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Read More »SCi plans major rebrand
SCi Entertainment’s Board has recommended that the firm changes its name to Eidos PLC. According to CEO Phil Rogers: The Board feels that it would be beneficial to align the name of the listed Company to the strong product brand that Eidos represents in order to benefit from a single …
Read More »SCi losses increase in transformative year
Eidos parent SCi Entertainment suffered a 99.1 million overall EBITDA loss in FY 2008, an increase on the 13.3 million posted a year before – but slightly under the 100m loss the company previously forecast . In what CEO Phil Rogers said was a year to transform the business”, the …
Read More »Eidos: Re-structuring going very well
Eidos creative director Ian Livingstone has told Edge that the publishers’ re-structuring program is ‘going very well’ after the beleaguered publisher revealed that it would be cutting 25 per cent of its workforce and moving to a ‘studio-led’ structure. The publisher has been releatively quiet since the announcement was made …
Read More »Another Batman game swings into view
As EA’s Dark Knight game continues to stutter under the weight of dodgy combat and a moody third person camera, this month’s edition of US mag Game Informer carries the scoop on yet another Batman title heading to retail – Eidos’ Batman: Arkham Asylum. The mag describes the game as …
Read More »London based Rocksteady developing Batman game for Eidos
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Read More »Eidos unveils new Lara Croft
Acrobatics and gymnastics coach Alison Carroll has been chosen as the new Lara Croft, replacing model Karima Adebibe. Tombraiderchronicles.com reports that the 23-year-old is a BGA accredited Club Coach in Tumbling, Sports Acrobatics, and General Gymnastics, and has a long association with the Bromley Valley Gymnastics Club and the Shirley …
Read More »Koch in for Eidos-owned distributor
Koch Media is set to buy Eidos’ Spanish distribution division Proein, MCV has learnt. Eidos parent SCi revealed that it was set to sell the offshoot in its trading update yesterday. A source close to the deal told MCV: "SCi wants rid as part of their restructuring, and this makes …
Read More »SCi to post £100m FY losses
Eidos parent SCi expects to post a 100 million loss for the 2007/2008 financial year – which it calls a period of ‘restructuring and transition’. The news came in the firm’s trading update this morning, in which it also revealed that it is to sell off its Spanish distribution business, …
Read More »SCi: ‘Were in good shape’
In a trading update released ahead of its fiscal 2008 financial results release on September 15th, SCi chief executive Phil Rogers has stated that the UK publisher is in good shape following a number of recent structural changes. Revenues are expected to hit 134 million, with losses of no more …
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