EON Digital Entertainment
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Eon Digital Entertainment was a computer games publishing company based in London, UK, operating globally. It was founded by John Burns, now of Electronic Arts and a former Managing Director of Activision
Activision
Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles...

 Europe as well as senior management figure at Atari, Sega and Bandai. Other management included Sara Pelton of Ubisoft&Activision, James Cato of Take 2 Interactive and several other experienced industry management figures.

The company was founded in 2000, initially targeting the PlayStation and GameBoy platforms. Later they went on to also publish several PC and PlayStation 2 games, the first one was called Airfix Dogfighter. In 2000 the company merged with an Italian Distributor, Gaming TV station and Website to form 'Digital Bros' a planned 'Total gaming company' which subsequently floated on the Italian stock exchange in late 2000. In 2002, Eon was closed after Burns departed the company leaving some developers like Bethesda Softworks
Bethesda Softworks
Bethesda Softworks, LLC, is an American video game company. A subsidiary of ZeniMax Media, the company was originally based in Bethesda, Maryland and eventually moved to their current location in Rockville, Maryland...

 to search for new publishers. Eon for example had been set to release The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, often simply referred to as Morrowind, is a single-player computer role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios, and published by Bethesda Softworks and Ubisoft. It is the third installment in The Elder Scrolls series of games, following The Elder Scrolls...

 and Sea Dogs
Sea Dogs
Sea Dogs received mixed views from critics on its release. IGN were impressed with it, calling it "one booty call you won't want to miss". Gamespot were also positive about the game saying it's "an adventure that can be enthralling despite its many problems"....

 in Europe as well as Star Trek Elite Force and others.

Games published

  • Airfix Dogfighter
    Airfix Dogfighter
    Airfix Dogfighter is a 2000 flight-combat video game for the personal computer; developed by Unique Development Studios and Paradox Entertainment, published by EON Digital Entertainment, it was released on January 14 in North America and Europe...

     (PC)
  • Crime Cities
    Crime Cities
    Crime Cities is a computer game for Microsoft Windows compatible PCs. Developed by Techland and published in 2000 by EON Digital Entertainment , Crime Cities is primarily an action game that also incorporates some elements of auto racing. Crime Cities is rated "Teen" by the ESRB.-External links:* *...

     (PC, 2000)
  • Mission: Humanity (PC)
  • SUper (PC)
  • Super Bust-A-Move (PC)
  • Z: Steel Soldiers
    Z: Steel Soldiers
    Z: Steel Soldiers is a real-time strategy game released by the Bitmap Brothers on 15 June, 2001 for the Windows platform. It is the sequel of their earlier game Z, and follows the same futuristic military science fiction storyline and battlefield gameplay...

     (PC, 2001)
  • Builder's Block (PlayStation)
  • Chaos Break
    Chaos Break
    Chaos Break is a survival horror game that was released for the Sony PlayStation in 2000.-Plot:Similar to Resident Evil before it, Chaos Break is essentially a third-person shooting game, with echoes of survival horror such as Resident Evil...

     (PlayStation)
  • Formula Nippon (PlayStation)
  • Wild Rapids
    Wild Rapids
    Wild Rapids is a water sports videogame developed by Fujimic, Inc in 1994 for the PlayStation. It is the first kayaking game to be released on the PlayStation.-Gameplay:In Wild Rapids there are 3 playable modes, tournement, time attack and vs battle...

    (Playstation, 1994)
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