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Square Enix are notorious for bleeding their intellectual properties dry. You like Final Fantasy? Here's 119 Final fantasy games, etc etc. And now that Square owns Eidos, things are only going to get worse.

Addressing shareholders following Square's purchase of Eidos, Square Enix boss Yoichi "Imperial Hot" Wada told of the company's success in creating a "number of deliverables from one worldview" for their franchises. Which is corporate speak for "we make a fuckton of money from Final Fantasy spin-offs, anime and toys".

He then said this was something that Eidos - another company with strong internal IP - had been lacking. But no more! With franchises like Tomb Raider, Hitman and...Kane & Lynch now a part of the Square Enix marketing juggernaut, Wada says "we are considering creating synergy by diversifying revenue sources for each Eidos IP, applying our approach".

"Our approach" being, you guessed it, an endless stream of Tomb Raider toys, cartoons, mobile games, WiiWare games, and iPhone games.

 

http://kotaku.com/5269596/now-square-enix-will-milk-eidos-properties-to-death-too#c



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Oh well, I don't really care about Eidos apart from their Battlestations franchise



What gave it away?  Final Fantasy XIII?  Final Fantasy Versus XIII?  Final Fantasy AGITO XIII?  Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days?



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I want a new Hitman... now.



                            

i loved the Hitman series



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When's the new Deus Ex out?



no idea



Scoobes said:
When's the new Deus Ex out?

Dunno. Wish I had a decent computer to play Deus Ex II (although I heard it was severely gimped down from Deus Ex). I'm becoming more and more pesimistic. Although I'm a console gamer, some games should be made for the PC first, then attempted to be brought to the console, not the other way around.

I hate the Prototype-ish powers (needles coming out? WTF?). I was expecting if anything, powers that were lesser or I guess... bulkier? Than the original Deus Ex, considering how you only have mechanical augmentations.

I'll love to see, in fact, you either trading in your limbs versus getting implants/prosthetics. Add maybe natural drugs and social bonuses you get from staying natural (and the ability to swim) it can be a huge deal.