Atari is reviving the Infogrames model and retooling it right into a publishing label with a model new acquisition.
The relaunched Infogrames, previously a French online game holding firm underneath the Atari banner, will now deal with publishing and buying mental properties (IP), beginning with We’re 5 Video games’ Completely Dependable Supply Service. This comes just some months after an enormous $2 million acquisition from Atari on the finish of final yr.
The ragdoll physics simulation focuses on horrible bundle supply couriers, difficult gamers to make use of equipment, uncommon devices, and baffling physics to supply parcels. The particular phrases of the acquisition of Completely Dependable Supply Service weren’t made public, aside from that Atari mentioned it consists of the 2019 recreation, its logos, and “underlying property,” as reported by Gaming Business on April 22.
“For many years, Infogrames constructed a fame as a writer and developer of fantastic and eclectic video games, and we’re excited to convey it again,” mentioned Wade Rosen, Chairman and CEO of Atari, in a press release shared on X.
Beforehand, Infogrames had labored on authentic titles, similar to Alpha Waves and Lee Enfield, launched in 1990 and 1988 respectively. The previous, a platform-level recreation, noticed the developer check out full-screen, six-axis, flat-shaded 3D with 3D object interplay for the primary time.
The way forward for Infogrames
Transferring ahead and past Completely Dependable Supply Service, Infogrames will reportedly deal with IP that comes exterior of Atari’s core portfolio to this point. Recreation preservation can also be a core worth of the fledgling label, aiming to provide life again to video games which may in any other case die out.
Atari COO Geoffroy Châteauvieux will take the lead at Infogrames. In a public assertion, he mentioned: “With Completely Dependable Supply Service, Infogrames is beginning off with a robust IP that has a loyal and enthusiastic participant base. The Infogrames crew will be capable to increase upon the sturdy work of tinyBuild, and re-energise this high-potential franchise.”
Featured picture: We’re 5 Video games through IGDB
