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News - Square Enix, Eidos To Embark On IP Collaboration
News - Square Enix, Eidos To Embark On IP Collaboration
Could Square Enix and Eidos create IP together? Could they work with each others' IP? Here, Square Enix CEO and president Yoichi Wada and Eidos CEO Phil Rogers discuss with Gamasutra the intertwined creative future of the two companies. Japanese third-party giant Square Enix has completed its ...
Crystal Dynamics Loses Another 25 Jobs [Disturbance In The Workforce]
Crystal Dynamics Loses Another 25 Jobs [Disturbance In The Workforce]
kotaku.com — San Francisco-based Crystal Dynamics again feels the lash of layoffs, as Eidos confirms with Kotaku that around... twenty-five employees have been let go from the Tomb Raider development studio. We first heard stirrings of these new layoffs earlier ... (more) Crystal Dynamics Loses Another 25 Jobs [Disturbance In ...
Square-Enix what have you done?
Square-Enix what have you done?
examiner.com — Being a legendary game studio is no easy task; Square-Enix should know more than most. Releasing some... of the greatest games of all-time, there was an era where Square was simply unmatched when it came to pure role-playing goodness. (more) Square-Enix what have you done?
Eidos makes 25 more layoffs at Crystal Dynamics
Eidos makes 25 more layoffs at Crystal Dynamics
gamesbrief.com — According to Kotaku, Eidos has made 25 Crystal Dynamics staff redundant . The redundancies are part of... a “ continued drive to focus resources at the studio”. Added to the Job Loss Tracker . Related posts: Eidos makes 30 staff redundant at Crystal Dynamics High Moon makes 60 layoffs ... (more) Eidos makes 25 more layoffs at Crystal Dynamics
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Square-Enix, EIDOS creating new I.P. together
GoNintendo — ... Enix not only has IP for games, but there’s also IP for animation or manga, as well. So those IPs might be leveraged, for example, by Eidos — in order to turn them into a game. Or it can be vice versa as well: the game IP that the Eidos team has might be transferred over to the Square Enix team to turn it into a comic book, for example, or animation, or figures as well. And so those are some of the areas that this question concerns, as well. Full interview here

Square Enix, Eidos Working On Something TOGETHER [Square Enix]
Kotaku — ... and both develop and release games independently, there's one project they'll be working on together. Speaking with Gamasutra, Square boss Yoichi "Imperial Hot" Wada says the two firms "are going to be creating a new IP together", which will be the result of "a mutual understanding of each of the quarters" of both companies. Not adapted IP, not modified IP, new IP. So...a bald teenager in tiny shorts carrying an enormous sword? Square Enix, Eidos To Embark On IP Collaboration [Gamasutra] ...

Square Enix and Eidos announce first collaboration
Joystiq — ... Now that Eidos lives under Square-Enix's crystalline, spire-laden roof, it makes sense that we'd see the two companies collaborating on something. We just didn't think it'd be this soon. Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada recently told Gamasutra that it was ...

Square Enix and Eidos collaboration?
That VideoGame Blog — ... by Japanese powerhouse Square Enix (in a move I personally never saw coming and still boggles my mind) the questions now center around what the heck Squenix is going to do with all of their new IPs. Many of which aren’t exactly profitable given Eidos’ current situation. When asked about the possibilities of future cross-developer collaboration, Eidos CEA Phil Rogers says in a Gamasutra interview, “certainly, we look at the broad exploitation and management of IP expertise at Square Enix, so the potential to further IPs in that ...

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