Acquired by Eidos in 2007, in order to boost its casual mobile gaming market share, Rockpool Games employees have been made redundant and the Manchester development studio has been shut down according to Bill Harbison, a former employee. Eidos has now confirmed the closure blaming the "incredibly challenging and competitive times" so it can keep its costs under control. Earlier this year Eidos had already laid off a number of Crystal Dynamics (Tomb Raider) employees, and last year shut down Pivotal.

Tomb Raider: Underworld is an epic adventure game that delivers exploration-based gameplay giving players a new level of challenge and choice as they solve mysteries from exotic locations around the world. Tomb Raider: Underworld has so far sold 1.5 million copies, below Eidos' internal forecasts, primarily due to a slow start in North America. As a result Eidos has revised its revenue downward, which in turn made its stock values drop 25%.

SCi/Eidos' takeover talks that it declared were "over" in early 2008 were back on track with EA, Ubisoft, and Warner Bros., and last month, Square Enix came into the mix. The stakes have been raised as MCV reports that Warner Bros., which already owned 10% of the British publisher/developer through a strategic partnership, has now acquired another 10%.

SCi/Eidos' takeover talks that it declared were "over" in early 2008 are back on track with EA, Ubisoft, and Warner Bros. (who already owns 20% of SCi) in the running, but according to UK trade mag MCV, a new player has emerged. A few months ago, Square Enix tried to acquire Tecmo but was rejected in favor of KOEI, while more recently it not only signed Gas Powered Games' Supreme Commander 2, but has also set up a new development studio in California, making its Western expansion plans quite clear.

With SCi/Eidos' losses mounting, the takeover talks that it declared were "over" in early 2008 are back on track, according to UK's DailyMail. Back in February, SCi started restructuring, delaying and canceling various titles, and a few months later secured $120 million funding by partnering with Warner Bros. (having turned down an offer from Infogrames), but none of that seems to have stopped it shares from plummeting. Looking to acquire the Tomb Raider/Hitman publisher, which was once valued £1billion, on the cheap, inside sources reveal EA and Ubisoft might have a renewed interest.

Independent in-game advertising company Double Fusion has strengthened its PS3 portfolio by securing exclusive advertising opportunities with another slew of publishers: THQ, SEGA, Eidos and Midway.

So Blonde, written by Broken Sword's Steve Ince, is an adventure game based around beautiful (anti-)heroine Sunny Blonde, featuring jet black humor that goes far beyond trite clichés, gorgeous cartoon graphics, puzzling riddles and a ton of gameplay surprises.

Eidos parent company SCi released its 2007 financial results revealing a £99.1 million loss compared to £13.3 million the year prior. SCi CEO Phil Rogers attributes the increased loss to the restructuring it started last year, cutting various studios and titles, but says the results of that should start showing this fiscal year. Rogers also announced that at the upcoming Dec. 2 shareholder meeting a name change proposal will be presented, as apparently it thinks Eidos is a strong product brand name.

Check out the following new screens & trailers from Eidos' Games Convention 2008 lineup:

• 'Colour Cross' (NDS) - 6 New Screens
• 'Dungeon Maker' (NDS) - 8 New Screens
• 'Flower, Sun and Rain' (NDS) - 6 New Screens
• 'Gauntlet' (NDS) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Monster Lab' (NDS/Wii) - 5 New Screens & Trailer
• 'My Makeup' (NDS) - 5 New Screens
• 'My Secret Diary' (NDS) - 23 New Screens
• 'Shellshock 2: Blood Trails' (X360/PC) - New Screens

Novint Technologies has signed an agreement with Eidos to make several of their titles available for the Novint Falcon game controller. Tomb Raider: Legend, Hitman: Blood Money, 25 to Life, Just Cause, BattleStations: Midway, and Kane & Lynch will all be touch-enabled for the Falcon, allowing players to feel realistic game actions, environments, objects and force feedback.

