Crystal Dynamics, Inc. is an American video game developer founded in 1992 by Judy Lang, Madeline Canepa and Dave Morris and is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was acquired by Eidos Interactive in 1998 and is part of Square Enix Europe since 2009.[2] Crystal Dynamics was the first licensed developer for 3DO. The company's mascot was the video game character Gex the Gecko until 2000.