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Atari has purchased the rights to more classic video game franchises as it gears up for expansion.
Atari wants to accelerate this model and release more remakes and re-releases of classic franchises. Like the Embracer Group, who owns the rights to over 700 IPs, Atari is likewise purchasing the rights to a ton of classic games while also setting up studios to help capitalize on the rights and turn them into launchable products.
Today Atari announced that it has acquired the rights to "more than 100 PC and console titles from the 1980s and 1990s,"
The press release didn't offer much in the way of the games purchased and the only titles that were listed include:
Bubsy
Hardball
Demolition Racer series
1942: Pacific Air War F-117A, F-14 air combat series
Atari seems pretty serious about this plan, and recently purchased Nightdive Studios to help lead the charge. Nightdive is known for releasing a multitude of classic games onto modern platforms, including Doom 64, System Shock, Blood, Turok, Quake, and Blade Runner.
"The new Atari is dedicated to the same principles of bringing back classic and classic-style games that Nightdive has always pursued," Kuperman said.
Atari has purchased the rights to more classic video game franchises as it gears up for expansion.
Atari wants to accelerate this model and release more remakes and re-releases of classic franchises. Like the Embracer Group, who owns the rights to over 700 IPs, Atari is likewise purchasing the rights to a ton of classic games while also setting up studios to help capitalize on the rights and turn them into launchable products.
Today Atari announced that it has acquired the rights to "more than 100 PC and console titles from the 1980s and 1990s,"
The press release didn't offer much in the way of the games purchased and the only titles that were listed include:
Bubsy
Hardball
Demolition Racer series
1942: Pacific Air War F-117A, F-14 air combat series
Atari seems pretty serious about this plan, and recently purchased Nightdive Studios to help lead the charge. Nightdive is known for releasing a multitude of classic games onto modern platforms, including Doom 64, System Shock, Blood, Turok, Quake, and Blade Runner.
"The new Atari is dedicated to the same principles of bringing back classic and classic-style games that Nightdive has always pursued," Kuperman said.
