Atari files for bankruptcy

Richard Dower

A sad day, but the company lasted about 2o years longer then i expected....:eek:

Atari was *the* games console in the early 80s...it was the forerunner of your Sega's and Nintendo's and your modern XBOX and PS3:

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Iconic-Publisher-Atari-Files-for-Bankruptcy-322754.shtml

degrassinoel

Shame to see them go, i thought they were making a comeback one stage a few years ago too

That logo though,




some awesome memories of the 2600

cherryghost

Problem is they had no big IPs for years now, nothing noteworthy anyway.

nucker

It was inevitable though with the likes of Playstation, x-box and Nintendo

juan.kerr

Richard Dower wrote: »

A sad day, but the company lasted about 2o years longer then i expected....:eek:

Atari was *the* games console in the early 80s...:

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Iconic-Publisher-Atari-Files-for-Bankruptcy-322754.shtml

Wasn't a patch on the Amiga though from the late 80s...

Merl1n

he two greats of the 80's Commodore and Atari

hooradiation

Richard Dower wrote: »

A sad day, but the company lasted about 2o years longer then i expected....:eek:

Atari was *the* games console in the early 80s...it was the forerunner of your Sega's and Nintendo's and your modern XBOX and PS3:

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Iconic-Publisher-Atari-Files-for-Bankruptcy-322754.shtml

Well, they're not gone just yet.
It looks like they're trying to separate the US company from it's parent company, so I think they're trying to structure the whole deal to keep Atari US basically as-is, but with a new owner.

one of the most iconic video game companies and the owner of hit classics like Pong, Asteroids, or the Tycoon franchises, has just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in order to emerge as a new entity separated from its current owner – Atari S.A., a company formerly known as Infogrames.

DPayneZero

That's pretty sad news imo. Lots of fond memories with Atari

K.O.Kiki

degrassinoel wrote: »

Shame to see them go, i thought they were making a comeback one stage a few years ago too

That logo though,




some awesome memories of the 2600

Good logo design.

Grumpypants

Very sad, still have my 2600 with the wooden panel classic in the press here, power cable needs replacing but other than that it still works perfectly.

Retr0gamer

This isn't the Atari that made all the classic arcade, home consoles and home computers and games. Those Atari divisions have been dead for years. This Atari is the rebranded publisher Infogrames who just bought the rights to the name (I don't think they even bought the IP rights to their catalogue). It's sad to see another publisher go, especially one that brought us Ikaruga in Europe but I can't think of an Atari published game in the last 5 yeas so was inevitable.

super_furry

Was going to say, Atari have gone through this a couple of times over the last decade or so.

gizmo

hooradiation wrote: »

Well, they're not gone just yet.
It looks like they're trying to separate the US company from it's parent company, so I think they're trying to structure the whole deal to keep Atari US basically as-is, but with a new owner.

This.

Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US is a very different thing than regular bankruptcy over here. I like to think of it as corporate restructuring with a pickaxe rather than the sign of a company going under.

Retr0gamer wrote: »

This isn't the Atari that made all the classic arcade, home consoles and home computers and games. Those Atari divisions have been dead for years. This Atari is the rebranded publisher Infogrames who just bought the rights to the name (I don't think they even bought the IP rights to their catalogue). It's sad to see another publisher go, especially one that brought us Ikaruga in Europe but I can't think of an Atari published game in the last 5 yeas so was inevitable.

Aye, the only ones I can think of were Ghostbusters and The Witcher really. They also published The Witcher 2 but only in the US so prolific they were certainly not.

cherryghost

Interesting times ahead with regards to theirs and THQs IPs.

gizmo

cherryghost wrote: »

Interesting times ahead with regards to theirs and THQs IPs.

In terms of dormant IP annoying me, Battlezone is second only to System Shock so hopefully someone picks it up and gives us something more than some bull**** social game.

wayne040576

Retr0gamer wrote: »

This isn't the Atari that made all the classic arcade, home consoles and home computers and games. Those Atari divisions have been dead for years. This Atari is the rebranded publisher Infogrames who just bought the rights to the name (I don't think they even bought the IP rights to their catalogue). It's sad to see another publisher go, especially one that brought us Ikaruga in Europe but I can't think of an Atari published game in the last 5 yeas so was inevitable.

They published The Witcher and The Witcher 2 on the PC . A few others as well.

Grimebox

Retr0gamer wrote: »

This isn't the Atari that made all the classic arcade, home consoles and home computers and games. Those Atari divisions have been dead for years. This Atari is the rebranded publisher Infogrames who just bought the rights to the name (I don't think they even bought the IP rights to their catalogue). It's sad to see another publisher go, especially one that brought us Ikaruga in Europe but I can't think of an Atari published game in the last 5 yeas so was inevitable.

And I suspect it will just be a matter of time before the name is bought again

Pushtrak

I thought I'd read they were declared bankrupt some time ago. At the very least, they were having severe problems quite a while back. This is going back to when Phil Harrison joined/left.

Mr.Saturn

Retr0gamer wrote: »

This isn't the Atari that made all the classic arcade, home consoles and home computers and games. Those Atari divisions have been dead for years. This Atari is the rebranded publisher Infogrames who just bought the rights to the name (I don't think they even bought the IP rights to their catalogue). It's sad to see another publisher go, especially one that brought us Ikaruga in Europe but I can't think of an Atari published game in the last 5 yeas so was inevitable.

Indeed, and even before that, the Atari brand has been kicked about like no one's business over the last couple of decades, and it'll be sold on again, no doubt, and it'll be just as much Atari as the one that's going out of business.

gizmo

So the last of the IP sell off has happened and as the internet loses its collective **** over Wargaming getting the TA IP on top of their recent acquistion of Gas Powered Games, I'll be shedding a quiet tear for my beloved Battlezone going to bloody Rebellion.

Retr0gamer

I hope it means we get Battlezone and Star Control on GoG or Steam.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

GoldenCalf

Sad I was too young to experiance an Atari back in the day.

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It's sad to see another publisher go, especially one that brought us Ikaruga in Europe but I can't think of an Atari published game in the last 5 yeas so was inevitable.

Kitten Blade on XBLA. It was the epitome of a mediocre platform game.
Oh, and those this mean "Atari Jaguar" can't be used as a poll option anymore?