But with the recent interview done by PCGamesn
with Eidos Montreal Studio Head David Anfossi, he confirms that the series isn't close from dead.
With Eidos Interactive developing the original, Crystal Dynamics has developed all three of these generally newer titles compared to the age of the series that everyone should at least experience.
Sports Interactive have been making the series for thirteen years now following their split
with Eidos and the Championship Manager series.
What it is: While it was first announced as Thief 4, Square Enix's Thief is now a reboot of the series,
with Eidos Montreal hoping to modernize the series while keeping as close as possible to the spirit of the original.
Square Enix and Marvel Entertainment today announced a multi-year, multi-game licensing agreement to develop and publish original games based on the popular Marvel Super Heroes, beginning with an all new Avengers game that is being developed by Crystal Dynamics (known for the Tomb Raider series), in collaboration
with Eidos - Montreal (known for the Deus Ex series).
With that, I chatted
with Eidos - Montreal's Shadow of the Tomb Raider Game Director, Daniel Chayer - Bisson.
Interview
with Eidos - Montreal Game Director, Daniel Chayer - Bisson about Shadow of the Tomb Raider.
Square Enix Europe CEO Phil Rogers announced the new company at a Montreal press conference, along
with Eidos Montreal boss general manager Stéphane D'Astous.
Australian developer Straight Right, who brought Mass Effect 3 to the Wii U, is working
with Eidos Montreal on the game.
The No. 2 spot was hotly contested
with Eidos Montreal's Deus Ex: Human Revolution edging out RAAM's Shadow (Gears of War 3) and the combined case files from LA Noire.
The game will release on September 14th on Xbox One, PS4 and PC and is again in development
with Eidos Montreal.
Koji Taguchi, a senior executive officer at Square Enix Holdings, posted the following at Twitter on the final day of the show: «Because we merged
with Eidos and had games like Tomb Raider, Deus and Hitman, as a company we were able to keep face.
Now
with Eidos firmly in their clutches, Square Enix is forming a new subsidiary called Square Enix Europe in order to strenghten its marketing reach in the west.
It was at this point that Free Radical finished their dealing
with Eidos Interactive and partnered up with publisher Activision to bring Second Sight to market.
Not exact matches
While money has flowed out of BRIC ETFs (Brazil, Russia, India, China), Southeast Asia continues to be a hot spot
with bullish chart patterns in Indonesia ($
EIDO), Thailand ($ THD), and Singapore ($ EWS).
Already in 2006 the attempt was made by publishing giant
Eidos Interactive, who released a game backed by Lionsgate that appeared to be a GTA clone
with Tarantino flavors.
True Blood «s Ryan Kwanten and Kingdom «s Jonathan Tucker pose for a photo
with creative director Simon Spurr at the launch of
Eidos on Wednesday (May 2) in West Hollywood, Calif..
If you are a Hitman, Thief, Tomb Raider, Deus Ex or Just Cause fan, you can pick up the
Eidos Anthology
with 34 games plus DLC for 75 % off.
Shortly after its notorious Daikatana fumble, Ion Storm brought Warren Spector in to head the studio's expansion in Austin, Texas, trusting the new studio
with the development of a new IP called Deus Ex for its publisher,
Eidos.
Eidos» comic - book action - adventure game committed to X360, PS3; Square Enix's Final Fantasy 3D fighter hits PSP,
with Professor Layton rolling onto DS and Metroid Prime Trilogy for Wii.
About the Founders: Chris is best known as a top - tier creative director, art director and concept artist,
with key involvement in the acclaimed animated TV series reboot «Max Steele»,
Eidos» «Monster Lab» franchise, and Disney's ill - fated (but beautiful) «Pirates of the Caribbean: The Doomed Armada.»
Mini Ninjas is a new IP developed by IO Interactive and published by
Eidos, in which you will assume the role of Hiro, Futo, Suzume and their ninja friends in an epic adventure to save the world from being destroyed by the Evil Samurai Warlord
with Kuji Magic which he stole from the Tengu, the bird people.
Rocksteady are not involved
with the development of Hitman 5,» stated Ian Livingstone,
Eidos» life president in a recent Q&A at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival.
Square Enix, now bolstered by
Eidos» titles, are coming to GamesCon this year
with guns blazing.
The service will be kicked off
with next month's release of Deus Ex: Human Revolution from
Eidos Montreal.
