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New Belgium-based firm working on series reboot
Read More »Wargaming and Rebellion claim Atari IPs
Total Annihilation, Battlezone, Moonbase Commander and others sold off to new owners
Read More »Outcast dev acquires IP from Atari
Appeal S.A, has purchased the rights to Outcast from Atari Europe. The 1999 PC game was published by Atari, but was originally developed by Appeal.The terms of the deal have not been made public. Studio founders Yann Robert, Frank Sauer, and Yves Grolet are planning a revival of the sci-fi …
Read More »Appeal acquires Outcast franchise
Original developer purchases rights from Atari in hopes of reviving the franchise
Read More »Nordic Games acquires Desperados and Silver IPs from Atari
Growing publisher Nordic Games has moved to acquire yet more IP. Following the news that many of Atari’s owned IP were put up for sale last month, Nordic Games has moved to capture two of its licenses – Desperados and Silver. The former is a stealth-based RTS franchise set in …
Read More »Atari dump excavation gets city approval
Movie company set to film documentary as it plots to uncover thousands of buried E.T. cartridges
Read More »Fabled Atari ET landfill to be unearthed
It has become the thing of legend but now the myth behind famous Atari 2600 calamity ET: The Extra Terrestrial is to be explored. 1982 release ET has become the thing of legend. The game enjoyed a famously ramshackle development process that resulted in creator Howard Scott Warshaw being given …
Read More »Atari seeks $22m in assets sale
Long-standing games company going to auction after failing to find a buyer
Read More »Atari assets up for sale after failure to secure buyer
Having failed to find an outright buyer, Atari is to sell off its IPs individually. The Wall Street Journal reports that assets up for grabs include RollerCoaster Tycoon ($3.5m), Test Drive ($1.5m) and Total Annihilation ($250k). Other less established IPs are also up for grabs including Humongous, Fatty Bear’s Birthday …
Read More »Alone in the Dark studio Eden Games closes
Atari shuts down French developer after 15 years
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