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Eidos EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Resident Evil 2 and Soul Reaver now out on the PSN store 23 Two fantastic PlayStation One era games are available on the PlayStation Network Store this week. Resident Evil 2 and Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver are both up for grabs for the low price $5.99 eac... Hooking onto, under and above Just Cause 2 14 For as long as games have been a popular form of entertainment, they have always had to have a special trick. Sure, we don’t want to call it a “gimmick”, but there are always go... Introducing: Square Enix Europe 14 Here's something you should get used to if you live in the UK -- Square Enix Europe is the publisher of those Tomb Raider games. I know, weird, right?  That's how it's gonna' be, as Square E... Go see Deus Ex 3 and Thief 4 at Eidos Montreal 20 Eidos Montreal is inviting the public to come visit their studios and check out Deus Ex 3 and Thief 4 this Sunday. The studio (now owned by Square-Enix) is currently working on the two titles and... Kane & Lynch 2 viral teaser (possibly) get! 16 A viral video has hit the Internet today, rumored to be a teaser trailer for Kane & Lynch: Dog Days, the sequel to Eidos' sub-par but tragically promising co-op shooter. Despite what you mig... Watch things blow up in this Just Cause 2 trailer 18 I’ve never played the original Just Cause, but I sure hope that Rico Rodriguez, the protagonist of that game and its upcoming sequel, Just Cause 2, is a tongue-in-cheek character in the ve... Bruce Willis to star in Kane & Lynch movie 32 It's generally accepted that Kane & Lynch would make a much better movie than it would a videogame, so perhaps Bruce Willis hasn't signed his death warrant by agreeing to star in a film versi... Latest Just Cause 2 diary talks environment, antics 5 Just Cause 2’s environment, a colorful island named Panau, is being called a “playground” by Avalanche Studios. As explained in the latest developer diary, the island is rich wi... Batman: Arkham Asylum could've been a rhythm game 15 Batman: Arkham Asylum has been praised for its combat system, among many other things. The countering that Batman is required to do when prompted by enemies is very similar to a rhythm game, and ... Batman: Arkham Asylum sells 2 million bat-copies 19 What's better than a licensed game that's actually good? A licensed game that's actually good and selling. Hot off the heels of Warner Bros. announcing DC Entertainment, it's been revealed that B... Batman: Arkham Asylum DLC hitting all platforms 23 We haven’t the slightest idea what the free Batman: Arkham Asylum DLC is -- other than it’s downloadable and it’s content -- but here’s one confirmation: it’s hittin... Arkham Asylum breaks the Bat for pirates 65 Good anti-piracy measures are hard to find. At best, it can be an inconvenience for legit purchasers of games while other methods like SecuROM are almost universally loathed by gamers. It seems t... Batman: Arkham Asylum getting free mystery DLC very soon 55 Did you know that free Batman: Arkham Asylum DLC is coming in the next nine days? Unless you sat watching the game's menu news ticker, you wouldn't have found out before now. The game itself is p... Mini Ninjas: Hitman dev tries to make a kid-friendly game that doesn't suck 18 Hitman. Kane & Lynch. Freedom Fighters. These aren't exactly games you'd be comfortable playing with your kids or younger siblings. So when the developer behind those titles, IO Interactive, ... Review: Batman: Arkham Asylum 70 Finding a licensed superhero game which stays true to the source material while still managing to be fun is ridiculously hard. Just ask a fan of Superman how they feel about the assorted att... Another adorable Mini Ninjas trailer appears 9 I'll be perfectly honest, my interest in Mini Ninjas extends only as far as the trailers which have been released for it. The game itself does not particularly appeal, especially in light of Burc... Batman: Arkham Asylum swag makes me go a little crazy 29 After getting back from school today, I saw a big box waiting for me on my bed. I thought to myself “Oh, videogame companies! They’ll never get tired of spoiling me with free stuff!