Atari Has Acquired Over a Hundred Video Game Titles From 80s and 90s
The iconic video game brand Atari has announced that they’ve acquired more than 100 PC and console game titles from the 1980s and 1990s.
We don’t have a full list of the games to share with you, but the press release highlights a few including “Bubsy, Hardball, Demolition Racer series, as well as the 1942: Pacific Air War, F-117A, and F-14 air combat series.
Atari’s plan is to “expand digital and physical distribution of the classic titles, create new games based on the IP, and explore brand and merchandising collaborations.”
Atari CEO Wade Rosen said in a statement: “This is a deep catalog that includes groundbreaking and award-winning titles from Accolade, Infogrames and Microprose. Many of these titles are a part of Atari history, and fans can look forward to seeing many of these games re-released in physical and digital formats, and in some cases, even ported to modern consoles.”
Atari also acquired the trademark to the Accolade and GTI brands. Accolade was a well-respected US-based video game developer and publisher from 1984 until 2000.
Atari is “undertaking a multi-year effort to transform the company behind one of the world's most iconic brands. An important part of that effort involves expanding Atari’s video game business, leveraging the company’s large catalog of IP to release classic games and bring new, high-quality games to market. Atari's vast library of IP is the vault from which new and exciting game development ideas are pulled – reinventing old classics, reimagining storylines, and developing entirely new narratives inspired by the games that set the course for an entire industry.”
It’ll be interesting and fun to see how Atari’s big plans for these titles turns out!