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Eden Games SA (formerly known as Eden Studios) is a French
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based in
Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...
, France, that mainly focuses on the development of
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s.


History

The company was formed as a development group within
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' European subsidiary
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, which had developed the first ''
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'' for the
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. The studio would later rebrand into its own separate studio, known as Eden Studios, with Infogrames holding a 19.2% minority share. In April 2002,
Infogrames Atari SA (formerly Infogrames Entertainment SA ()), also known as Atari Group, is a French holding company headquartered in Paris that owns mainly video gaming-related interactive entertainment properties. Atari SA's core subsidiaries include ...
fully acquired Eden Studios. During this period, the company would continue develop racing games such as ''
Test Drive Unlimited ''Test Drive Unlimited'' is a 2006 Racing game, racing video game developed by Eden Games and published by Atari, Inc. (1993–present), Atari for Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. Beam Software, Atari Melbourne House developed the PlayStation 2 ...
'' and its sequel, '' Test Drive Unlimited 2'', while also venturing into other game genres with games like '' Kya: Dark Lineage''. Atari announced that throughout April 2011, they had laid off over 51 of the 80 employees working at the studio, leading to a majority of the employees going on strike.Maria Kalash et Netsabes, ''Le Salaire du labeur'', 15 février 2018, ''Canard PC'' n°375. In April 2012, Eden began negotiations as an attempt to separate from Atari. On 29 January 2013 the studio filed for judicial liquidation. On 31 October 2013, under the impulsion of former employees and with the financing of ID Invest and Monster Capital, Eden Games reopened as an independent game development studio without any involvement of Atari. The company then released its first game, ''GT Spirit'', on Apple TV in December 2015. The game was later followed up with ''Gear.Club'' and two
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versions - '' Gear.Club Unlimited'' and ''Gear.Club Unlimited 2''. From 2017 to 2021, the company was a subsidiary of Engine Media. In April 2022, Eden Games were acquired by the
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–based
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gaming company,
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. According to Animoca, the Eden team will be integrated into their business and work on blockchain-based racing games and contribute to Animoca's existing titles build around its REVV crypto token.


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