The publishing world just got a little bit smaller today with the announcement from GamesIndustry.biz that Japan’s Square Enix has officially bought out the UK based Eidos. Eidos shareholders voted with an overwhelming majority to accept Squenix’s 32 pence per share bid, giving the holders of the Final Fantasy franchise an 85% controlling interest.
Eidos will be delisted in late April and the unholy union will be complete in May. No word yet on Tetsuya Nomura’s “belts & zippers” redesign for Lara Croft just yet. However, a special internet task force has been deployed to create a new shorthand nickname for this behemoth, with Squeidox being the current frontrunner.
As long as this doesn’t affect the upcoming Deus Ex 3, then more power to Square Enix. As for Lara, this change will go hand in hand with the series’ redesign that was previously mentioned by the developer shortly after Underworld’s release.
Excellent. I can’t wait for Agent 47′s metasexual transformation. Yatah!
I really hope Squeidox is not a real option. That would just be awful. Square Enix should just completely absorb Eidos and forget that it ever had it’s own name. Besides, as long as Tomb Raider and Hitman still get made, then no one will miss it.
1. How do you pronounce that?!
2. FF Lara Croft? That could be really cool or really not…