<![CDATA[Kotaku: Sci]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Sci]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/sci http://kotaku.com/tag/sci <![CDATA[SCi Spurns Infogrames Buyout Bid]]> French Atari parent Infogrames wants to purchase Eidos parent SCi, and has already extended it a "financially disciplined" offer, Infogrames revealed today via a regulatory announcement. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=384866&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Report: Mass Layoffs Hit Eidos]]> SCi, the parent company of Tomb Raider publisher Eidos, got a cash injection from its investment buddies at Warner Bros., the company announced today. The $120 million bailout is good news for SCi, but not so much for Eidos, as 1UP writes today that "sources have informed 1UP that Eidos's entire PR, marketing, and sales department has been laid off as part of the deal with Warner Bros." Yikes! That must be the translation of SCi CEO Phil Rogers "I want more distribution muscle in North America" statement. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=384300&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Eidos Cancels New Carmageddon Game]]> When we heard that Full Auto devs Pseudo Interactive had been shuttered by Eidos and SCi, we were told that their closure would affect a couple of unnamed projects. What we hadn't been told was that, according to sources who have tipped off Next-Gen, Psuedo had in fact been working on a new Carmageddon game, which Eidos cancelled in February just before the Games Developers Conference. Eidos, what the hell were you thinking? The only thing the world needs more than love, sweet love is a new, current-gen Carmageddon game. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=377119&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[SCi Kills 14 Projects, Cutting 25 Percent of Staff]]> SCi, developers of Tomb Raider, Hitman and Deus Ex, have canceled 14 of their projects and plan on laying off 200 people and cutting their annual operating costs by £14 million as part of a company restructuring plan meant to get SCi back on track. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=362265&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Mass Effect Special Coming to SCI FI One Day Late]]> Until Mass Effect is released on Nov. 20th and faces our impossibly high geek expectations, we can only comb over press releases for nuggets of missed goodness. That's how we realized that we'd completely missed the announcement that SCI FI, who has partnered like crazy with the game already, will be airing the 30-minute special Sci vs. Fi: Mass Effect on launch day. As we willingly inject ourselves with advertisement for a game we could otherwise be playing, we'll see:
...more in-depth information about the game, exclusive interviews and exciting behind-the scenes footage.
While this is a really neat idea and many of us will still tune in (via DVR), why wouldn't SCI FI run the special before we're playing the game, like on the 19th? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=319979&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ubi Snubs Lara]]> Ubisoft confirmed today that they were at one time interesting in picking up Lara Croft publisher SCi, but are now totally over her the company and want nothing to do with purchasing it. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=309701&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[More Tomb Raider Bidders Appear]]> SCi Entertainment, now officially going down in flames as they confirm a net loss of GBP 29.1 million in the past fiscal year, say that Ubisoft isn't the only company interesting in snatching up the company and their rights to the Tomb Raider series. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=304316&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[More Just Cause, Tomb Raider, Hitman Coming]]> In a financial release from Eidos' parent company SCi Entertainment, a series of minor product announcements were revealed, including a sequel to Avalance Studios' multi-platform Just Cause. As expected, Eidos will continue to milk its current franchises and base upcoming releases on platform market share. From the statement: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=231319&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Warner Bros. Invests in SCi Entertainment]]>
Warner Bros. Entertainment has announced that it will be investing in Eidos' parent company SCi Entertainment Group. The investment will represent 10.3 percent of the company's enlarged share capital. As part of the investment Warner Bros. has granted licenses to some pretty major properties to SCi, including Looney Tunes, The OC, and the comic book version of Batman, which means we can look forward to an all new bad Batman game soon! YAY! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=222239&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[SCi Accused of Theft and Sabotage]]> There's a bit of a brouhaha brewing between SCi and Hungarian developers MGE and Mithis Entertainment. Over the weekend The Sunday Times reported that Eidos was being investigated by police in Hungary over allegations that the company stole software from them, including source code for Battlestations: Midway, and sabotaged their computers. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=186193&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Tomb Raider and Hitman Branding Coming to Casinos]]>
British published SCi has announced that it will extend licenses for Hitman and Tomb Raider to a whole slew of gambling franchises, both online and in delicious meatspace: More »
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