How Square Enix’s Eidos Take Over Changes The Landscape

i think the eidos acquisition makes sense. lara croft will fit right in with all of squeenix's other scantily-clad voluptuous heroines.

videorecipes

Mass on Australia! Siam Stratagem is go!

Maybe them taking over Europe, will help Europeans, by not waiting a year to get a game that came out in the states and Japan already.

Everyone knows to Ignore Russia. Both Hitler and Napoleon didn't have risk to teach them this, and you see what happened to them.

BlueToas had an epiphany!

Just something about Square owning Tomb Raider that seems sooo wrong.

The sun never sets on the Squeenix Empire?

Complete Global Saturation...

Complete Global Saturation...

I just hope they open the books and ask "why the hell isn't IO Interactive making a new Hitman game?

I just hope they open the books and ask "why the hell isn't IO Interactive making a new Hitman game?

@Shell_Kracker: I'd die inside if that happened :c

@Shell_Kracker: I'd die inside if that happened :c

Oh god, the french-canadians will now be forced to draw silly effeminate characters and the Swedes will contractually have to make games with titles that make no sense.

It's a dawn of a brave new world, folks- one that will change the gaming landscape once Kane & Kairi, Tomb Raider: 362/29+12^4 and Conflict Hearts release.

Oh god, the french-canadians will now be forced to draw silly effeminate characters and the Swedes will contractually have to make games with titles that make no sense.

It's a dawn of a brave new world, folks- one that will change the gaming landscape once Kane & Kairi, Tomb Raider: 362/29+12^4 and Conflict Hearts release.

@Stikasasn:

turn based tomb raider coming up!

Does that mean Tomb Raider will return to the RPG style of Angel of Darkness? Oh god...

@Stikasasn:

turn based tomb raider coming up!

@Szin: In Europe, Square-Enix is Ukraine

@Szin: In Europe, Square-Enix is Ukraine

@m0re: It doesn't show up on the minimap, duh!

@m0re: It doesn't show up on the minimap, duh!

Where's the Knights of The Round island marker?

Where's the Knights of The Round island marker?

Can you imagine if SquareEnix had been SquareATLUS?

Shin Megami Tensei: Final Fantasy

Kingdom Hearts: Persona

Trauma Centre Tactics

Shell_Kracker

Can you imagine if SquareEnix had been SquareATLUS?

Shin Megami Tensei: Final Fantasy

Kingdom Hearts: Persona

Trauma Centre Tactics

Shell_Kracker

@Szin: UKRAINE IS GAME TO YOU?!

@Turambar: B> Selvaria Body Pillow: Only in the real world "The Purples" make life difficult for game developers....still my favorite strategy, though!

Chrysolite

@Szin: UKRAINE IS GAME TO YOU?!

All the dots are in the wrong place.

vism

Looking forward to seeing Lara Croft in the next Kingdom Hearts game.

Tenchuu

Mission: World domination

But does Square Enix own the Ukraine?

Szin

So Square: Where's my next-gen Gex game?

Flyhawk

@Shell_Kracker: Bah, I don't think the FF crew would survive a god that is the source of all gods that can't die until everyone stops believing in gods. The only one to every truly defeat God was sentenced to eternal reincarnation to eternally suffer for committing the ultimate sin. Plus, Demifiend would make Square's universes his bitch.

Also, I don't think the pope has ever actually been used in any SMT or SMT spin off game. Hitler appeared in P1 or P2 if I remember correctly, and Raidou fought Rasputin and a soulless army.

Black-Dog-Howls

@radioactivechikin: That actually might not be bad...

Shin-san

Square Enix Eidos is starting to get scary looking. If they keep on this path, and make some good games, we might have a superpower publisher.

@Turambar: B> Selvaria Body Pillow: I like Atlus dark humor more than anything else - maybe FF could stand to take itself a bit less seriously.

Shell_Kracker

@Stikasasn: They'll probably try to make her breasts even bigger and end up having a seizure.