Check out the following new screens from Eidos' E3 2008 lineup:

• Monster Lab (NDS/Wii) - 70 New Screens
• Battlestations: Pacific (X360/PC) - 21 New Screens
• Tomb Raider Underworld (ALL) - 17 New Screens

Eidos parent company SCi announced it no longer believes a sale of the company is in its best interest, and also updated its 2008 release schedule, delaying 4 of its 10 2008 titles until the end of the year, with the most prominent being Tomb Raider: Underworld, (previously on PC, PS3 and X360, now also on NDS, Wii and PS2). Eidos revealed that controversial Kane & Lynch has sold more than 1 million copies since launch.

Ever since SCi, Eidos' parent company, revealed that it was in "early/preliminary" talks with several interested parties regarding a possible takeover, rumors have been plentiful. When David Zucker became Midway's CEO in 2003, there were negotiations but nothing came of it, and a few months back Ubisoft stated it was no longer interested. Industry insiders now claim SCi and Midway may have picked up where they left off, but neither party gave any comment.

Eidos today announced the official opening of Eidos-Montreal, its brand new development studio in the heart of downtown Montréal, which is currently working on the third installment in the Deux Ex franchise.

The game follows Alvin, Simon, & Theodore on their latest mission to play during the battle of the bands event Rockathonapalooza. As the Chipmunks perform in each of the musical level players are challenged to keep in rhythm.

Alvin and the Chipmunks follows Alvin, Simon, & Theodore on their latest mission to play during the battle of the bands event Rockathonapalooza. As the Chipmunks perform in each of the musical levels—from school proms to Burning Man to Forest Arenas to the ultimate, Rockathonapalooza – players are challenged to keep in rhythm with the music.

Last month, speculation ran wild when Eidos' parent company SCi revealed that it was in early stages of talks with several interested parties to take over the UK publisher/developer. One of the possible but unconfirmed buyers was said to be Ubisoft, but today, a spokesperson stated that it "has no intention of making an offer for SCI-Eidos."

A few weeks back SCi, Eidos' parent company, revealed that it was in preliminary talks with an interested party regarding a possible takeover, although it stressed that negotiations were very early. According to the TimesOnline, there could be more to it, as it claims not one, but three entities are looking into taking over the Lara Croft publisher: Ubisoft, Time Warner (who already owns 10%) and an unidentified Chinese company. The strong interest in the UK publisher/developer has sent its stock prices soaring 5%.

Deadline Games has concluded a major three-year deal with game publisher EIDOS to develop ten titles based on cartoon characters from the Hanna-Barbera studio licensed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.

Eidos has released screens and trailers for its upcoming titles:

• 'Kane & Lynch: Dead Men' (PS3/X360/PC) - Screens
• 'Tomb Raider: Anniversary' (Wii) - Screens
• 'Kengo: Legend of the 9' (X360) - Screens
• 'Highlander' (PS3/X360/PC) Announced - Screens

Eidos has signed a three-year deal with Double Fusion, the in-game advertising specialists. The deal covers 10 key Eidos titles, all currently in various stages of development.

GEON: emotions is a psychedelic, pick-up-and-play game of rapidly changing tactics. Playing as one of eight emotions – Rage, Passion, Fear, Envy, Rapture, Courage, Bliss or Melancholy – players must race to collect pellets and score goals, using power-ups and their ‘emotional’ strengths and weaknesses.

Eidos has released screens and trailers for its upcoming titles:

• 'Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures' (X360/PC) - Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Kane & Lynch: Dead Men' (PS3/X360/PC) - Features & Screens

In an interview with Canadian MusiquePlus Eidos France's director Patrick Melchior revealed that the freshly formed Montreal studio's "first mission" is working on a new Deus Ex game, the 3rd (not counting Deus Ex: Clan Wars which was later renamed Project: Snowblind) in the franchise since its conception in 2000. No platforms or release date were mentioned.

Following the recent acquisition of Rockpool Eidos Interactive announce its newly established Casual Games label, SoGoPlay, carefully chosen to be the standalone brand which epitomizes the essence of casual gaming and embraces both boxed retail and digital casual titles under a single umbrella.