Eidos Goes Olympic

Eidos announced Tuesday that it had signed an agreement with International Sports Multimedia (ISM) for the rights to publish computer and video games based on the Olympics.

The six-year agreement, which includes a license from the International Olympic Committee, covers the next three Olympic events: Sydney 2000, Salt Lake City 2002, and Athens 2004. The Sydney 2000 game is already being developed by UK-based Attention to Detail for the PC and Sony PlayStation.

"We are absolutely delighted to be publishing games based on what is undoubtedly the biggest event in the world-wide sports calendar, the Olympic Games," said Mike McGarvey, COO of Eidos. "The Millennium Games will be something special with the eyes of the whole world focused on Sydney. We will be publishing a top quality game that will let people the world over feel they are able to participate in the excitement."