Does this mean anything for the upcoming Batman game? I know Eidos didn't develop it, but will Square be publishing it now?

Jake VanDeventer

@Stikasasn: You can stop saying that. :P

Jadakra

@Shell_Kracker: SMT gameplay with Final Fantasy characters, I honestly wouldn't mind actually.

Don't forget Russia?
"In Soviet Russia...."

linkthe2nd

@Grooveraider: Just something about Square owning Tomb Raider that seems sooo wrong.
;)

@Stikasasn: I dunno, can't do much worse than Eidos did.

@aurahack: It wouldn't be so bad to see Jehovah and the Pope as Final Fantasy bosses, and Chocobos being summoned from hell would it?

:)

Shell_Kracker

@Stikasasn:

You can say that again ...

@videorecipes: At least lara croft is of age. SE will probably reinvent the series so she is 15

Hey_Blinkon

@radioactivechikin: Lara Croft confirmed in Kingdom Hearts 3.

@radioactivechikin: Lara Croft confirmed in Kingdom Hearts 3.

IN A WORLD, WHERE SQUARE-ENIX'S STUDIOS DOMINATE.....AND NINTENDO TEACHES OUR CHILDREN....

notquitedeadyet

IN A WORLD, WHERE SQUARE-ENIX'S STUDIOS DOMINATE.....AND NINTENDO TEACHES OUR CHILDREN....

notquitedeadyet

@Kenny: First thing I thought to when I saw the map.

@Kenny: First thing I thought to when I saw the map.

@rp0:
so you mean they just say that lara is actually a guy then its all good right

@rp0:
so you mean they just say that lara is actually a guy then its all good right

Everyone is going on about Tomb Raider, but when is the last time Eidos actually made a Tomb Raider game!?
Weren't all the new ones made by Crystal Dynamics?

Eidos of course still owns the franchise, but why would Squenix suddenly want to take the reigns away from CD?
Especially for a series that does not matter much in Japan...

Everyone is going on about Tomb Raider, but when is the last time Eidos actually made a Tomb Raider game!?
Weren't all the new ones made by Crystal Dynamics?

Eidos of course still owns the franchise, but why would Squenix suddenly want to take the reigns away from CD?
Especially for a series that does not matter much in Japan...

@undefined: I just hope they take this opportunity to revive the Legacy of Kain series!

Prosper

@undefined: I just hope they take this opportunity to revive the Legacy of Kain series!

Prosper

@Jake VanDeventer: Technically, yes they'd be publishing it now. They probably won't slap their name on the cover, though. It should still ship with Eidos on the cover, akin to how most Taito games still ship with Taito on the cover.

@Jake VanDeventer: Technically, yes they'd be publishing it now. They probably won't slap their name on the cover, though. It should still ship with Eidos on the cover, akin to how most Taito games still ship with Taito on the cover.

@radioactivechikin:
I'd like a turn at her base, if you know what I mean.

Except not really, because she seemed hotter back in the PSX days when she was just a bunch of polygons in the vague shape of a female.

TrjnRabbit

@radioactivechikin:
I'd like a turn at her base, if you know what I mean.

Except not really, because she seemed hotter back in the PSX days when she was just a bunch of polygons in the vague shape of a female.

TrjnRabbit

@Flyhawk: I never figured that game out as a kid :/

notquitedeadyet

@Flyhawk: I never figured that game out as a kid :/

notquitedeadyet

@Black-Dog-Howls: The Pope was a boss in Maken X for Dreamcast :)

Shell_Kracker

@Black-Dog-Howls: The Pope was a boss in Maken X for Dreamcast :)

Shell_Kracker

Square-Enix finally become Shinra Corp., here comes Cloud and gang to overthrow it

tingyu

Square-Enix finally become Shinra Corp., here comes Cloud and gang to overthrow it

tingyu

Please please please PLEASE please please PLEEEASE don't hurt Deus Ex 3, Square Enix..

