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It seems that the recent acquirement of Eidos by Square Enix has spurned a newly found desire to start new projects by various studios from the large publisher. Such is the case with Eidos Montreal, which, although it already has Deus Ex 3 in the works, has just announced that Thief 4 was in the early development sta... |
13 May 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Eidos is now wholly owned by Square Enix and the company is taking a cold hard look at itself, trying to make the best games it can in order to emphasize that the financial problems had no effect on the quality of the products it puts out.So, Ian Livingstone, the president of Eidos, says that the decision to delay th... |
13 May 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Japan has been one of the central points on the world map in terms of technology for the last few decades. This has also been true in terms of video games, as a lot of consoles and titles have appeared from the Land of the Rising Sun and have gone on to gain critical acclaim across the whole wide world. But, lately,... |
5 May 2009
02:19 GMT |
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Comic books have offered a lot of material for other branches of the entertainment industry, spanning from movies to TV series. But the gaming industry hasn't been oblivious to them and has turned to them in order to get stories and heroes for different video games. The most recent company to take on a comic bo... |
4 May 2009
11:11 GMT |
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Now that Eidos is officially and entirely the property of Square Enix, the Japanese publisher might again go out and seek new companies to acquire. Yoichi Wada, who is the president of the company, sees acquisitions as the first steps in a global expansion strategy for Square Enix.Wada has talked to the Financial Tim... |
30 April 2009
02:04 GMT |
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Eidos is one of the most important European video game publishers and the owner of IPs such as Tomb Raider, Hitman or Kane and Lynch, making it, at least in theory, a very successful company. Sadly, practice isn't perfect and, along the years, the UK-based company hasn't been doing so good. Luckily, the Sq... |
29 April 2009
02:44 GMT |
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Square Enix has announced that the acquisition of the United Kingdom publisher Eidos is now complete and that all the assets of the former company are the property of the Japanese publisher. The company has also revealed a set of numbers related to sales of videogames, showing the strength of its various franchises.F... |
27 April 2009
02:52 GMT |
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Comic books have been a never-ending source of ideas for a lot of Hollywood filmmakers, which have adapted the stories of a lot of heroes from them into blockbusters for the silver screen. Among them, DC Comics' Batman has been one of the most busy, charting an impressive amount of movies. But the video game in... |
27 April 2009
02:48 GMT |
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Eidos Interactive, which is now owned by Square Enix, is announcing that it plans to release a demo version of Battlestations: Pacific on April 30 on both Xbox Live and the Games for Windows Live Markeplace.In the upcoming demo for Battlestations: Pacific, players will get access to a mission taken from the American ... |
24 April 2009
12:41 GMT |
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2008 was one of the biggest years in gaming as a lot of great titles appeared last year. 2009, however, is looking to be even better in terms of new titles, as well as highly anticipated sequels. We've already heard Activision brag about how Modern Warfare 2, the follow-up to one of biggest games of 2007, Call o... |
13 April 2009
02:52 GMT |
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It's now pretty much official. Eidos has announced that its shareholders, who have seen their company felled by financial problems, have approved the take over by Japanese publisher Square Enix. A little over 85% of those still holding on to Eidos shares have voted yes. They will get a little less than half a do... |
31 March 2009
03:28 GMT |
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Pony Friends is a pet-simulation video game developed by Tarantula Studios and published by Eidos Interactive, the company that is also responsible for hit releases such as Tomb Raider or Hitman. The title appeared only on the Nintendo DS and was launched on May 18, 2007 as an attempt from the UK-based publisher to e... |
20 March 2009
16:11 GMT |
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Pony Friends is a pet-simulation video game developed by Tarantula Studios and published by Eidos Interactive, the company that is also responsible for hit releases such as Tomb Raider or Hitman. The title appeared only on the Nintendo DS and was launched on May 18, 2007 as an attempt from the UK-based publisher to e... |
19 March 2009
17:01 GMT |
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Video games are becoming extremely popular these days, and a lot of people are buying them because they want to try out new things, or see their favorite characters from other branches of entertainment delve into new adventures. That is why the comic book industry has developed a pretty long partnership with the gami... |
16 March 2009
14:11 GMT |
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Square Enix is getting ever closer to its stated aim of acquiring the publisher Eidos. It seems that the offer of shares of the videogame company is going well and that Square Enix is set to achieve its goal of expanding into the Western games market.Insight Investment Management and Pioneer Investment Management are... |
26 February 2009
02:18 GMT |
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The economy isn't going through the best of times right now, as more and more companies are posting lower profits and even losses and have already employed some pretty drastic layoffs or headcount reductions through their staffs. But a lot of people say that the best deals happen when the prices are low. As suc... |
19 February 2009
02:20 GMT |
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Action adventure games are very popular these days, as more and more developers want to bring something new to the whole genre. But although other companies want to push the envelope, Eidos is sticking with the tried-and-true method to its famous Tomb Raider series. The lovely Lara Croft embarked on her latest advent... |
