Goodbye Eidos, Hello Square Enix Europe

@hagridore: I think it may be one of the last titles released under the Eidos name.

I mean, the game's publishers were decided before this take over. Konami is the publisher of it in Japan for example.

@Maverickly: how about Squeidos?

xblindx

Ah the heady days of the Justice League Europe, I can see what they are trying to do here. Also: SEE is a good acronym

@Psudonym: I don't like it either. So will we get Batman in America as a Square Enix Europe game?

@Matto4: Wish Granted!!!

I am sure I read somewhere probably here that they had no interest in changing the name, they were happy with Eidos. So err what changed.

enigma776

@The Red Comet: Oh, "I S.E.E. what you did there..." too.

@Black-Dog-Howls:

I see what you did there...

I really am just losing more and more loyalty for Square. I thought this company was the greatness of Video Gaming and RPGs. It made my favorite game. It has not lowered itself to what? A monopoly. A greedy fucking Monopoly.

mascot1063

Hitman needs a snazzy pointy hairstyle.....

Oh no hitman owned by final fantasy men :o

I guess I can stop calling them Squeenixdos then. And I enjoyed the 'dos' at the end...

@darkos87:
lol'd IRL

They're axing the Montreal studio.

Why?

It's not on the West Coast.

But there's already a Square Enix Europe! They're European and publish Square Enix games!

[www.square-enix.com]

Okay, so they're technically Square Enix Ltd, but this could get confusing.

Espy

I was really hoping they would combine the three names to be "SquarEdIx".

Thermatico

@leviathan.in.pieces: Not to mention the Hitman games. I've always connected the Square-Enix logo with RPGs, and I probably always will.

@chozo_hybrid: They'd probably make the Soul Reaver 8ft long and give Raziel and Kain weird sexual tension..I'll pass. I'd honestly rather the series stay dead than have Square fuck it up.

Deathbearer

So...

"The name Eidos is associated with crappy titles, so if we change it's name to Square Enix Europe, everyone will think they are buying good sames, even if it's the same development team and same titles".

...ok.

Man in the mirror

@Koji Otaku: E-Squeenix

@leviathan.in.pieces: I have to admit, that little chime and logo at the beginning of any SE trailer immediately gets me excited.

Yikes, a hostile takeover. That's just the business of things though...you have to expect these things to happen when you don't increase your bottom line. Don't hate square enix for this, they are just in it to make money.

This is not suprising...

Carmin Pierre

@[kotaku.com]

Armagetiton

@GOLD5: Does it come with a pre-order bonus? if it not I'm out.

@Black-Dog-Howls: We could go with SQUEE.

@Psudonym: A household name for mostly crappy products that fail to deliver? Nothing against Eidos but they release mostly terrible games with a few gems, sort of reverse Atlus. Its a perfect fit for them to join Square Enix though, Eidos and Squee are BIG on the sequels (how many tomb raider games are there now? How many Final Fantasy games INCLUDING spin-offs? its like a match made in heaven: part 2.)

@ShabanaRaccoon: It's always been the trend. There are books and movies that are decades old that talk about it.

BtownDesignGuy

S.E.E.? All your base really do belong to us! Muhahaha...

Ramonskito

@chozo_hybrid: Kain as an effeminate man...with ZIPPERS!!!

Esper mind tricks

Good to know. I now know to avoid all games that come out from Square Enix Europe. Edios has done nothing but puke out garbage so far, and I have little faith in them changing their ways.

a sad day

mzo

@chozo_hybrid: Soul Reaver's almost the only EIDOS game I care about, and I'd hate to see Raziel in Kingdom Hearts XVI, along Lara Croft.

@Titch007uk: To be honest, the PS game has aged wonderfully. It is still amazing, its graphic desing perfectly adapted to the technical limitations of the time, and if you want better resolution/textures, you can always get the Dreamcast and/or PC versions.
To think that 10 years later, we still have to endure loading screens and bad 3D metroidvanias...

@chozo_hybrid: I wouldn't mind a Soul Reaver re-make. To be honest. The PSOne game hasn't exactly aged well.

@ShadowOdin isn't american: Prove it.

Thomas Henry Ward

Damn. It seemed like just a couple of years ago when Eidos was swimming in Tomb Raider money way back in the PS1 era. I mean Core,Crystal Dynamics and the other studios were owned by Eidos right?

I remember thinking they were getting to be a powerhouse publisher themselves...How fast time flies.

So, this means the Batman Arkham game will be Square Europe no? It's developed by Rocksteady studios...

excaliburps

Hardly anything to lament upon. Games developed by Eidos will carry their name, all this means is Eidos will no longer be publisher brand. People have very little reason to care whatever the published is called for, developer is the one that counts.

@scuba2steve: It won't mean Squeenix games will come faster to Europe

@chozo_hybrid: I do. Remake the series for 360 and PS3, or at the very least release the games on live and psn....