Eidos» return to the Hitman series
with this year's Absolution has been welcomed warmly by most.
Along
with all this,
Eidos is bringing a bit of multimedia brand expandin'to some of its I.Ps.
But is that how publisher
Eidos and IP owner Warner Bros reacted when Rocksteady said they need to spend an extra few months
with Batman: Arkham Asylum?
Eidos and Rocksteady have a hit on their hands
with Batman: Arkham Asylum.
Eidos president Ian Livingstone is expecting Batman: Arkham Asylum to score big
with reviewers, telling Gaming Indians that he expects the title to receive «review scores in the 90s.»
Eidos» troubles began
with slumping sales and even after slashing jobs and canceling several games early last year, they still found themselves in a multi million dollar deficit.
Next to new shots from ArmA II and Brothers in Arms Hell's Highway, the galleries have been updated
with the first images from the newly - announced Batman game from
Eidos, Batman: Arkham Asylum, as well as more than a few handfuls of new Mega Man 9 screens that show off new weapons and a boss you'll be able to use them on.
«We're trying to create a very strong studio structure now within
Eidos, and have a lot of good exchange and great competition, and I think
with that trust we'll see that information on IP exchange.
The folks over at 4Player Co-Op are asserting that a mole of theirs, deep within
Eidos, alerted them earlier in the day
with snapshots of new details for a Tomb Raider series reboot.
With UK publisher Eidos» being taken over by Japanese powerhouse Square Enix (in a move I personally never saw coming and still boggles my mind) the questions now center around what the heck Squenix is going to do with all of their new
With UK publisher
Eidos» being taken over by Japanese powerhouse Square Enix (in a move I personally never saw coming and still boggles my mind) the questions now center around what the heck Squenix is going to do
with all of their new
with all of their new IPs.
Eidos and Funcom have announced that they are teaming up
with the folks over at Gamespot.com to offer up to 15,000 selected gamers a chance to participate in a Player vs Player (PvP) beta weekend event from Friday the 18th of April until the following Sunday the 20th.
SCi, the parent company to
Eidos Interactive, is rumored to be in takeover talks
with EA and Ubisoft.
Representatives of Square have already traveled to a few of
Eidos» development studious in Europe and it seems interest is very high
with sources saying, «I think Warners will still win, but it's very interesting that Square have expressed this late interest.
If anything, Rocksteady Studios is simply helping out their fellow
Eidos - owned brethren
with motion capture.
He reassured, though, that
with The Missing Link, «everything was done in Montreal at
Eidos.
Square Enix and
Eidos - Montreal, in a partnership
with AMD, will be releasing videos for their upcoming stealth - title THIEF
with a stylized series called «Stories from the City».
Last we heard, general manager Stephane D'Astous was expressing excitement about how they'll be cooperating
with Square Enix — which acquired
Eidos last year — to give the title Final Fantasy - quality cinematics.
Last week we mentioned how Thief 4 was probably one of the worst kept secrets in gaming after
Eidos kept dropping hints about a «AAA» game starting
with the letter «T.» Today,
Eidos Montreal has blown the cloak off the whole affair and officially announced that Thief 4, head - shakingly written as Thi4f, is the real deal.
Cage was heading for
Eidos, though he didn't have a meeting scheduled,
with his future in games ready to be decided in a matter of hours.
Rumors are starting to surface that Square Enix is planning a reboot of the series, a strategy it seems to be focusing on
with one
Eidos franchise after another.
Eidos is giving PlayStation 3 owners a lot of love
with their highly anticipated Batman: Arkham Asylum game.
Has
Eidos Montreal continued on the excellence established
with Human Revolution, or have its ideas grown stagnant since then?
And, of course, there's the Game Writers Summit,
with a keynote starring all the Valve writers and notable lectures from
Eidos Montreal, Sony Online, Red Storm, and Vicarious Visions folks, plus the Game Audio Summit,
with a host of notable high - end audio folks discussing making sound for games - you can also flit back and forth between these Summits and the aforementioned ones.
Let's face it, apart from Guardian of Light;
Eidos has struggled to find purchase on this generation of console
with the Tomb Raider franchise.
Our team are gaming veterans
with backgrounds at industry leaders like Rovio, Gameloft, Digital Chocolate,
Eidos, EA, PopCap and Xbox.