While Eidos» chief Phil Rogers and other former
Eidos employees run Square Enix Europe, the Eidos name will be kept alive as a brand to distinguish franchises developed by the old Eidos team.
Several CVs for
Eidos employees (uncovered on NeoGAF) seem to suggest that the upcoming Thief 4 will feature some sort of an online mode.
Unfortunately, the reorganization will cause some former
Eidos employees to lose their jobs, making this seem like as much a cost cutting measure as it is a marketing strategy.
Not exact matches
UPDATE (4:15 pm): Thief developer
Eidos Montreal laid off 27
employees today.
Thief developer
Eidos Montreal has just laid off a number of
employees, according to multiple Kotaku sources.
Game Developer Layoffs: The Real Story «With layoffs hitting the allegedly «recession - proof» game industry, Gamasutra talks to
employees from Pandemic,
Eidos, and Ensemble to find out the human story behind the corporate announcements.»
Recently YouTuber George Weidman, aka SuperBunnyHop, posted a video where he claimed he'd spoken to several
Eidos Montreal
employees who told...
Just a day after the news that
Eidos Montreal had to let go of 27
employees, game director and script writer Amy Hennig was let go from Naughty Dog.
The title, and other snippets of information about Shadow of the Tomb Raider were leaked in November last year when an eagle - eyed Reddit user saw someone - presumably an
employee of Square Enix Montreal,
Eidos Montreal or someone from Crystal Dynamics on a work trip - open their laptop to have a look at a Tomb Raider slideshow presentation.