11 February 2009
03:57 GMT |
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Eidos Interactive is announcing its plan to release Shellshock 2: Blood Trails on February 13 in Europe. The game is the sequel to Shellshock: Nam '67, which was released by Eidos in 2004 and will take the players interested in a good mix of first person shooting and horror back to Vietnam, in another dangerous ... |
4 February 2009
03:31 GMT |
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In the gaming industry a few franchises have gained a somewhat cult following, one of them being the famous Tomb Raider series, which made Eidos a very profitable company a long time ago. The success was largely due to the fact that the main character was the lovely Lara Croft who wasn't your usual treasure hunt... |
23 January 2009
02:41 GMT |
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The Tomb Raider franchise is one of the most famous series of adventure video games out there. Thanks to the lovely Lara Croft, the Eidos-owned IP (Intellectual Property) has sold very well, and has seen a lot of iterations throughout the years. However, it seems that things aren't going so well for the latest ... |
12 January 2009
03:34 GMT |
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It seems that Time Warner is the front runner in the race to acquire Britain-based publisher Eidos Interactive. The latest sign is the fact that the American media giant has acquired another 10 million shares in the videogames company, even as rumors about its problems amplify. Time Warner already had a stake in Eido... |
17 December 2008
05:03 GMT |
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Eidos Interactive is quite a popular company these days, not with fans, as they haven't received Tomb Raider: Underworld with wide-open arms, but with other companies, which are interested in buying the British developer and publisher of games.We've already reported on the fact that Electronic Arts and Ubis... |
5 December 2008
11:01 GMT |
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It's a bad time for medium and small videogame developers and publishers. The credit crunch which is affecting the world wide economy means that it's getting harder and harder for them to find sources to finance developing new games. And when financial problems show their ugly face, bigger companies, which... |
3 December 2008
04:33 GMT |
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Tomb Raider: Underworld has definitely been an eagerly anticipated title by fans across the world. The game promised to bring a revamped Lara Croft, which could do a lot of new amazing things, taking advantage of the power of the next generation consoles. Eidos Interactive, the publisher of the game has really market... |
27 November 2008
02:55 GMT |
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The first Deus Ex was one of the videogames that left its mark on my gamer soul. It had a deep story, when compared with the narrative of most videogames, which involved worldwide conspiracies, secret organizations, extended surveillance and rogue agents. It had interesting endings, which showed how one man's ac... |
14 November 2008
21:41 GMT |
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Developer Beautiful Game Studios and publisher Eidos are saying that they aim to release a new version of Championship Manager sometime in April 2009. The title is reported to be a big improvement over the current version of the game.The graphics engine and the game engine for the new title will be created from scrat... |
29 October 2008
05:17 GMT |
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We've known for a while that Deus Ex 3 is in development at Eidos Montreal. We've also known little about the title until now, when PC Zone has managed to snatch a detailed report from the developers; it will publish it in issue 200.The developers say that they are really trying to create a game that will b... |
6 October 2008
21:21 GMT |
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Game-hungry mobile users will surely be excited to find out that EA Mobile is preparing no less than four new titles, based on games developed by the British company Eidos Interactive. These are: Tomb Raider Underworld, California Games X, Just Cause 2 and Minesweeper. Exclusively licensed by Eidos to Electron... |
16 September 2008
07:18 GMT |
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With The Dark Knight doing great in theaters and gamers asking for a Batman video game, Eidos has decided to surprise everybody and announced that they were working on a project that would bring the beloved super hero to our consoles and PC systems. We also have high hopes in this game, since it will not be a movie t... |
14 August 2008
03:05 GMT |
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Most of us will always associate the virtual Lara Croft with Angelina Jolie's looks, while the most hardcore fans will always consider Karima Adebe to be the real Lara Croft. However, things might change a bit in the near future, since Eidos has announced that, once Tomb Raider: Underworlds gets launched, a new ... |
12 August 2008
03:22 GMT |
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With the Olympic Games coming, there is no surprise for anyone that we are bombarded with athletics simulations and that's not necessarily a bad thing, as long as the titles put quality first and hype second (I am obviously talking about the hype surrounding this year's Olympic games in Beijing). One of the... |
30 July 2008
04:58 GMT |
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How long till we see Lara Croft again? The answer to that question has many different variants, depending on what you mean. Lara Croft has become such an iconic gaming character that a trip to the local game store or even to the mall might get you to look at a real sized replica of Lara, sometimes even an actress imp... |
24 June 2008
08:58 GMT |
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When we say Lara Croft, the good old days of fantasies with pixel based characters come right back. She will be remembered for a long time even if we won't remember the actual games. Let's face it, the only thing that comes to mind when we think about Tomb Rider is an obscure patch that made her run naked a... |
16 June 2008
09:08 GMT |
