Eidos Interactive

Eidos Interactive Limited
Formerly
  • Domark Limited (1984–1990)[1]
  • Domark Group Limited (1990–1996)[1]
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
Founded1984; 40 years ago (1984) in Putney, London, England
Founders
  • Mark Strachan
  • Dominic Wheatley
Defunct10 November 2009; 15 years ago (2009-11-10)
FateMerged with Square Enix in 2009
SuccessorSquare Enix Limited
Headquarters
Wimbledon, London
,
England
Key people
Ian Livingstone (executive chairman of Eidos plc, 1995–2002)
Products
Parent

Eidos Interactive Limited (formerly Domark Limited) was a British video game publisher based in Wimbledon, London. Among its notable franchises were Championship Manager, Deus Ex, Hitman, Thief, and Tomb Raider. Domark was founded by Mark Strachan and Dominic Wheatley in 1984. In 1995, it was acquired by software company Eidos. Ian Livingstone, who held a stake in Domark, became executive chairman of Eidos and held various roles including creative director. Eidos took over U.S. Gold in 1996, which included developer Core Design, and merged its operations including Domark, which created publishing subsidiary Eidos Interactive. The company acquired Crystal Dynamics in 1998, and owned numerous other assets. In 2005, parent Eidos was taken over by games publisher SCi. The combined company, SCi Entertainment Group, which was briefly renamed Eidos, was itself taken over by Square Enix in 2009.

Square Enix completed the merger with Eidos Interactive, absorbing it primarily into group company Square Enix Limited in November 2009 (also known as Square Enix Europe). Eidos executive Phil Rogers stayed with the company as Square Enix Europe CEO and became CEO of Americas and Europe in 2013 along with other executives.[a] In August 2022, games holding company Embracer Group completed its acquisition of studios Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal and Square Enix Montréal and intellectual properties Tomb Raider, Deus Ex and Thief among other assets. Rogers joined Embracer and formed an operative group called CDE Entertainment.

  1. ^ a b "Square Enix Limited - Overview". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Companies House. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2020.


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