respect.

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Core didn't exist, they had no reason to go out of their way to block the logo out other than nastiness.
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Old 29-12-15, 20:04   #15
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Surprised no one modded the pc version to include the logo yet xD
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Old 29-12-15, 20:10   #16
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Why?
Because that awful remake deserves no more exposure.
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Old 29-12-15, 23:31   #17
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Because that awful remake deserves no more exposure.
Yes, as a remake of TR1 it's awful, but it's still the closest Crystal has ever been to creating a real TR game. Still I'd much prefer a remaster of TR1 of course, but having both would be even better.
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Old 29-12-15, 23:41   #18
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Yes, as a remake of TR1 it's awful, but it's still the closest Crystal has ever been to creating a real TR game.
Totally agree and because of this, I'd actually more look forward to a "re-imagining" of TR2 or TR3 by them than the sequel to ROTTR. Which is a huge shame of course but I can't help feeling this way.
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