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| Founded | December 1998 (as Square Europe Ltd.) 9 November 2009 (as Square Enix Europe) |
| Founder | Jane Cavanagh |
| Headquarters | London Borough of Southwark, London, United Kingdom |
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| Owner | Square Enix Holdings |
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870(2007) |
| Parent | Square Enix |
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| Website | square-enix |
Square Enix Limited, doing business as Square Enix Europe, is a British publisher of video game software wholly owned by Square Enix Holdings, a Japanese company. Square Enix Europe currently has its head office in 240 Blackfriars Road in London Borough of Southwark, London.
Square Enix Europe originated as the former Square Co, Ltd. European publishing branch, which was re-branded as Square Enix Ltd. after the absorption of Square by Enix. On 10 November 2009, a statutory merger occurred with Square Enix Ltd. and the United Kingdom video game publisher Eidos Interactive, in which Eidos Interactive was the dissolved entity and Square Enix Ltd. was the surviving entity.
The intellectual properties owned by Eidos plc include Deus Ex, Tomb Raider and Just Cause among others. All intellectual properties that were published under the Eidos Interactive label are currently published under the Square Enix label. On 15 September 2014 Square Enix Europe officially relocated its HQ from Wimbledon Bridge House, London to Blackfriars Road, London.
See also The Sales Curve, Ltd.
The Eidos Interactive company that was absorbed by Square Enix Ltd. was founded as The Sales Curve in 1988 by Jane Cavanagh. They originally developed games for publishers Virgin, Accolade and Ocean. The Sales Curve became a publisher itself in 1990, releasing games under the label Storm until 1993. The company became Sales Curve Interactive in 1994 and published subsequent games under that name. In 1999 the company floated on the as SCI Entertainment Group PLC, using the ticker symbol SEG. Under the SCI banner, the company's most popular games were the Carmageddon and the Conflict: Desert Storm game series.
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