Eidos Hungary (formerly Mithis Entertainment) was a Hungarian

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based in

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History

The company was founded as Mithis Entertainment in March 2002 by former

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employees. Between 2002 and 2006, the studio produced '' Nexus: The Jupiter Incident'' (2004), a

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, and ''Creature Conflict: The Clan Wars'' (2005), a

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. In 2006, British

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acquired Mithis Entertainment and renamed it Eidos Hungary. In July 2006,

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reported Hungarian authorities investigated

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complaints by former Mithis and stakeholder MGE Software.

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categorically denied wrongdoing, stating the article confused ''Battlestations: Midway'' and '' Joint Task Force'' to clarify. SCi took over the development after being dissatisfied with MGE by exercised its contractual right, which MGE demanded compensation for prompting the allegation according to SCi. On 19 April 2010,

Square Enix Europe Eidos Interactive Limited (formerly Domark Limited) was a British video game publisher based in Wimbledon, London. Among its franchises were '' Championship Manager'', ''Deus Ex'', ''Hitman'', ''Thief'' and ''Tomb Raider''. Domark was founded b ...

confirmed that they had shut down Eidos Hungary in October 2009, due to the discontinuation of the ''Battlestations'' franchise. The CEO of Square Enix Europe, Phil Rogers, said “We were pleased with Eidos Hungary, but I think we realised that to be first or best in the RTS genre was going to be really challenging. It wasn’t necessarily something we were going to win”.

Games developed

* '' Nexus: The Jupiter Incident'' (2004) * ''Creature Conflict: The Clan Wars'' (2005) * '' Battlestations: Midway'' (2007) * '' Battlestations: Pacific'' (2009)

References

Video game companies established in 2002 2009 disestablishments in Hungary Defunct video game companies of Hungary Video game companies disestablished in 2009 Square Enix Hungarian companies established in 2002 {{SquareEnix-stub