News Corp Deal With Eidos Confirmed

GamesIndustry.biz has confirmed that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp will be closing a deal with the United Kingdom publisher Eidos in the near future. This move has been seen by some as inevitable, as games become more popular and profitable. From the article: "Rumours that a deal was close to being struck initially stemmed from a number of tell-tale signs at the firm's offices - specifically a hiring freeze across the company, and reports that development studios have been told to prepare presentations on each of their projects for the new owners."

Re:Eidos track record

[HarvardAce]

Final Fantasy VII was published by Eidos for the PC. That's the only one I can be sure of, and I know that because it came in the odd-shaped box that all of the Eidos games were shipped in at the time. You know, the one that's sort of trapezoidal, sort of triangular...