Atari has revived the Infogrames model, and can use it for a brand new publishing label.
The model, which hasn’t seen lively use for round twenty years, will specialize in buying and publishing video games that “fall outdoors the core portfolio of IP related to the Atari model”.
“For many years, Infogrames constructed a repute as a writer and developer of fantastic and eclectic video games, and we’re excited to convey it again,” Atari CEO and chairman Wade Rosen mentioned in a press release.
Infogrames could ultimately flip to a number of the legacy titles revealed by its earlier incarnation, however for now its first acquisition is Completely Dependable Supply Service. The 2019 sport, its logos and its underlying property have been acquired from tinyBuild and now belong to Infogrames.
“With Completely Dependable Supply Service, Infogrames is beginning off with a powerful IP that has a loyal and enthusiastic participant base,” Infogrames supervisor Geoffroy Châteauvieux mentioned. “The Infogrames workforce will have the ability to broaden upon the robust work of tinyBuild, and re-energize this high-potential franchise.”
Atari additionally says that Infogrames might be “in line with Atari’s strategy” in that it’s going to see sport preservation as “a core element of its mission”.
Infogrames (quick for Informatique Programmes) was arrange in France in 1983 and initially specialised in creating and publishing house pc video games, lots of which have been unique to France, earlier than additionally branching out to consoles within the ’90s.
Titles related to Infogrames previously included Alone within the Darkish, Asterix, V-Rally, Coronary heart of Darkness and quite a few video games based mostly on Tintin, The Smurfs and Looney Tunes.
All through the late ’90s, Infogrames began buying different firms together with Ocean, Gremlin Interactive, DMA Design (which was then bought to Take-Two and have become Rockstar), Accolade, Beam Software program, GT Interactive, Hasbro Interactive, MicroProse and Atari.
In 2003 it then rebranded its subsidiaries from Infogrames names to Atari ones, successfully retiring the Infogrames model.