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* CreatorKiller: One for each half of the company.
** The Dallas office suffered from the one-two punch of the underperformance of ''Dominion: Storm over Gift 3'', which was [[ChristmasRushed rushed out as quickly as possible]] to secure more funding for, and stop taking resources away from, ''VideoGame/{{Daikatana}}'', which killed any goodwill or respect the team once had when it released [[ScheduleSlip several years late]], several million dollars over-budget, and [[ObviousBeta with several glaring issues]]. Though the team was able to put out a third game, ''VideoGame/{{Anachronox}}'', the lingering reputation caused by ''Daikatana''[='=]s failure resulted in most of the staff, including founders Creator/JohnRomero and Tom Hall, leaving and Creator/{{Eidos|Interactive}} ultimately shuttering the studio just a month later.
** The Austin office folded under much less dramatic circumstances: their six-game contract originally signed with Eidos happened to be completed with the release of ''VideoGame/ThiefDeadlyShadows'', so Creator/WarrenSpector and several other senior staff members resigned once it was out, and Eidos would close the office just over a year later.

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