It seems that somebody wants to buy the company behind Eidos, which owns the rights to
Tomb Raider,
Hitman and many other game franchises. SCi Entertainment, parent company of Eidos, confirms that they are in discussions of a buyout. Shares rose 13% on the news, but no official proposal was made yet. SCi acquired Eidos right as E3 2005 started.
According to Gamasutra, in January of 2006 there were already takeover talks of SCi, including Midway and Vivendi.
Although those talks apparently ended early last year, the rumor mill had it that Time Warner was now interested in them, this led to a
licensing agreement. It'll be interesting to find out who wants to buy
Ms. Croft and
Agent 47. Eidos has definitely seen an upturn in recent years, so hopefully whoever buys them will only continue down that path.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
LAZoftheTamarinds @ Sep 4th 2007 10:13AM
As long as they still release good quality games for all platforms I'm good.
samfish @ Sep 4th 2007 10:23AM
Watch it be EA.
stephmhishot @ Sep 4th 2007 10:25AM
my crystal ball sees microsoft swooping in
Joe @ Sep 4th 2007 10:54AM
I think this would be sweet to see Sony buy them out. After all the bad games the PS3 has coming out soon they need good news. Warhawk has been the only one to get a good review and it is only a multiplayer game. I like the PS3 alot but with the news that Lair and Heavenly Sword suck I want some good news and bringing back Tomb Raider to the PS consoles would be pretty big news and would also be cool to see.
Kazi @ Sep 4th 2007 12:14PM
Heavenly Sword doesn't necessarily suck, it just didn't live up to hype, it's still a pretty solid 7-8/10 game. Really, it's hard to get under a 7/10 when you're so clearly mimicking one of the best games of the previous generation.
GRANTED @ Sep 4th 2007 11:15AM
id play a new hitman