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eidos

(ˈaɪdɒs)
n
the intellectual character of a culture or a social group
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Noun1.eidos - (anthropology) the distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character of a culture or a social group
attribute - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
anthropology - the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings
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Program notes indicate that Eidos: Telos ("Form: End") had a cerebral genesis.
The Newcastle faithful will be there in force, and so could you, thanks to Eidos, one of the official Interactive partners of the England team.
Eidos blamed the results on delays in shipping two new games, which caused net sales to slide to 16.8m pounds ($26.9m) from 25.8m pounds ($41.4) last time.
In fairness, Eidos have done quite a good job of making the water look wet, but rest is a bit bland.
That's when the latest version of the Tomb Raider game will be released, according to developer Eidos. The long-awaited Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness title was originally due out last November, but final tweaking of the game has delayed its publication.
"In addition, the deal will facilitate the use of IO's leading edge technology platform across the Group, which will play a key role in the development of next generation titles," Eidos added.
WHEN Eidos split with Sports Interactive, the developers of the original Championship Manager game, it always promised to be a premier league derby clash to put the Old Firm to shame.
Backing the new offer, Eidos pointed out a 'number of key issues' that it said some shareholders may want to consider when voting on the SCi proposal.
Under the agreement, effective immediately, EA will have licences to all existing mobile channels and mobile devices for four key titles from Eidos. These are Tomb Raider Underworld, Just Cause 2, California Games X and Minesweeper.
Meanwhile, Electronic Arts has signed an agreement with Eidos Interactive for the licensing rights for selected titles from the Eidos catalogue for EA Mobile users.
Look at how Batman changed succesfully, from the rather sad character of the Michael Keaton era to the noir style of The Dark Knight," Times Online quoted Robert Brent, the chief financial officer of Eidos, as saying.
Square Enix president Yoichi Wada said: "Eidos's products are highly complementary to our business and will accelerate our aggressive expansion into Western markets."