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You have probably heard, back in March, about Eidos' promise to bring us the most addictive title ever released on the Nintendo DS. If you haven't heard anything about it, check our previous coverage of the game, named Soul Bubbles and get ready to join the action because, by the end of the week, you will g... |
11 June 2008
06:43 GMT |
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I've already told you that Steam is Valve's way of taking over the gaming world first, and of the real world after that. How else could you explain the fact that they are putting up a little thing called the "Eidos Everything Pack" which is clearly designed to make gamers fall in love with Steam and then ac... |
26 May 2008
09:39 GMT |
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Eidos would rather be associated with games where blood and violence are the main characters, while controversy is not completely out of question. However, it seems that every now and then they decide to create a game that is completely safe for kids and, overall, promises to bring to life a great and fun experience.... |
7 May 2008
17:06 GMT |
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In the continued saga of the hostile offer from Electronic Arts for Take Two, most of us missed the news regarding another possible takeover in the videogaming world. Publisher SCi Enterntainment, who owns a controlling stake in Eidos, was the target of a takeover offer this week.Initial rumors said that NBC was very... |
24 April 2008
14:06 GMT |
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To be honest, I had no idea that Eidos keeps advertising for Kane & Lynch since the public was kind of against the game following the Gerstman scandal last year. It seems that I was wrong and a serious ad campaign started to be held in the UK - however, not for a long time, since the Advertising Standards Authority (... |
9 April 2008
04:55 GMT |
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We have just reported that Eidos canned an exciting project, a title that would've made quite a few people happy: a new Carmageddon game. Yes, they've done so, but it does not mean they aren't into re-creating games for popular consoles. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing.Even though it cannot be... |
8 April 2008
04:40 GMT |
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To be honest, I had no idea somebody was working on a sequel for Carmageddon and it seems that I'm late because the project not only existed, but just got canned, too! Since I am sure not to be the only one who had no idea that a new Carmageddon game was in the works, let me tell you this sad little story and th... |
8 April 2008
03:07 GMT |
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After the January NPD sales figures, which put the Nintendo DS firmly in the top spot as far as hardware sales go, it seems that more and more publishers are preparing DS titles for launch. After last week's Dragon Hunters, a new game was announced today.Eidos wants to revolutionize the way you play on the DS wi... |
18 March 2008
10:03 GMT |
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With games like Tomb Raider and Hitman in their vault, people could consider SCi a real moneymaker - but that would be totally wrong. Even though the franchise featuring Lara Croft has been resuscitated with Legend and things seemed to be ready for a major income frenzy, it was just an illusion.With a new CEO, Phil R... |
3 March 2008
05:03 GMT |
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Today publisher Eidos Interactive announced that their 2007 war simulator Battlestations: Midway is set to get a sequel in the form of Battlestations: Pacific, sometime in 2008. The game is set to continue the realistic and gritty simulation of the War in the Pacific that the original game kicked off.Both the America... |
29 February 2008
05:40 GMT |
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We still don't have many details regarding what will exactly happen in the latest Tomb Raider title, Underworld, but one thing is for sure: Lara Croft is wet, and hot and sexier than ever! The newly released high-res, next-get, eye-candy screenshots featuring the most beloved female character in a video game can... |
4 February 2008
03:10 GMT |
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Did you like playing Just Cause? Yeah, it wasn't exactly what one can call "the perfect game" but it was, at least, a good starting point. And Eidos Interactive have announced that the sequel, Just Cause 2, improves every aspect that needed to be improved from the Just Cause game. And if they really manage to do... |
31 January 2008
05:10 GMT |
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Kane & Lynch: Dead Men is somewhat of a controversial game and had its share of criticism, ranging from superficial to buggy. We find it to be quite a decent game that didn't present any problems while playing, but others weren't so fortunate. Most of the problems were (and still are) related with the intro... |
25 January 2008
09:32 GMT |
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Tomb Raider Underworld sounds more and more appealing with the disclosing of new details. This week, Official PlayStation Magazine UK has revealed that Underworld, although it sticks to the series' roots, will smash the boundaries of regular action-adventure gameplay and deliver amazing maneuverability and inter... |
17 January 2008
06:22 GMT |
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Well, PSW Magazine got their chance to score a preview of Just Cause 2, the sequel to Eidos' first third-person shooter/sandbox game, and there's some pretty exciting stuff in it too. For instance, side-missions are out, while there's a huge emphasis on free-roaming play. But why don't you just re... |
4 January 2008
05:09 GMT |
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How many games where you were the almighty super hero have you played? How many times have you saved the world already? Didn't you get tired? Wouldn't you like to try something new? I know this sounds like a lousy ad, but it's not (at least, it's not an ad) - it's just reality. It's the ... |
17 December 2007
08:25 GMT |
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November 21st, 2007 has been confirmed as the date when the renowned video game developer Eidos Interactive filed the "Tomb Raider Underworld" trademark, presumably in relation to a video game. Since Eidos doesn't handle other things except video games and especially the Tomb Raider franchise, we think it's... |
5 December 2007
06:12 GMT |
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