@Quintus Thorn:

If they actually go through with it, it'll be weird to see the Square logo before the beginning of a Deus Ex game.

Even weirder would be seeing JC Denton in a Final Fantasy title. 0_0

Mr. Lonely Chaser

@Psudonym: I am bigger fan of Square so I don't mind.

elmorepow

My question is: what's going to happen to Deus Ex 3?

@xblindx: how did it come to this?

SansSanity

It begins.

Grind_Axis

Man, I hate to know what this could mean for Legacy of Kain...

I mean I know there was no sequel in the works, but if Square has anything to do with it... I'd hate to think.

Also they have a tendency to remake anything they own... I don't wanna see that.

chozo_hybrid

Microsoft some good money for square.....or the PS3 sale numbers scared the hell out of them.

@carrliadiere: It'll be SQENE since Scene kids love Square games.

Black-Dog-Howls

I used to work for Eidos and to be honest this is a long time coming. Square takes too long to develop a title and on the other hand Eidos rushed too many games. Hopefully between them they can strike a good balance.

bigfatone

Can't wait for 'Summer of the Bygone Empire's Chronicles from the Countess's diary: TR9 - Extended Director's Cut Version Deluxe Box set limited to 500 with an origami recreation of Lara's clitorus... In gold'.

@Luke Plunkett: Didn't CORE design those games? Eidos owned CORE and gave them phone games to work on when the big-boy work went to Crystal Dynamics. I bet any programmers left at either Eidos or CORE will be getting their walking papers soon, since their products couldn't match sales in the usual Squeenix range.

Does that mean that Square enix europe is publishing batman arkham asylum?

Because there aren't any shemales in batman as far as i know.

Sad news indeed. I always liked Eidos, and even enjoyed Kane and Lynch. Always lame to see job cuts as well.

Eidos's biggest association with Tomb Raider is taking it away from the people who created it after deadlining them into releasing a bad game, dooming the series to mediocrity.

I can't say that I feel bad that Eidos have, like Core Design, found themselves at the mercy of someone bigger.

Hey, maybe we'll get a Tomb Raider RPG. @Koji Otaku:

It's clearly SQEURO. Or maybe that sounded better in my head than it looks written down.

Sqeeeuronix ?

Sad to see the name go, but if it means that Squeenix games will come out faster in Europe I'm all over it...

Also does this merger mean that development tools would be shared? I for one wouldn't mind the next hitman or tomb raider to use the crystal tools engine... and end up looking as good as FFXIII

I dub Square Enix Europe, "SQUEE".

To be honest, the only franchises I care about from Eidos are Hitman and Thief (oh sorry, I mean Thi4f), and both of these are probably happening soon. So, so long as they dont turn out as utter shit by the time they are released, this might actually be a good thing.

Alternate

@Psudonym: MAKES ME FEEL.....slightly annoyed...

I know probably not much will change, but I get giddy over the fact that I might be seeing Tomb Raider games with the Squeenix logo on them.

@Koda89: Sucks to be Eidos, but Square Enix also never said they were going to keep the name (or people) around to begin with.

spannu

@Psudonym: Well, the brand survives for games DEVELOPED by the company. Though those are few and far between these days, it seems.

Good luck with Age of Conan...

Dyabolic

R.I.P Eidos let us hope this merge only means good things
'Raises Glass' To Eidos

Mr. Mattican (Puts on Monicle)

So what kind of acronym are we gonna come up with for Square Enix Europe? SQEE? SQENE?

@Psudonym: I feel the same. Eidos was a major name in the gaming industry. Turning it into Square Enix Europe removes pretty much any identity the studio/publisher had left.

It makes it sound and feel like just another part of the Square Enix Empire....

I don't give a shit about what the bigots do. It still won't help them release games like, 10 years later in Europe.

Thomas Henry Ward

='<

so it begins...

xblindx

I feel... a little gutted. I mean, nothing against Square but. I don't care if they are swimming in money. Eidos is kinda a household name around these parts.

But my feeling of dissapointment probably is nothing compared to the pretty good crew that's getting shafted.

Psudonym

Wow... that sucks for those that will be lose their jobs. With company buyouts, it is almost the trend lately. Hopefully, those laid off will be somewhat well compensated.

ShabanaRaccoon

Hum, moderator I've been posting for a month and I'm still inelegible...!

Imperial Hot style!

slowing taking over the games world?

@TrueSoldjaz: If they did it to just enhance what's there then that's all good. But knowing them, I'd say it won't be that way.

chozo_hybrid

@Deathbearer: That's exactly what I mean >< If they remade them to just look better and fix the odd bug - Good.

If the remake everything and girly it up and such and introduce them in spin-offs I'd die a little inside.

chozo_hybrid