&r... Batman: Arkham Asylum is out this week, evidenced by trailer 13 Oh yes, the wait for Batman: Arkham Asylum is nearly at an end with the game releasing this week. To celebrate the Dark Knight's return to games, Eidos has released this launch trailer. There's a... Learn the dark history of Arkham Asylum 29 Batman: Arkham Asylum is just around the corner. Eidos and WB keep pumping out marketing for what's looking to be a very cool game. This video is different, however, as it focuses less on what's ... Eidos: Used games have no benefit to publishers 47 No sh*t?Eidos life president Ian Livingstone has attacked the pre-owned sales market, becoming one in a long line of people who have suddenly decided capitalism is bad, despite all the exploitati... Pay what you want for Championship Manager 2010 9 Yes, it is just like Radiohead, isn't it?Eidos is introducing a consumer-friendly pay scheme for Championship Manager 2010, offering players the chance to buy the game for as little as one Englis... Meet Tora of the Mini Ninjas 4 Eidos has been feeding us adorable tidbits of Mini Ninjas for a while now and it looks absolutely adorable. This new trailer is no exception. In it, the Ninja Master talks about Tora, one of his ... The Batcave is coming to PlayStation Home 16 Over on the Eidos forums, a FAQ for Batman: Arkham Asylum has an interesting addition under the section laying out exclusive content for the different platforms the game is releasing on in a a co... Resume links the next Hitman game to Batman developer 12 Mark Sloan has short-to-medium length brown hair and blue eyes. He’s an actor with experience in modeling as well as commercials and is interested in obtaining work in those two areas -- am... Just Cause movie is happening just 'cause 9 As reported by Variety, the rights to make a film out of Just Cause have been acquired from Eidos by Adrian Askarieh, who is currently working on producing a Kane & Lynch movie as well. You m... The Batman Arkham Asylum demo is available 46 It’s time to play as the Bat again. The Batman Arkham Asylum demo is available for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It’s a big download. The Xbox LIVE version weighs in a little ov... Games Master's exclusive Arkham Asylum review is suspicious 44 Remember a few weeks back when it was alleged that Eidos had put certain conditions in place with a number of UK magazines, offering an early, exclusive review of Batman: Arkham Asylum if they we... Arkham Asylum will let you 'feel' Batman's power 11 Batman: Arkham Asylum director Sefton Hill says that taking "four, five, six henchman on" at a time won't be trouble for someone as badass as the Caped Crusader. The challenge doesn't c... Eidos trademarks Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days 37 Despite being known only for being a bad game and getting a GameSpot editor fired when he dared to say so, Kane & Lynch is getting a sequel. According to a new trademark from Eidos/Square Eni... Rumortoid: Tomb Raider reboot info and screens 28 So we all kind-of-sort-of knew that Tomb Raider was going to get yet another reboot after the underrated Tomb Raider: Underworld didn't sell as well as Eidos had thought it would. However, if the... Let me tell you a story as we look at Mini Ninjas box art 12 The other day I went in to GameStop to pick up one of those fancy MS Points cards that contain the imaginary Microsoft monies. Not unexpectedly, the gentleman behind the counter was putting on th... That's our Eidos: Arkham Asylum review score shenanigans 52 Oh Eidos, your PR department is really, really bad at keeping this crap under wraps, aren't you? The company has become notorious for trying to fix and/or "encourage" high review scores... Square Enix and Eidos restructure to make Square Enix Europe 11 It seemed like only a few months ago when, after being bought out by Square Enix, Eidos boss Phil Rogers was making remarks about how excited he was that the Eidos brand name would remain intact ... Super Saiyan Soul Bubbles is making its way to Japan 13 If the search function on the top right of the screen is accurate, then Mekensleep's action-puzzler Soul Bubbles hasn't gotten nearly enough attention from the Destructoid editorial staff, which ... Game creators talk about Batman: Arkham Asylum 6 I love me some Batman, but my favorite era of Batman lore is the Arkham Asylum time -- an even darker, grittier glimpse of what Gotham City usually looks like. Of course, when the game was delaye... E3 09: Just Cause 2 has crazy grappling hook action 6 Most videogames are built to let us do things we could never do in real life -- that is, they’re designed to make us feel like badasses. Just Cause 2 is that kind of videogame. The sequel t... E3 09: Hands-on with Batman: Arkham Asylum 21 Ever since Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins, Batman has been on a quality comeback. And this comeback doesn't just apply to film! In a weird way, it's kind of like the quality of Batman films an... Pre-E3 09: Eidos shows off their show lineup 3 Eidos comes to E3 as a Square Enix-owned company for the first time with a few titles to show off. Batman: Arkham Asylum will be playable on the PS3 here at E3 and will include maps that allow pl... Don't expect to see Thief 4 soon 10 Wipe the tears of glee and cork the anticipation. It looks like we popping skulls with blackjacks in Thief 4 for a while. An Eidos-Montreal developer recently told IncGamers (via Joystiq) that th... Thief 4 announced, real name is Thi4f 53 You can take it to the bank -- Eidos is working on Thief 4. Earlier this morning, a tweet from the official Eidos-Montreal Twitter account confirmed the existence of the title and also pointed it... Next Hitman game is already being worked on 27 Hitman is a popular enough series to warrant a movie, which I would never call disappointing for the simple fact that Olga Kurylenko is naked in it. A series with that much popularity will most l... Square Enix may decide to acquire another company 22 First Square Enix snaps up Tomb Raider's daddy, Eidos. And now they could be looking to buy up another games company.Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada told the Financial Times that he may not be done s... Square Enix to keep the Eidos brand name 19 Square has a thing for companies with names that start with the letter E. As you know, Square Enix has been preparing to buy up publisher Eidos, makers of Tomb Raider and several other games that... Square Enix: We take too long to make games 17 It seems like we've been waiting for ten thousand years for Square Enix to finally release Final Fantasy XIII, and Square Enix itself won't deny that some of its games take forever to come out. I... No joke: Play as the Joker in Batman: Arkham Asylum (Update) 47 It would seem that, far from being a complete waste of time, PlayStation Home can actually be a good source of leaked news. Advertisements for Batman: Arkham Asylum littered Home today promoting ... OMFG, watch out! Bane's in Batman: Arkham Asylum! 39 OK, fine. I give. I want whatever Eidos and Warner Bros. are trying to sell me here with Batman: Arkham Asylum.In today's trailer, we're introduced to one of the upcoming title's villains, Bane. ... Eidos teaser maybe, probably hints at Thief 4 13 It seems that Eidos Montreal -- currently working on Deus Ex 3 -- is gearing up to announce their second project soon. How do we know? Because it posted an image on its Web site that says they're... Batman's so sneaky in this 'Predator' walkthrough video 26 After getting my hands on Batman: Arkham Asylum at Game Developers Conference a few weeks ago, I can safely say it's on my "must-play list." I was a bit more forgiving than Anthony when... GDC 09: Hands-on with Batman: Arkham Asylum 26 When Nick asked me if I was okay with spending the entirety of my time at GDC visiting and reporting on conferences, I told him in a high-pitched, nasal voice that if anyone was showing the new B... GDC 09: This Batman: Arkham Asylum video may blow you away 54 Hear that? That's the sound of my jaw dropping. Granted, it doesn't take a whole lot to get me worked up over a videogame these days, but I'll be damned if Batman: Arkham Asylum doesn't look to b... We bust out exclusive Bombshell art from Battlestations: Pacific 11 Eidos and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment’s Battlestations: Pacific’s release is right around this corner. This spring, you’ll have the unique opportunity to kill people ... Tomb Raider DLC introduces a 'new' playable character 24 So it has come to this. Seemingly prepared to do anything to revive the ailing Tomb Raider series, it seems that Eidos will be introducing a brand new playable character with the upcoming Tomb Ra... Square Enix and Eidos deal seems to be a go 20 Slap some Materia into your pistols, Lara, as it seems that Square Enix and Eidos seem to have agreed on buyout terms, reports MCV. Eidos' complete share capitol will be bought up by Square Enix ... And the kingdom grows: Square-Enix reveal Eidos bid 17 We knew back in December that there was a good chance that RPG giant Square-Enix would bid to buy Eidos, but this morning brought confirmation that that was indeed the case. The bid for the compa... You really should look at these Batman: Arkham Asylum screenshots 7 I don't think excitement around any videogame based on a comic book has ever been as high as it is for Batman: Arkham Asylum. Why? Because Batman: Arkham Asylum looks really, really freakin' cool... Tomb Raider film 'reboot' in the works 20 Yesterday, we posted an unfounded rumor that actress Megan Fox was set to play Lara Croft in an upcoming Tomb Raider film. We didn't buy it for a second, but I'm going to be honest -- it was an e... New downloadable level revealed for Tomb Raider: Underworld, because it matters 13 Despite the fact that Tomb Raider: Underworld didn't sell nearly as well as Eidos had hoped, that hasn't stopped the publisher from charging ahead with a new downloadable level, exclusive to the ... Preview: Battlestations: Pacific 7 A sunset ferry ride is the last thing I would ever lump with coverage of a videogame, much less a videogame dealing with the violent struggle and sea battles in the World War II Pacific. But ther... Lara Croft getting a female-friendly makeover? 61 In the face of falling sales, Eidos is looking at yet another reinvention of Lara Croft in a bid to rekindle the popularity of the Tomb Raider franchise. According to reports, sales of Tomb Raide... 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