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Eidos Interactive

1995 / 1990 tot 1 1996 / 1990 tot 17 1997 / 1990 tot 38 1998 / 1990 tot 63 1999 / 1990 tot 94 2000 / 1990 tot 136 2001 / 1990 tot 159 2002 / 1990 tot 191 2003 / 1990 tot 218 2004 / 1990 tot 236 2005 / 1990 tot 256 2006 / 1990 tot 304 2007 / 1990 tot 336 2008 / 1990 tot 362 2009 / 1990 tot 384 2010 / 1990 tot 396 2012 / 1990 tot 398 2014 / 1990 tot 404 2024 / 1990 tot 410
Founded in 1990 closed in 2009-04-22
Status: bought
Country: U.K.

410
games
30
active years
13.7
per year
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.

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

19951
199616
199721
199825
199931
200042
200123
200232
200327
200418
200520
200648
200732
200826
200922
201012
20122
20146
20246

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

Overall rankings

16
172
80
24
0

Common gametypes

action/reflex26%adventure17%shooter10%sport9%strategy7%other28%

Top platforms

Windows 132
PS 48
PS2 47
Xbox 39
X360 21
Nintendo DS 19
PSP 15
Dreamcast 13
Wii 12
PS3 9
GameCube 8
Saturn 7
Mobile 5
Mac OS Classic 5
GBA 5
Deus Ex (Windows)
Deus Ex
WIN 2000-06-22
Tomb Raider (PlayStation)
Tomb Raider
PS1 1996-11-15
Tomb Raider: Underworld (PlayStation 3)
Tomb Raider: Underworld
PS3 2008-11-18
Tomb Raider: Underworld (Windows)
Tomb Raider: Underworld
WIN 2008-11-18
Deus Ex: Invisible War (Windows)
Deus Ex: Invisible War
WIN 2003-12-02
102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue (PlayStation)
102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue
PS1 2000-11-30
Daikatana (Windows)
Daikatana
WIN 2000-04-14
Supreme Commander 2 (Windows)
Supreme Commander 2
WIN 2010-03-02
Tomb Raider: Legend (Xbox 360)
Tomb Raider: Legend
X360 2006-04-25
Justice League: Heroes (PlayStation Portable)
Justice League: Heroes
PSP 2006-11-28
Thief II: The Metal Age (Windows)
Thief II: The Metal Age
WIN 2000-02-29
Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft (PlayStation)
Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft
PS1 1998-10-31

Eidos Interactive best rated games

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 22001win
Batman: Arkham Asylum2009x360
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines1998win
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 22001ps2
Anachronox2001win
Deus Ex2000win
Revenant1999win
TimeSplitters 22002xbox
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin2002win
Thief Gold1999win

Eidos Interactive worst games

Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness2003win
Deathtrap Dungeon1998win
Conflict: Denied Ops2008win
Timeline2000win
Daikatana2000win

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