Atari, Inc.
Moby ID: 71
- Infogrames, Inc. (from 2000-05-10 to 2003-05-06)
- GT Interactive Software Corp. (from 1990 to 2000-05-09)
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Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) is a wholly-owned (formerly majority-owned) subsidiary of Atari SA, headquartered in New York City, USA. Alongside Atari Interactive, Inc., it encompasses its North American operations. While it has the same legal name as the original Atari, their histories are separate.
It was founded as GT Interactive Software Corp. in 1990. During the 1990s, they would establish a significant publishing business and would acquire companies like FormGen, WizardWorks Group, MacSoft, Humongous Entertainment, Accolade and Legend Entertainment.
It was acquired by Infogrames (later Atari SA) on 15 November 1999.
In the 2000s, the company employed approximately 150 employees across the U.S. Infogrames Entertainment, once the majority shareholder in Atari, Inc, announced at the end of April 2008 to fully reacquire the company and bring to a closure a period of financial underperformance and making the Atari Group whole again.
Publishing
Atari's publishing business was created out of two primary publishing studios (Santa Monica, California and Beverly, Massachusetts) which focused on the company's core strengths: kids/family games, action/adventure games, retro arcade games and racing titles. In 2008, the company re-organized switching to handle core publishing out of New York, with satellite offices in Santa Clara, California and Seattle, Washington.
In North America, Atari's distribution organization encompassed more than 22,000 outlets, ranging from mass merchants and superstores to specialty stores, office superstores and wholesale clubs, as well as online retailers. In addition to distributing titles developed by Atari's subsidiaries, they also distributed titles by Her Interactive, LucasArts, Strategy First, Xicat Interactive, Codemasters and others.
They would handle Atari's distribution on digital storefronts until it was replaced by Atari Interactive, Inc. around 2021.
Known subsidiaries
Names in italics used to be subsidiaries, but no longer are as they were closed or sold off.
Active acquired development studios
- Slash Corporation (acquired in 1995)
- FormGen (acquired in 1996)
- MacSoft (acquired in 1996 - sold to Destineer in 2003)
- WizardWorks Group (acquired in 1996 - closed in 2004)
- Humongous Entertainment (acquired in 1996 - closed in 2005 - assets sold to Tommo in 2013)
- SingleTrac Entertainment Technologies (acquired in 1997, inactive since 2000)
- Reflections (acquired in 1998 - sold to Ubisoft in 2006)
- Accolade (acquired in 1999, merged with Infogrames North America in 2000)
- Legend Entertainment (acquired in 1999 - closed in 2003)
- Eden Studios (acquired in 2002, closed in 2013)
- Paradigm Entertainment (acquired in 2000 - sold to THQ in 2006)
- Shiny Entertainment (acquired in 2002 - sold to Foundation 9 Entertainment in 2006)
- Cryptic Studios (acquired in 2008 - sold to Perfect World Entertainment in 2011)
- RCTO Productions (established in 2016)
Credited on 719 Games from 1989 to 2023
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qomp (2021 on Linux, Windows) |
Castles & Catapults (2020 on Android) |
RollerCoaster Tycoon Story (2020 on iPhone, Android, iPad) |
Blood: Fresh Supply (2019 on Windows) |
Atari Flashback Classics (2018 on PS Vita, Nintendo Switch) |
Atari Flashback Classics: Vol.3 (2018 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One) |
RollerCoaster Tycoon Adventures (2018 on Nintendo Switch, Windows) |
RollerCoaster Tycoon: Joyride (2018 on PlayStation 4) |
Tempest 4000 (2018 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One...) |
Night Driver (2018 on Android, iPad, iPhone) |
Citytopia (2018 on iPhone, iPad, Android) |
RollerCoaster Tycoon: Classic (2017 on Windows, Macintosh) |
Atari Flashback Classics: Vol.1 (2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One) |
Atari Flashback Classics: Vol.2 (2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One) |
Atari Vault (2016 on Windows, Linux, Macintosh) |
Haunted House: Cryptic Graves (2014 on Windows) |
Special Forces: Team X (2013 on Windows, Xbox 360) |
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3D (2012 on Nintendo 3DS) |
Warlords (2012 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) |
Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends (2012 on Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) |
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History +
- January 21st, 2013
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Filed a petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
- September 12th, 2008
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Atari Inc.'s stock on NASDAQ fully delisted.
- May 9th, 2008
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Atari Inc.'s stock on NASDAQ suspended and a delisting is announced.
- April 30th, 2008
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Infogrames Entertainment SA announces to fully acquire the company, after having been the major shareholder already.
- December 10th, 2007
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Atari, Inc. terminates its existing distribution agreements with Infogrames enters into a new distribution agreement covering the distribution by Atari, Inc. of interactive entertainment software games produced or acquired by Infogrames and its affiliates in North America. This new distribution agreement covers the distribution of Infogrames' products in North America for the next three years.
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Trivia +
The company was sued by developer Fenris Wolf over the game Rebel Moon Revolution in February 1999, alleging breach of contract and interference with contractual relations, and seeking $1.7 million in damages. Fenris Wolf had a contract for Rebel Moon Rising, but it went wrong for Revolution. They claim to have made eight milestones on the project, but that GT rejected the ninth on 15th October, 1998. Normally, a developer has 30 days to correct the mistakes and deliver a new milestone, but Fenris Wolf claims GT refused to communicate about the ninth milestone. When Fenris delivered a second ninth milestone in time, it was rejected again and GT then waited another month (breach of contract) to cancel the game. At that point, they offered the developer to make the game for free, but Fenris Wolf went to court.
GT, on the other hand, claims that Fenris Wolf failed to deliver on the ninth milestone, and when it was given options in terms of how to improve, the developer filed a lawsuit.
Main Headquarters location and contact information (2007):
Atari, Inc.
417 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016
United States
Phone: (212) 726-6500
Website: www.atari.com
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Atari, Inc.
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Atari, Inc. at Wikipedia
The company profile at Wikipedia
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 42 games with GOG Limited
- 42 games with Valve Corporation
- 40 games with Humongous Entertainment, Inc.
- 39 games with Epic Games Tools LLC
- 30 games with GameSpy Industries Inc.
- 27 games with Sony DADC Europe GmbH
- 21 games with GT Interactive Software Europe Ltd.
- 20 games with Epic Games, Inc.
- 18 games with Strategy First, Inc.
- 17 games with Atari Holdings, Inc.
- 144 games with Elizabeth Mackney
- 140 games with David Strang
- 139 games with Steve Martin
- 133 games with Ezequiel Nunez
- 127 games with Cecilia Munoz
- 115 games with Michael H. Gilmartin
- 108 games with Joy Schneer
- 101 games with Caroline Fauchille
- 100 games with Rebecka Pernered
- 88 games with Michael Craighead
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