Eidos Officially Becomes Square Enix Europe
You may have heard news regarding Square Enix’s recent acquisition of famed publisher, Eidos. Well today it became official, with a full dissolution of the Eidos brand and the birth of Square Enix Europe. It’s an underwhelming name if you ask me. I hope they change it.
The new company is basically Eidos vets, with some European sales and marketing folks from Square Enix land. CEO Phil Rogers was picked to head the new branch, which is nice considering the route other mergers have taken of late. Stateside, Eidos’ North American marketing, sales and distribution operations been given to John Yamamoto, who heads our own Square Enix division.
Even though they decided to let the top dog from Eidos keep his position, some other folks won’t be so lucky. “Unfortunately we are expecting some jobs to be impacted directly by this in both Europe and North America,” an Eidos spokesperson said. “We are hoping to minimize this wherever possible and offer support and advice to any employees directly affected.”
Best of luck to the folks who will be searching for new jobs. Coming from a place like Eidos, it shouldn’t be too tough to get something together.
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