![]() Lefebvre d'Ovidio’s father a maritime lawyer, university professor, and entrepreneur had owned cargo ships and ferries in the Adriatic and in 1988 acquired a controlling interest in another pioneering cruise line, Sitmar, after the death of its founder Boris Vlasov. “When the opportunity arose to acquire Crystal Cruises, I did not think about it twice.” ![]() “I am thrilled to start this new chapter and to be back in an industry that has always had, and always will have a special place in my heart,” said Lefebvre d'Ovidio in a press release announcing the acquisition. The brand name and other assets of the cruise line were acquired separately from the U.S.-based liquidators of the company. The cruise ships were reported sold last week by the Supreme Court in the Bahamas with the Crystal Symphony going for $25 million and the newer Crystal Serenity sold for $103 million. The two ships will resume service in 2023 after undergoing extensive refurbishment and will operate under the revived Crystal Cruises brand that has also been acquired by A&K Travel Group. Lefebvre d'Ovidio acquired 80 percent of A&K in May 2019 along with 20 percent which is owned by Geoffrey Kent, son of the founders of the company. Heritage Group, a private equity group with investments in the travel and tourism sector led by billionaire Manfredi Lefebvre d'Ovidio, confirmed today that it has purchased Crystal Cruises and the two cruise ships through A&K Travel Group, a luxury travel company. Crystal was forced to suspend operations at the end of January 2022 and earlier this month the Bahamas auctioned off the line’s two large cruise ships to settle debts. Deal? Deal.Crystal Cruises, one of the modern pioneers in luxury cruise travel, will survive its bankruptcy and liquidation that resulted from the financial collapse of its parent company Genting Hong Kong. We’ll have more on the game as information is known, and I’ll continue to be mad about Rare Replay. Of course, this makes me wonder what this means for Crystal Dynamics as a whole, as this is the first time in a while that the studio hasn’t been working with Square Enix. The studio features the director of both Crystal Dynamics’ Tomb Raider reboots, so it’s not the biggest shock that this particular band is getting back together. The Initiative was founded in 2018, and Perfect Dark is the only thing it has worked on. Perfect Dark will be co-developed by Crystal Dynamics ![]() It was included in Rare Replay, and I’m still mad about that not ever getting a PC version. This version completely retextured the game, as well as included brand new models for characters and weapons. Of course, a remastered version of the original game was released on Xbox Live Arcade in 2010. Fan reaction was on the negative side, as the game was missing so much of what fans loved about the original. The Perfect Dark series hasn’t had a new entry since 2005’s Perfect Dark Zero, which acted as a launch title for the Xbox 360. She’s so good at killing people, isn’t she? This announcement dropped alongside an image of Joanna Dark shooting a dude while apparently holding a second dude hostage. The company made the first two Tomb Raider reboots and, most recently, Marvel’s Avengers. While no game details were teased, the developer announced that Perfect Dark will be co-developed by Crystal Dynamics. But some more information has just come out courtesy of the developer, The Initiative. Not much has been heard about the Perfect Dark reboot since it was announced back in December of last year.
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