Do SCi release any games under their name anymore?

[gossi the dog]

Do they? Everything seems to be released under the Eidos brand nowadays?

[MikeRox]

I think they pretty much went with Eidos as it is the better known brand. Shame really as I actually prefered SCi as a brand.

[MattyD]

Their official website has a section for 'all SCi games released before 2005' so I guess they went with the Eidos brand.

Seems silly really, they buy a failed publisher and then use its name in place of their own name and back-history.

Still, it's nice to see at least one UK developer / publisher doing fairly well for itself.

[gossi the dog]

I'm surprised they don't release second rate (non premium) games under the SCi brand. Take Two for example have three or four different brands which they use dependent on the developer and the quality of the offering.

BTW MattyD. Take Two whilst listed in the US on Nasdaq are technically a British firm - they were formed over here and have their group HQ in Windsor.

[Concept]

They're American according to Wiki, with their HQ being in new York. It's their international HQ which is Windsor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Two

All very confusing as it's the same with Rockstar these days. Impossible to know if the likes of North are British anymore considering the collaboration within the companies is as interwoven as it is.

[gossi the dog]

Yeah your correct. I must have misread the info on their corporate website.

[MikeRox]

Rockstar North is British (Scottish to be precise), used to be DMA but the brand itself is considered American, mind you, most people think GTA is an US origined game.

[Concept]

I know who Rockstar North are and used to be.

If you check the credits in GTA and various other games from this generation then you'll see it's a fairly international/collaborative group.

[chis]

Wow! I'm old enough to remember SCi releases such as Carmageddon (ace), Cyberwar (dire game but phenomenal soundtrack), Swiv 3D (ace) and so on... they used to consistently release interesting games back in the mid-90s (often with cool soundtracks). What happened?

[MikeRox]

Games such as Conflict Desert Storm were fairly decent along with stuff like Richard Burns Rally. I still quite liked SCi. Carmageddon 2 is definately my fave game published by em tho, I lookin forward to tryin the Gizmondo Carmageddon as soon as I've bought an SD card Thats one franchise I'd love to see make a return on something like the 360.

[gossi the dog]

Rockstar North is British (Scottish to be precise), used to be DMA but the brand itself is considered American, mind you, most people think GTA is an US origined game.

Wikipedia is a bit sparse when it comes to info regarding the formation of both Take Two and Rockstar. I'm pretty sure that Take Two were formed in the UK by former employees of BMG Interactive. I'm not so sure about Rockstar though.

[MattyD]

Desert Storm II was ace. Not exactly a sensitive or fair portrayal of war but hey