Jadestone Group was a video game developer based in Stockholm, Sweden. It specialised in mobile and online games and was best known for Championship Manager Online (or CM-Online) alongside partner Eidos Interactive. On February 2, 2010, Jadestone Group announced Championship Manager Online would close on April 30, 2010 and that the decision was made by the games' owners Eidos Interactive. [1]
Championship Manager is a series of football-management simulation video games, the first of which was released in 1992.
Sports Interactive Limited is a British video game developer based in London, best known for the Football Manager series. Founded by brothers Oliver and Paul Collyer in July 1994, the studio was acquired by Japanese video game publisher Sega in 2006 and became part of Sega Europe. In addition to its work on Football Manager, the studio has also created a number of other sports-management simulations, including NHL Eastside Hockey Manager and Championship Manager Quiz, and is the former developer of Championship Manager.
Football Manager is a series of football management simulation video games developed by British developer Sports Interactive and published by Sega. The game began its life in 1992 as Championship Manager. However, following the break-up of their partnership with original publishers Eidos Interactive, triggered by the "fiasco" release of CM4 in 2003, Sports Interactive lost the naming rights to Eidos Interactive, but retained the game engine and data and re-branded the game Football Manager with their new publisher Sega. The latest version of Football Manager, titled Football Manager 2023, was released on 8 November 2022.
Square Enix Limited is a British subsidiary of Japanese video game company Square Enix, acting as their European publishing arm. Former publisher Eidos Interactive released Tomb Raider, debuted in 1996, and owned Crystal Dynamics, acquired in 1998, among numerous other assets. After 2009, its successor Square Enix Limited continued primarily producing previous Eidos franchises as part of Square Enix group. Other published games series include Championship Manager, debuted in 1992, and Hitman, from 2000 to 2017.
Warner Bros. Games is an American video game publisher based in Burbank, California, and part of the Global Streaming and Interactive Entertainment unit of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). The publisher was founded as Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment on January 14, 2004, under Warner Bros. Entertainment and transferred to its Home Entertainment division when that company was formed in October 2005. Warner Bros. Games manages the wholly owned game development studios TT Games, Rocksteady Studios, NetherRealm Studios, Monolith Productions, WB Games Boston, Avalanche Software, and WB Games Montréal, among others.
Beautiful Game Studios is a British video game developer based in London, England. The studio was set up in 2003 to take over the development of the Championship Manager after its former developer Sports Interactive ceased its involvement. Beautiful Game Studios was majorly restructured in November 2009, losing 80% of its staff.
The Zeebo is a 3G-enabled entertainment and education system from Zeebo Inc. It enabled users to play video games, and also connect to the Internet, communicate online and run educational applications. The Zeebo was targeted at developing markets such as Brazil and Mexico. Zeebo Inc. described the Zeebo as bringing "the fun and excitement of interactive entertainment and education to those who—until now—have had little or no access to such technology."
Football Manager 2005, known as Worldwide Soccer Manager 2005 in North America, is a football management simulation video game for PC Windows and Mac developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega. It is the inaugural entry in the new Football Manager series, and was succeeded by Football Manager 2006.
Championship Manager 5 is the fifth installment of the popular Championship Manager series of football management computer games. It is the first game in the series to be developed by Eidos, after the much publicised split between Eidos and Sports Interactive.
Championship Manager 2006 is a computer game in Eidos' Championship Manager series. It is essentially a seasonal update for Championship Manager 5. The game was developed by Beautiful Game Studios (BGS) and was released on Windows on March 31, 2006.
Championship Manager 03/04 is a football management game in the Championship Manager series, developed by Sports Interactive and published by Eidos Interactive, released for Windows in November 2003 and the following month on Mac computers.
IOMO was a British mobile game developer and publisher based in Hampshire, England. IOMO was founded by John Chasey, Glenn Broadway and Andrew Bain in 2000. Initially a developer, the company was very successful in the early stages of the mobile game industry and worked with the majority of mobile technologies and customers across the whole value chain. This ranged from pre-installed titles developed for handset manufacturers and carriers, creation of branded titles for mobile games publishers and self-published original titles.
The N-Gage service was a mobile gaming platform from Nokia that was available for several Nokia smartphones running on S60 (Symbian). N-Gage combined numerous games with 3D graphics into an application featuring online and social features. The service was a successor to the original 2003 N-Gage gaming device.
Dirk Dagger and the Fallen Idol is an adventure game by Jadestone published on the N-Gage 2.0 platform. The first episode in the Dirk Dagger series was released on August 19, 2008.
Eidos Interactive Corporation is a Canadian video game developer based in Montreal and part of Embracer Group. The studio was founded by Stéphane D'Astous in 2007 under SCi Entertainment. It became part of Square Enix Europe in 2009 and CDE Entertainment in 2022.
Championship Manager 2010 is an association football manager simulation video game developed by Beautiful Game Studios and published by Eidos Interactive. It was released for Microsoft Windows on September 11, 2009 making it the Second Championship Manager game to be released by Football Manager since Championship Manager 2007.
Square Enix Montréal was a Canadian video game developer based in Montreal. It created the Go series of turn-based puzzle games for mobile devices based on former Eidos Interactive intellectual properties.