Mar
06
2009
From gamesindustry.biz:
Eidos has released its financial results for the six months to the end of December 2008 with a relatively strong statement, including revenues up over 26 per cent and losses cut to just GBP 1 million.
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"The first six months of trading this year were characterised by an incredibly competitive and increasingly challenging [...]
Feb
11
2009
From joystiq.com:
In these rocky economic times it seems like everyone is trimming down and getting leaner. That’s certainly the case for Eidos, as just two weeks after shuttering its Rockpool Games mobile branch the Tomb Raider pub has walked away from another studio, Gimme5games. However, rather than fold, the casual game dev now sings [...]
Feb
02
2009
From joystiq.com:
New details about Deus Ex 3 have been revealed in a preview article written on the Czech website Hratelne.cz. According to translations found on the Eidos forums, the game will feature protagonist Adam Jensen and is set in a world where cybernetics companies hold more sway than world governments. Those who can afford [...]
Jan
20
2009
From gamesindustry.biz (via joystiq.com):
Shares in publisher Eidos took another turn this morning following the announcement after trading yesterday that a takeover bid had been received by the company.
That news prompted the stock to rocket by an initial 40 per cent, going from 12 pence to 17 pence, before it fell back down to [...]
Jan
13
2009
From joystiq.com:
Following UK publisher Eidos Interactive’s announcement that sales of Tomb Raider Underworld didn’t hit its internal forecast, the publisher’s shares dropped 25% this morning (there’s been some slight recovery since). Eidos states that Lady Croft’s latest adventure, since its debut in November, sold 1.5 million copies by the end of 2008, which makes [...]
Dec
15
2008
From joystiq.com (via reuters.com):
Time Warner Entertainment has stepped out from the cacophonous acquisition noise surrounding Eidos by purchasing 10 million shares in the company. Reuters reports that Warner now holds about 20% of Eidos’ stock.
Rumors regarding Time Warner’s intent to purchase the struggling publisher have been swirling for months with everyone from EA [...]
Dec
03
2008
From tombraiderchronicles.com:
SCi Entertainment Group have announced it will change its name to Eidos plc with effect from 3 December 2008. The Company’s trading (ticker) symbol will also change from SEG to EID on the same date. SCi Entertainment Group is the holding company of Eidos Interactive, creator of some of the world’s leading video-game [...]
Dec
01
2008
From dailymail.co.uk:
SCi Entertainment, the owner of the Lara Croft Tomb Raider computer games franchise, is in bid talks once again.
It follows a nightmare year for the firm in which its losses have quadrupled and the share price has slumped 92 per cent.
A source familiar with matter said discussions are at an ‘early- [...]