Eidos

Eidos Interactive is a publisher of video and computer games based in Britain. Its most well-known game series include Tomb Raider, Commandos, Deus Ex and Thief.

Founded in 1990 as a company specialising in video compression, Eidos began moving into games in 1995 with the acquisition of Domark (Known for 3D Construction Kit, Championship Manager, Hard Drivin' and many others). They also bought out Core Design (Probably best known for Chuck Rock, Curse of Enchantia, Heimdall and Rick Dangerous) and US Gold (Cybercon III], E-Motion, and Out Run))

The company maintains offices all around the world, including the United States, Germany, France, Australia and Japan.

On August 3rd, 2004, the Wall Street Journal reported that Edios is in preliminary discussions with a small number of companies in relation of a possible business combinations, Eidos was quoted in WSJ as stating "These discussions are at a preliminary stage and there can be no certainty as to whether or not they will lead to an offer being made for the Company in due course."