Atari is bringing back the Infogrames publishing label. Acquires Totally Reliable Delivery Service.

[Gamernyc78]

Atari relaunches Infogrames, acquires Totally Reliable Delivery Service

Atari has announced the revival of the Infogrames brand, relaunching it as a publishing label. Infogrames will focus on…

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Infogrames will focus on publishing and acquiring IP, the first of which being Totally Reliable Delivery Service, which it purchased from Tiny Build.

The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, but Atari said it includes the 2019 game, its trademarks, and "underlying property."

Infogrames will in particular focus on properties that fall "outside the core portfolio of IP associated with the Atari brand," the announcement said, adding that game preservation will also be a core aspect of the label.

The new publisher will be led by Atari COO Geoffroy Châteauvieux as manager. He commented: "With Totally Reliable Delivery Service, Infogrames is starting off with a strong IP that has a loyal and enthusiastic player base. The Infogrames team will be able to expand upon the strong work of tinyBuild, and re-energise this high-potential franchise."

Atari CEO Wade Rosen also said: "For decades, Infogrames built a reputation as a publisher and developer of amazing and eclectic games, and we are excited to bring it back."

 

[Johnic]

Wow. It's been decades since I saw that logo. New Driver game coming?

 

[Gamernyc78]

Atari relaunches Infogrames, acquires Totally Reliable Delivery Service

Atari has announced the revival of the Infogrames brand, relaunching it as a publishing label. Infogrames will focus on…

www.gamesindustry.biz

 

[Yurinka]

Nice. Let's hope they start doing something useful and good with the Atari and Infogrames brands. There's a lot of gaming history in both brands from the '70s to the '90s.

In case of Infogrames, they made a lot of important European 8 and 16 bit games. I know people who worked in some of them, like some of the first Spanish games for home and portable consoles, great stuff like North & South, Asterix, Smurfs, Tintin, Spirou, Bugs Bunny, Looney Tunes, etc.

Infogrames also made a lot of great internal IP for computers such as Hostages, Captain Blood, Bob Morane, V-Rally, Alone in the Dark, Test Drive, Driver, etc.

But well, many of these IPs were licenses, or may ended being sold to someone or now being handled by someone else (Sim City originally was published by Infogrames, later went to EA). Not sure what they have left there regarding IPs.