TaylorEatWorld has become a Never-nude!

Please please please PLEASE please please PLEEEASE don't hurt Deus Ex 3, Square Enix..

TaylorEatWorld has become a Never-nude!

@Stikasasn:
Cue artist mock-up of Square-Enix style Lara Croft.

rp0

@Stikasasn:
Cue artist mock-up of Square-Enix style Lara Croft.

rp0

Wow Didnt' know Eidos was so large.

Wow Didnt' know Eidos was so large.

The Hot Empire expands.

The Hot Empire expands.

The Sun is now a constant in Square Enix's empire.

The Sun is now a constant in Square Enix's empire.

@Jake VanDeventer: Warner Bros. Interactive had a bigger stake in the development of Batman: Arkham Asylum, so Eidos and Warner Bros. Interactive will be the primary publishers for the game. Don't worry, Square Enix acquiring Eidos will not delay the release or fuck it up in any way whatsoever.

If it did, the Warner Brothers would be suing their asses.

@rich8606: Wrong. Warner Bros. Interactive has a 30% stake in Eidos, so...Batman Arkham Asylum will still be published under a joint Eidos-Warner Bros. Interactive label. Square-Enix had no role whatsoever in Arkham Asylum's development or publishing arrangements.

@Kenny: They might replace Lara Croft with Tifa in her original incarnation with those massive jugs.

@Stikasasn: Forget that, they own Batman Arkham Asylum now. Square and Batman... brrrrr

rich8606

@Kenny: More like the development is never finished at the Squeenix Empire.

afrosheen

@Jake VanDeventer:

No. Eidos will.

Fainaru

@Shell_Kracker: Those first two concepts actually intrigue me - all four (counting the main SMT and Persona as separate) series have some pretty big good points. Mixing them could be fun. :3

@Stikasasn: Why? They're both skilled at milking a single franchise to death.

@darkgodofdeath: JRPGs and Tomb Raider does not make you a superpower, but I'll subscribe to your optimism. Here's hoping for good games somewhere in the future.

Square Enix Eidos should become the new official name for the publisher. The acronym would be "SEE", and they can come up with silly slogans like "[Insert game title here]: You have to SEE it to believe it."

dgonchild

@deanbmmv: That's kinda how I'm thinking. I think that if they play their cards right, make some good games, make their money, maybe even pick up another publisher that's small or merge with someone independent who knows what could happen.

SO Square take over a UK company and don't gain anything in the UK?

@darkgodofdeath:
I think they hit that when DS became all powerful. they've got about 5% of the DS games.
FFXIII is bound to make crap load's, they got all of Eidos's stuff, Enix's stuff from year's ago for DQX and beyond.

Give em 5 year's and Square-Eidox will be at least in top 5 game publisher/developer's.

@Cygnus_Mal: I'm waiting for the Tomb Raider rpg to make its way.

Call me crazy, but it could work as a side to the series.

@Cygnus_Mal: But Final Fantasy will never die.

Valnen

@Chances: I thought a Hitman 5 is rumoured?

syafiqjabar

@Kenny:

It will when I go through with Operation Circle Pheonix...

A sinister corporate takeover disguised as a 'circle the right picture' test

Also clever name... it rhymes and circle's arent as pointy as squares.. unless its a cone from the right angle...

but corporate takeover cometh

SaanZ

@darkgodofdeath:
I don't think S-E are looking to make their acquisitions as JRPG's.
I think Tomb Raider will stay as it's classic platformer-puzzler, Nathan Drake need's some proper competition.
Bringing back other IP's would be nice too like Hitman, or making some non-JRPG FF's.

Oh no, Kane & Lynch, Hitman, can you guys hear me? Young Anime Japanese Girls are blinding my vision, where have you guys gone??? *cries*

Oh no, Kane & Lynch, Hitman, can you guys hear me? Young Anime Japanese Girls are blinding my vision, where have you guys gone??? *cries*

@dgonchild: Nah. Square-Enix shouldn't let them keep their name. They should be assimilated.

