Eidos Hungary
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| Formerly | Mithis Entertainment Kft. (2002–2006) |
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| Type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | March 2002 |
| Founder | Róbert Sugár |
| Defunct | October 2009 |
| Fate | Dissolved by parent |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Attila Söröss (head of studio) |
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| Parent | Square Enix Europe (2006–2009) |
Eidos Hungary (formerly Mithis Entertainment) was a Hungarian video game developer based in Budapest, Hungary. The company was founded as Mithis Entertainment in March 2002 by former Philos Laboratories employees.[1] Between 2002 and 2006, the studio produced Nexus: The Jupiter Incident (2004), a strategy video game, and Creature Conflict: The Clan Wars (2005), a shooter game. In 2006, British video game publisher Eidos Interactive acquired Mithis Entertainment and renamed it Eidos Hungary. Following the acquisition, Eidos Hungary went on to work on real-time tactics games Battlestations: Midway (2007) and Battlestations: Pacific (2009).
On 19 April 2010, Square Enix Europe confirmed that they had shut down Eidos Hungary in October 2009, due to the discontinuation of the Battlestations franchise.[2] The CEO of Square Enix Europe, Phil Rogers, said “We were pleased with Eidos Hungary, but I think we realised that to be first or best in the RTS genre was going to be really challenging. It wasn’t necessarily something we were going to win”.[3]
References[]
- ^ József "Szittyó" Szigetvári, ZeroCool (September 2002). "Új vizekre tévedve… Midway: Naval Battles" [Wandering into new waters… Midway: Naval Battles]. GameStar (in Hungarian). IDG Magyarország Lapkiadó Kft. pp. 18–20.
- ^ Crossley, Rob (19 April 2010). "Square Enix comes clean on cuts and closure". Develop. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ "Battlestations dev Eidos Hungary shut down last year, says Square Enix". VG247. 20 April 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
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