Atari is now looking to the past to secure its future. The gaming company announces that it has bought up the rights to over 100 PC and console games from the 80s and 90s. Atari motivates their investments as follows:
“Atari will seek to expand digital and physical distribution of the classic titles, create new games based on the IP, and explore brand and merchandising collaborations.”
For those wondering what types of titles Atari has now been dealing with, names like Bubsy, Hardball, Demolition Racer, 1942: Pacific Air War, F-117A and a few others are mentioned. Atari CEO Wade Rosen says:
“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.”
To add to this, Atari has announced that it has also secured the Accolade and GTI, with the goal of committing to one “multi-year effort to transform the company behind one of the world’s most iconic brands.”.
Atari concludes by saying that its “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,”suggesting that these older classics will be leaned on when setting the course for the future.
