Square acquires Eidos.

[Heran Bago]

A court has approved Japanese publisher Square Enix’s takeover of British publisher Eidos, which is expected to become effective tomorrow morning.

The move will bring the Tomb Raider, Deus Ex and Hitman franchises under the same roof as the likes of Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, and give the Japanese publisher a stronger foothold in the western market.

On February 12 the two parties announced that they had reached agreement on the terms of the acquisition, and in late March Eidos shareholders overwhelmingly approved the takeover, with over 85 percent of shareholders representing 99.93 percent of Eidos shares voting for the resolution.

Source and source.

Cool move. I heard the last Tomb Raider sucked. The two companies have worked together in the past, including the PC FFVII port.

 

[Mei-o]

It was inevitable, now we'll be seeing Lara Croft in the next Dissidia

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[gov78]

LOL that what i think off Tomb Raider now

well i still think edios will do pretty well

 

[Rayder]

Yeah, that's about what I was thinking. Or possibly Lara will now have that stupid looking anime look to her from now on.

 

[Hadrian]

I'd like to see Agent 47 in Kingdom Hearts.

 

[Depravo]

Will it make a great deal of difference? I mean Eidos were just a publisher - they didn't develop any games.

The changes will probably be no more than a different logo in the bottom right of the boxart.

 

[Neko]

Here we come, Anime Style Tomb Raider.

 

[ChaosBoi]

Man, Square is starting to take over the game publishing market :\ .

 

[blooddrake]

Tomb fantasy or final raider

 

[N-TG]

oh... I wonder what company will take next???
Squaresoft + Enix = Square Enix.... Square Enix + Eidos= Square Eidos Enix? or S.E.E?

Also I wonder what will be the first game they will make all together now

 

[Trolly]

Well, interesting, but Square Enix are taking on so many games and companies right now they're in danger of becoming extremely difficult to manage effectively.
And what's happening with Deus Ex 3 now?
As for Hitman, it would be great to get a new game

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[Sc4rFac3d]

Long as IO Interactive keeps making Hitman the way they want to it's cool.

And last Tomb Raider was awesome, all of them have been since the reboot.

 

[shakirmoledina]

this would make the eidos games esp. lara more promiscuous

 

[Gundam Eclipse]

I WANT AGENT 47 AS A CAMEO IN A FF or KH GAME. OR POSSIBLY IN A NEW TWEWY.
WANT NOW.
NOOOOOOW.
O_O Agent 47 rocks.
BUt yeah, this means lotsa new titles from Square for sure =p

 

[mrfatso]

LOL that what i think off Tomb Raider now

well i still think edios will do pretty well

o boy, this is what i need to get me back to the tomb raider franicise

and then i can finally kiss sucking ass at tomb raider good bye