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In addition, in July 2009, according to a blog entry by the RAM Raider, Eidos is said to have banned the publication of tests for the action game Batman: Arkham Asylum until the end of the month. Here, too, the following applies: Both the rating and the quotation do not come from the actual test. On the German version of the website at that time there was also a reference to a review by Kotaku, which was also supposedly five out of five stars. The quote from the Game Informer cannot be found in the review there either. The Gamespy quote used on the website was also not taken from the test, but from a "preview". At Gamespy, however, the game received three out of five stars, Game Informer, on the other hand, does not work with a five-tier system and only rated the game with 70 out of 100 points. According to the website, Gamespy and Game Informer gave the game five out of five stars or a maximum rating. In addition, Eidos advertised on the official website at this time with ratings and test quotes that did not exist. Eidos had advertised extensively on the portal for Kane & Lynch and threatened the owner of GameSpot, CNet, to cut the six-figure advertising budget for 2008. The editor had rated the game " Kane & Lynch: Dead Men " with only 6.0 / 10.0 points and said in a video review, "Kane & Lynch: Dead Men is an ugly, ugly game". Heise), which had successfully put pressure on the American game magazine GameSpot to dismiss an editor employed there. In December 2007 there were several press releases about Eidos (e.g. caused a sensation in the file-sharing scene by having their works monitored by the company Logistep AG in exchange platforms and then using a law firm to enforce appropriate warnings with claims for damages. Only the developer studio Eidos Montreal kept its name. With the takeover of Square Enix, the name Eidos was given up as a publishing label and the company was renamed Square Enix. On March 25, 2009, the Eidos shareholders finally voted for the takeover by Square Enix at a general meeting. In early March, the two companies agreed on a purchase price of £ 84.3 million (~ $ 120 million). In February 2009, Square Enix announced that it would take over Eidos Interactive's parent company Eidos plc (formerly SCi Entertainment). Since then, SCi has published all games under the Eidos label and finally renamed itself Eidos plc in 2008.
With the acquisition of Eidos by its competitor SCi Entertainment in May 2005, the previous Board met on, including Ian Livingstone closed back and SCi sat among other things, its own chairman ( CEO ) Jane Cavanagh to the Board of Directors of Eidos. It was not until 1995, with the acquisition of Domark Software, that computer games began to be developed. When the company was founded in 1990, it initially specialized in video compression processes.