Valnen

@dgonchild: Nah. Square-Enix shouldn't let them keep their name. They should be assimilated.

Valnen

@dgonchild: Nah. Square-Enix shouldn't let them keep their name. They should be assimilated.

Valnen

@deanbmmv: Of course not, it's Square Enix. They've always been bigoted towards the UK and Europe.

Thomas Henry Ward

@videorecipes: But what about Hitman? :'(

Prathik

I've had it up to here with hearing "Square Enix" over and over again. That...company (and I use the term likely) brings my piss to a boil.

Ugh, just look at that "map", spreading out like a money leeching virus. I hope those bigots get what's coming to them. Oh all of us Europeans, expect every Eidos game to come out one year after it's release in the US and Japan. Eidos have made the biggest mistake of their lives.

Thomas Henry Ward

Looks like Squeendos is the EA of Japan, except with rpgs as opposed to sports.

Yamagata

If it's like Risk, they're still fucked, because they don't have Australasia.

Square needs some Australian Developers and Studios.

This means good stuff for people who like Square games- more dev studios means more studios they can use to make games. Which means more variety then another Final Fantasy game.

Square does well when its not an old IP but something new they touch goes good.

Trent Petronaitis

Why have they put Square Enix Ltd. in France, when it's in London?

And Eidos is in Wimbledon.

@radioactivechikin: It never happened to Space Invaders or Bubble Bobble so I doubt we'll see 'Turn Raider' anytime soon.

Tsk, tsk. The map put IO Interactive (Denmark) in Oslo. Norway left Denmark a century ago, you culturally insensitive peckers!

MrPerson

@notquitedeadyet: Neither could I, but I'm not sure if that was just because I couldn't play it for more than 30min without getting really nauseous because of the colours.

@Kenny: No kidding, I can't wait for their enforced rule upon all of creation...

Mainly so I can say "I told you....did I not tell you!!!" like the doom sayer I am...

Vexer_Zero

@Thomas Henry Ward: Yeah, God forbid that a company tries to expand and make money huh?

THE HUMANITY OF IT ALL!

@Thomas Henry Ward:
I think, after a few fumbled franchise's, being bought out by SE is one of the best thing's Eidos have done in a while.
SE are pretty enthuastic about having a western developer, and as Eidos isn't going to suddenly start making games in Japanese first, your not gonna see games being late. Also these guy's are stinking rich, so they can shovel a crap load of cash into Eidos to get it pumping out great games again. Though Batman should give them a nice adrenaline shot.

Would have figured a british coumpany would have somthing in england but nm

Xiandel

Would have figured a british coumpany would have somthing in england but nm

Xiandel

@Xiandel:

They do. Eidos is based in Wimbledon. This map is incorrect at every point.

@deanbmmv: I know they aren't trying to make everything into jrpg's, but in this one instance it would be something interesting to do.

Lets face it, Eidos hasn't done much good with Tomb Raider. I think the bad has far exceeded the good.

@BlueToas had an epiphany!:

VIVE L'EMEPREUR

*salutes à la Big Boss with a solitary tear running down his cheek*

Square at Montreal, that is my childhood dream

Video game companies are becoming so unpredictable now, I'm baffled about square's decision to do this

xxAlucarDraculax

@Hey_Blinkon: Surprising enough, that sounds like it could be an interesting way to reinvent the series. Bring back the series to before she became the tomb raider we all know and hate and make her a platforming teenie that will hook the other teenies on the TR series then slap her back into a jungle fighting bears.

-MasterDex-

@FP Shindokie: You're dreaming. We'll get Eidos games a bit early but waaay to much localisation involved with a European release of a JRPG.

-MasterDex-

@NKato: You sure? I can't imagine SE allowing another publisher to publish one of their games.

