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Square Enix’s £84 Million Eidos Takeover Rubber Stamped

By Patrick Smith Mar. 30, 2009, 12:55pm 2 Comments

Gaming is one of the few sectors of the digital economy continuing to thrive throughout the recession, but the UK’s share of the global mar… Read More »

Square Enix Launches $121 Million Bid For Tomb Raider Maker Eidos

By Patrick Smith Feb. 12, 2009, 5:05pm Comments Off

Japanese games giant Square Enix, maker of the Final Fantasy series, has launched a £84.3 million ($121.2 million) bid for Tomb Raider deve… Read More »

Square Enix Launches £84 Million Bid For Tomb Raider Maker Eidos

By Patrick Smith Feb. 12, 2009, 3:56pm Comments Off

Japanese games giant Square Enix, maker of the Final Fantasy series, has launched a £84.3 million bid for Tomb Raider developer Eidos. The… Read More »

Eidos Shuts Mobile Gaming Studio, Lays Off 14

By Patrick Smith Jan. 24, 2009, 12:37am Comments Off

UK company developer Eidos is laying off 14 people and shuttering its mobile games studio in Manchester almost two years after spending £7.… Read More »

Tomb Raider Producer Eidos Confirms Takeover Interest

By Patrick Smith Jan. 16, 2009, 10:19pm Comments Off

Shares in video-game maker Eidos shot up by 42 percent at one point today after the company confirmed it received a takeover approach. A sta… Read More »

Tomb Raider Maker Eidos’ Christmas Sales Disappoint, May Have To Renegotiate Debt

By Patrick Smith Jan. 9, 2009, 4:57pm Comments Off

The UK’s largest independent games producer Eidos has lowered its revenue forecast for 2009 and may have to renegotiate its debt arrangemen… Read More »

Time Warner Ups Stake In Eidos, Will It Buy The Rest?

By Robert Andrews Dec. 15, 2008, 8:07pm Comments Off

Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) has increased its stake in Eidos’ Lara Croft game maker SCi Entertainment, which last week renamed to Eidos Plc, as… Read More »