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{{sub-stub}}'''Eidos Interactive''' was a British video game publisher. In 2008, ''Square Enix'' purchased the company and renamed it as ''Square Enix Europe''.
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Eidos was originally formed to develop digitial video compression technologies, but found itself in the video game business after acquiring [[Domark]] in October 1995{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20010116155000/http://www1.eidosinteractive.co.uk/corporate/company_history.html}}. It would strengthen its position by acquiring the Centregold Group in April 1996, which included [[Core Design]] and [[U.S. Gold]]{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20010116155000/http://www1.eidosinteractive.co.uk/corporate/company_history.html}}, benefiting significantly with the release of ''[[Tomb Raider]]'' and its successors.
 
Eidos was originally formed to develop digitial video compression technologies, but found itself in the video game business after acquiring [[Domark]] in October 1995{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20010116155000/http://www1.eidosinteractive.co.uk/corporate/company_history.html}}. It would strengthen its position by acquiring the Centregold Group in April 1996, which included [[Core Design]] and [[U.S. Gold]]{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20010116155000/http://www1.eidosinteractive.co.uk/corporate/company_history.html}}, benefiting significantly with the release of ''[[Tomb Raider]]'' and its successors.

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Eidos Interactive
Founded: 1990[1]
T-series code: T-368
Merged into: Square Enix Europe (2009)
Headquarters:
United Kingdom

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Eidos Interactive was a British video game publisher.

Eidos was originally formed to develop digitial video compression technologies, but found itself in the video game business after acquiring Domark in October 1995[1]. It would strengthen its position by acquiring the Centregold Group in April 1996, which included Core Design and U.S. Gold[1], benefiting significantly with the release of Tomb Raider and its successors.

The company would be merged into Square Enix Europe in 2009 and no longer exists as a separate entity. Many of its intellectual properties are now owned by the Embracer Group, after Square Enix sold mnuch of its its Western assets in August 2022.

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