-MasterDex-

I think kotaku got the wrong charts, here's the actual chart released by square enix

+ Watch video

Demoneyejin

@Prosper:

... at which point they'll give control of the series to Tetsuya Nomura, and everything goes downhill from there.

Billy Añonuevo

Legacy of Kain + Square = Oh my.

Project Thanatos

@Grooveraider: Just something about Square owning Tomb Raider that seems sooo wrong.
lol

@Stikasasn:
Cue spiky haired, big sword wielding teen Lara tasked with saving the world from a grey haired, overhyped crybaby featuring giant sword.

Does this mean the Hitman is going to grow long, bouncy hair and start wearing clothes made out of belts?

Also, become 12 and openly gay?

lolomfgisuck

What about Ion Storm? Surely, Eidos still owns them (if they aren't dead yet...). Because...
Daikatana - HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Tye-The-Czar

Aaa its the sqeedos empire!

Eidos had a development studio in sweden? I had no idea. Anyone knows what they're working on?

beril

@Shell_Kracker: It wouldn't really happen though. As far as I know the only cross over between old square and enix franchises so far is in Itadaki Street for PSP

beril

They better not ruin Hitman, which in my opinion is one of the most underrated franchises around... If Agent 47's next games sees him with spiky hair I'm swearing off video games for life!

King_Krunk

@Yamagata: So Namco Bandai took over D3 Publishers. There's possibility that maybe a Japanese company will take over Midway like maybe Capcom, or Tecmo-Koei. Does that Mortal Kombat will suck even more because Capcom made Mortal Kombat looks too Street Fighter-ish or they decided to make Mortal Kombat vs Street Fighters (Which I would love to see).

mdo7

@NKato: That's true. For the JApanese version of this game, Konami will publish this game, not SE like if you thinking SE will publish this in Japan.

mdo7

For some reason i don't feel the same anger i did when there were talks of EA trying to take over take2.

NerdyxTimx

@Prosper: No, hush your heretic mouth. I refuse to see envision the LoK series with spiky hair and bad dialouge.

As much as I love that series and it sucks that the story was never finished I'd rather it stay dead than Squeenix ever putting their grubby little fingers on it and ruining it.

Darastryx

@NKato: Final Fantasy: Catfight
Lara vs. Tifa

@rp0: What, lots of buckles and emo hair? I was thinking the very same thing.

Jibberwockee

how holy crap. apparently there are a lot of people that haven't played SE games in a long time. They are moving away from turn based games. jus look at the latest series. kingdom hearts, ffchronicles, heck even ffXII (while i didnt lk the combat) was not turn based. as it looks XIII will have a very non turn based combat(to a extent). i happened to really like the latest from SE. from last remnant, while it def had a flawed Battle system was a extremely entertaining story. and anything triace has made for SE has been amazing. i cant think of one game they made i havent liked. and most of you people are stuck in the FFVII age cause look at 8,9,10,12,and 13. non of them have main characters that have spiky hair. yes they did over push 7 the past few years but some of the game where worth them over pushing the series such as crisis core. when SE bought Eidos it doesnt mean they ddnt buy the same minds behind their games. all the key ppl are still there. cept for the sadly departed LoK developers. but i would love to see that series revived. it would still be in the hands of Eidos developers. i doubt SE would want it to be put in someones hands that have no clue the direction of the game. this is a major move for the gaming world. finally someone competing against EA.

James Darren Black

Something, something, something "Dark Side" .... something, something, something "complete".

City17Mailman

Something, something, something "Dark Side" .... something, something, something "complete".

City17Mailman

Something, something, something "Dark Side" .... something, something, something "complete".

City17Mailman

Something, something, something "Dark Side" .... something, something, something "complete".

City17Mailman

Something, something, something "Dark Side" .... something, something, something "complete".

City17Mailman

@Chances: Or something totally new that's as great as Freedom Fighters was.

@Chances: Or something totally new that's as great as Freedom Fighters was.

Which means that Squenix now has an office here in Montreal...

guspaz