Fri, Mar 27, 2009 | 18:32 GMT
Eidos stockholders approve Square Enix take-over
Eidos shareholders have accepted a takeover bid made by Square Enix with an overwhelming majority.
Once Eidos’s shares have been delisted, Square will gain control sometime in late April.
With Square now owning 85 percent of Eidos shares, the company has control over Hitman, Championship Manager, Tomb Raider and all other IP’s owned by Eidos.
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Posted in: Development, Eidos, Financials, Retail, Square Enix, Trade
Tags: hitman, mergers, stocks, tomb raider
4 comments
#1
SERAPHEMZ
27/03/09, 6:42 pm
Tomb Raider RPG ???
#2
Mad-elph
27/03/09, 6:50 pm
So now there are 3 mega conglomerates? EA, Square-Enix and Blizzard Activision. Add in MS game studios (which have been trimmed a bit) and Sony 1st Party, and Nin thats 6 companies making more than 60% of the games.
#3
SticKboy
27/03/09, 8:09 pm
@ Mad-elph: You forget Take 2, Ubisoft, Atari, Codemasters and THQ in the West; plus Capcom, Konami, Sega, Namco and Tecmo-Koei in the East… an that’s just off the top of my head, I’m sure I’ve forgot some. So the situation *really* isn’t all that dire.
Also – MOAR SOUL REAVER PLAEZ
#4
SticKboy
27/03/09, 8:26 pm
Just remembered: Lucas Arts, NC Soft, SNK, Bethesda, Empire Interactive, Funcom, SouthPeak…, Interplay… and there are blatantlu others besides. We’re not in the realms of the monopolistic MegaCorps just yet!