February 10^th, 2005 (7:23pm) - The developer behind critically acclaimed adventure games such as Deus Ex: Invisible War and Thief: Deadly Shadows is no more. Today, Eidos announced that they have shut down their Austin, Texas-based developer, Ion Storm.

Eidos release this statement earlier in the day:

Eidos today announced locally that it is to consolidate down its North American internal development capabilities from two studios to one," read the statement. "This will mean the immediate closure of the Ion Storm studio in Austin, Texas, which has been focused primarily on the development of PC and Xbox games...This is part of Eidos’ move to consolidate and strengthen its technical and management capabilities into a smaller number of studios which are capable of scaling up in order to meet the competitive challenges that lie ahead, particularly in anticipation of next-generation technologies and platforms.