Eidos Interactive

U.K. publisherfounded in 1990 closed in 2009-04-22 status: bought

13.8

per year

years active

aka(s): Eidos

Eidos was founded in 1990 as a video services company and for the first five years of its existence was focused upon developing its proprietary video codec (compression / decompression) software, Escape.

Later the company acquired the following companies:
1995 - Domark
1996 - U.S. Gold
1996 - CentreGold
1998 - Crystal Dynamics
2004 - IO Interactive

Bought by SCi on 2005-05-16, then by Square Enix on 2009-04-22. Eidos name will cease to be used when the "brand" is renamed to Square Enix Europe.

Notable collaborators: Jesper Kyd and Rhianna Pratchett

It is known for Arena Wars, Batman: Arkham, Battlestations, Championship Manager, Commandos, Deus Ex, Dragon Quest, Dragon Quest Monsters, Fear Effect, Final Fantasy, Gauntlet, Gex series, Hitman, Just Cause, Kane & Lynch, Kingdom Hearts, Legacy of Kain, Myth, Original Tomb Raider, Resident Evil, Resident Evil: Main series, ShellShock, So Blonde, Supreme Commander, Test Drive, Tex Murphy, Thief, TimeSplitters, Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider 2006 Reboot, Way of the Samurai

Releases per year

1995	1
1996	16
1997	21
1998	25
1999	31
2000	43
2001	24
2002	32
2003	27
2004	18
2005	20
2006	48
2007	32
2008	27
2009	22
2010	12

2012	2

2014	6

2024	6

413 video games with valid date were considered (100%)

Overall rankings

	15
	172
	86
	25
	1

3.6

average

Common gametypes

Top platforms

Windows	133
PS	49
PS2	47
Xbox	39
X360	22
Nintendo DS	19
PSP	15
Dreamcast	13
Wii	12
PS3	9
GameCube	8
Saturn	7
GBA	5
Mobile	5
Mac OS Classic	5

Deus Ex
Windows 2000-06-22

Tomb Raider
PS 1996-11-15

Tomb Raider: Underworld image #2 Tomb Raider: Underworld

Tomb Raider: Underworld
PS3 2008-11-18

Tomb Raider: Underworld image #3 Tomb Raider: Underworld

Tomb Raider: Underworld
Windows 2008-11-18

Deus Ex: Invisible War image #4 Deus Ex: Invisible War

Deus Ex: Invisible War
Windows 2003-12-02

102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue image #5 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue

102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue
PS 2000-11-30

Daikatana
Windows 2000-04-14

Supreme Commander 2 image #7 Supreme Commander 2

Supreme Commander 2
Windows 2010-03-02

Tomb Raider: Legend image #8 Tomb Raider: Legend

Tomb Raider: Legend
X360 2006-04-25

Justice League: Heroes image #9 Justice League: Heroes

Justice League: Heroes
PSP 2006-11-28

Thief II: The Metal Age image #10 Thief II: The Metal Age

Thief II: The Metal Age
Windows 2000-02-29

Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft image #11 Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft

Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft
PS 1998-10-31