eidos plc see square enix europe . eidos interactive former type subsidiary of square enix industry interactive entertainment computer and video games fate acquired by square enix and became known as square enix europe successor square enix europe founded 1990 founder stephen bernard streater defunct 2009 headquarters wimbledon london united kingdom key people stephen bernard streater founder ian livingstone eidos president and ceo phil rogers square enix europe ceo 1 products list of eidos games revenue 179.1 million 2006 operating income 28.8 million 2006 net income 8.1 million 2006 owner independent 1990 2004 sci entertainment eidos plc 2004 09 square enix 2009 number of employees 600 website www.eidos.com eidos interactive a d s was a british software technology developer and video game publisher now operating as square enix europe . 1 eidos plc was headquartered in the wimbledon bridge house in wimbledon london borough of merton . 2 3 the company has had offices all around the world including the united states canada germany france australia and japan . prior to its best known games eidos developed full motion video fmv compression techniques on platforms such as the acorn risc computers of the early 1990s . its best known game series include tomb raider hitman commandos and deus ex . eidos officially became part of square enix on 22 april 2009 . following a reorganization of the company eidos was merged with square enix s european operations into square enix europe . 1 the eidos brand currently lives only through the development studio eidos montr al and is also used as a label for games developed by former eidos owned developers like crystal dynamics and io interactive released before take over by square enix europe . 4 contents 1 history 1.1 takeover by sci 1.2 part of square enix europe 2 studios 2.1 current 2.2 part owned 2.3 defunct 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit takeover by sci edit on 3 august 2004 the wall street journal reported that eidos was in preliminary discussions with a small number of companies in relation of a possible business combinations . in early march 2005 eidos admitted that cash reserves had dwindled to 11.9 m during the second half of 2004 and pre tax losses had grown to 29m . on 21 march 2005 eidos received a takeover bid from elevation partners the private equity firm owned by former electronic arts president john riccitiello and with a number of notable partners including u2 s lead singer bono . this takeover valued the company at 71m 135m and would inject 23m in order to keep the company solvent in the short term . on 22 march eidos received a second takeover bid from the british games manufacturer sci entertainment . sci offered 74m 139m and tabled a restructuring plan to cut 14m from annual costs . to fund this takeover sci proposed to sell 60m worth of stock . eventually in late april elevation partners formally withdrew its offer leaving the way clear for sci . the takeover was finalized on 16 may 2005 . since the sci purchase the vast majority of the old eidos management were let go . sci left their battersea office and moved into the old eidos office on the second floor of wimbledon bridge house 1 hartfield road wimbledon . eidos announced on 15 february 2007 that they would open a new studio in montreal quebec canada responsible for new undisclosed next generation projects . eidos montreal started developing a new game in the deus ex franchise . 5 6 in february 2007 eidos acquired rockpool games along with its two sister companies ironstone partners and sogoplay . on 4 september 2007 the board of sci entertainment confirmed recent speculation that the company has been approached with a view to making an offer . 7 on 10 january 2008 sci announced take over and or merger talks had been halted . 8 as a result the share price dropped by over 50 % . major investors called for the resignation of key personnel including ceo jane cavanagh over this issue as well as delays to key titles . 9 on 18 january 2008 jane cavanagh bill ennis and rob murphy managing directors of publishing and studios respectively left the company . 10 eidos s parent company sci revealed its 2008 financial report . losses were at 100 million but new ceo phil rogers claimed this was only due to the reconstructing plans . 11 on 19 september 2008 eidos opened a shanghai based studio consisting of a small team to build up relations in asia . 12 on 3 december 2008 sci changed its name to eidos plc the name of eidos prior to the sci takeover and also changed its london stock exchange ticker symbol from seg to eid . 13 part of square enix europe edit in february 2009 square enix reached an agreement to purchase eidos for 84.3 million pending shareholder approval 14 with an initial aim of fully buying eidos on 6 may 2009 . 15 the date was brought forward and square enix officially took over eidos on 22 april 2009 . although square enix said earlier that it would let eidos interactive remain as it is currently and not meddle in its internal affairs 16 it has stopped publishing games under the eidos brand with new games coming out under the square enix brand instead . currently the eidos interactive logo only appears for games developed by former eidos owned game studios as well as eidos montreal and eidos shanghai studios studios edit current edit crystal dynamics in redwood city california u.s official site founded in 1992 acquired in 1998 . io interactive in copenhagen denmark official site founded in 1998 . eidos montreal in canada official site founded in 2007 beautiful game studios in london england official site started in 2003 eidos shanghai in china official site started in 2008 part owned edit rocksteady 25.1 % official site defunct edit core design in derby england founded in 1988 acquired by eidos in 1996 closed 11 may 2006 eidos hungary in hungary founded in 2005 closed october 2009 . fresh games a game developing label used from 2002 to 2004 ion storm in texas founded in 1996 acquired by eidos on july 2001 closed 9 february 2005 . pivotal games in bath england founded in march 2000 acquired by sci on 29 september 2003 closed 22 august 2008 . see also edit list of eidos games london portal companies portal video games portal references edit a b c square enix retires eidos publishing label . 2009 07 08 . retrieved 2009 07 10 . corporate information . eidos interactive . 11 february 1998 . retrieved on 30 january 2011 . eidos interactive uk wimbledon bridge house 1 hartfield road wimbledon london sw19 3ru . worldwide contacts . eidos interactive . 27 january 2005 . retrieved on 30 january 2011 . eidos plc. registered office wimbledon bridge house 1 hartfield road wimbledon london sw19 32ru . square enix revamps europe operation . gamesindustry.biz . eidos announces deus ex 3 talks new montreal studio . gamasutra . eidos resurrecting deus ex . gamespot . sci confirms approach has been made . gamesindustry.biz . lara croft firm scraps bid talks . bbc news . 11 january 2008 . retrieved 3 january 2010 . armitstead louise 13 january 2008 . game over for tomb raider boss . london times online . retrieved 1 may 2010 . eidos management quit due to pressure from shareholders . thunderbolt games . sci results reaction . mvc . eidos opens shanghai base . mvc . sci entertainment group plc change of company name to eidos plc . sci entertainment group plc. 2008 12 02 . retrieved 2009 01 18 . square enix trying to buy tombraider . kotaku . eidos pencils in square enix takeover for may . kotaku . mike fahey . square enix lets eidos be eidos . kotaku . gawker media . external links edit eidos corporate site eidos interactive at mobygames v t e square enix formerly square and enix subsidiaries current square enix europe beautiful game studios crystal dynamics eidos montreal io interactive square enix montreal rocksteady studios 25 % taito defunct digicube eidos interactive ion storm quest lists of video games square enix mobile enix home computer square square enix europe eidos taito crystal dynamics major franchises arkanoid bubble bobble championship manager chaos rings chrono darius deus ex dragon quest drakengard final fantasy front mission gex hitman just cause kingdom hearts legacy of kain lufia mana rastan saga sleeping dogs space invaders star ocean thief time gal tomb raider valkyrie profile other related articles compilation albums companion books ds style gangan comics localization of square enix video games playonline zuntata category v t e conflict video games games desert storm desert storm ii vietnam global terror denied ops developers pivotal games publishers sci entertainment group gotham games global star software 2k games eidos interactive retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title eidos interactive & oldid 737412200 categories companies established in 1990companies disestablished in 2009entertainment software associationvideo game companies of the united kingdomvideo 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