Eidos, Inc.

Moby ID: 52

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April 21, 2009: Eidos Inc. is taken over by Square Enix Holdings Co. Ltd.
May 20, 2005: SCi completes Eidos takeover.
March 4, 2004: Eidos enters a conditional agreement to acquire Io-Interactive, the Danish based studio.
October 29, 2003: Eidos signs a development deal with Guerrilla, the Amsterdam-based studio formerly known as Lost Boys Games, for a new third person action game.
October 28, 2003: Eidos Interactive announces a New Media Division, under the lead of Simon Protheroe to develop games not only for mobile gaming but also for online gaming, gaming on platforms including PDAs and interactive TV, games on demand services, and electronic software distribution.
July 31, 2003: Eidos Interactive re-brands itself, becoming Eidos Inc.
April 2002: TimeSplitters 2 announced for Xbox and GameCube.
March 2002: Dutch model Jill de Jong appointed as the new face of computer game heroine, Lara Croft.
January 2002: Eidos announces 'Fresh Games' - a new brand specifically devoted to bringing high-quality Japanese video game titles to the worldwide market.
November 2001: Eidos and Celador International announce that the UK’s biggest selling video game 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?' is to appear on PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) devices.
October 2001: Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, sequel to the BAFTA award nominated Hitman: Codename 47, announced for PC.
September 2001: Eidos announces that its Japanese office will start to publish console games from November 2001.
June 2001: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider movie launched in the US. The film takes a massive $48.2m in its first weekend of release.
May 2001: Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? becomes the biggest selling UK game of all time. Eidos is also responsible for the UK's second and third biggest selling games - Tomb Raider II and Tomb Raider respectively.
May 2001: Championship Manager: Season 01/02 announced for the Xboxä video game system from Microsoft
May 2001: Eidos announces TimeSplitters 2, the sequel to Free Radical Design's hugely successful PlayStation 2 launch title TimeSplitters.
May 2001: Warren Spector's award-winning Deus Ex is announced for PlayStation 2.
May 2001: Eidos announces a 1 for 3 rights issue at 155p per share
April 2001: Lucozade Energy is temporarily renamed 'Larazade' in a promotional tribute to Tomb Raider heroine, Lara Croft
April 2001: Eidos signs a deal with Cereal Partners for an on-pack demo of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? The demo is to appear on over 3.4million packets of cereal in the UK.
January 2001: Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? is officially the UK's fastest selling game to reach one million units sold.
December 2000: Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? becomes the UK's Christmas number one
December 2000: Glassworks post-production house leaves the Eidos group via a management buy-out.
October 2000: Who Wants To Be A Millionaire sets UK Chart History in only its second week of release. The game becomes the first ever title to top the All Format, PlayStation, PC and Dreamcast charts in the same week.
October 2000: Two Eidos games win honours at the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards 2000. PC Game of the Year was won by Deus Ex, which was developed by Ion Storm. Sports Game of the Year was won by Sydney 2000, which was developed by Attention To Detail.
October 2000: Eidos announces that it has terminated takeover discussions with an unnamed third party. The Board gave the approach serious consideration, but concluded that the terms discussed did not represent fair value for shareholders.
April 2000: Oscar winner, Angelina Jolie, to star as Lara Croft in the live action film "Tomb Raider" with Simon West directing for Paramount Pictures. The film began principal photography in Summer 2000 at Pinewood Studios
March 2000: Eidos announced the disposal of the majority of its holding in Opticom ASA resulting in a profit of £84 million. Eidos also reported a material downturn in trading due in large part to adverse market conditions across all major territories and a general slowdown in consumer demand.
February 2000: Jeremy Heath-Smith appointed as Eidos' Global Development Director
May 1999: Championship Manager 3 released and becomes the fastest selling game in UK PC history (55,000 copies in first 2 days)
November 1998: Eidos sets up office in Singapore
September 1998: Eidos acquires US developer Crystal Dynamics for $47m. The deal gives Eidos the rights to franchises including Soul Reaver and Gex franchises.
July 1998: Eidos sets up Japanese office in Tokyo.
1997: 10 year publishing and development deal signed with Ion Storm
October 1996: Tomb Raider is released on Saturn
April 1996: Eidos strengthens its position in the industry with acquisition of CentreGold plc, which includes US Gold, Core Design (developer of Tomb Raider) and CentreSoft. Offices in US, France and Germany obtained as part of the acquisition. The distribution arm CentreSoft is sold to a management buyout as part of the strategy of on developing and publishing.
October 1995: Eidos moves into the entertainment software market with the acquisition of Domark and obtains a full listing on the London Stock Exchange. Charles Cornwall appointed as CEO, Ian Livingstone as Chairman.
July 1994: Charles Cornwall joins the company as Chairman.
1990: Eidos formed as a video compression R&D company. This business still forms the core of the Eidos Technologies entity.