Eidos Interactive
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Formerly called
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| Industry | Video game industry |
| Fate | Reformed to Square Enix Europe |
| Successor | Square Enix Europe |
| Founded | 29 March 1984 |
| Founder | Stephen Bernard Streater |
| Defunct | 9 November 2009 |
| Headquarters | Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom |
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Key people
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Stephen Bernard Streater (Founder) Ian Livingstone (Eidos President and CEO) Phil Rogers (Square Enix Europe CEO) |
| Products | List of Eidos games |
| Revenue |
 £179.1 million (2006)
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£28.8 million (2006)
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£8.1 million (2006)
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Independent (1990–2004) Sci Entertainment (Eidos plc) (2004–09) Square Enix (2009–) |
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Number of employees
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600 |
| Website | www.eidos.com |
Eidos Interactive Ltd. (/ˈaɪdɒs/) was a British software technology developer and video game publisher, now operating as Square Enix Europe. The company was headquartered in the Wimbledon Bridge House in Wimbledon, London Borough of Merton. 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 RISC OS 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. The Eidos brand currently lives only through the development studio Eidos Montréal, 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.
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 £11.9m during the second half of 2004, and pre-tax losses had grown to £29m.
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