Atari seems to be on a bit of a spree recently to make something of a big gaming comeback and they recently announced even more acquisitions. Not only do they now own Nightdive Studios, they also recently swallowed up the AtariAge community too!
More recently though they put out word that they've taken over multiple titles from Ronimo Games including Awesomenauts and Swords & Soldiers. Both slightly odd purchases, since neither seem to actually have an active player-base any more (at least going by Steam numbers) but they must have a plan for their future.
Pictured - Awesomenauts
Also just announced is that Atari has purchased Digital Eclipse, a developer who works on various re-releases using their proprietary Eclipse Engine. So think of them like another Nightdive Studios, as Atari clearly see a lot of promise in updating and re-releasing older games (and in many cases those do sell very well).
Atari also continue publishing remakes of their classic games with more coming like Berzerk: Recharged and Lunar Lander Beyond.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
slaapliedje Nov 1, 2023
Quoting: PenglingHa, I've thought about doing it a few times. Though I think they wanted more info than I usually am willing to give for submissions, so I have not.Quoting: slaapliedjeYeah, I'm surprised there isn't a bit more news here about it, as it's just as much a Linux gaming device as Steam Deck is...You should submit some articles!You've shown a lot of knowledge about it and about what current-Atari is up to, and in spite of the concerns I expressed earlier, I'm genuinely happy to see new management that actually cares about Atari's legacy and wants to do good things with it, so I'd love to read more about it (UK also here, so not able to get a VCS either
).
I've seen people in the UK get a VCS via eBay, but that seems like a silly thing to have to do, when Atari SA's headquarters are in France (I think?). They do have a building in Sunnyvale somewhere now.
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