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134-467: Rights to the game passed to Infogrames (later Atari ) following the 1999 acquisition and closure of Cavedog Entertainment's parent company, Humongous Entertainment . In July 2013, Wargaming bought the Total Annihilation franchise from Atari's bankruptcy proceedings. Total Annihilation has been re-released on Steam and GOG , but is no longer actively supported. The creators of XTA,

268-547: A 3D surface. Hills obstruct artillery fire, and, depending on the "line-of-sight" setting, height enhances units' visual and firing ranges. If terrain is steep and jagged, units tilt and turn to meet the face of the ground, slowing down or speeding up in accordance with gravity. Structures can be built on steep terrain to protect them from artillery fire and to create choke points . The wind, tides, and gravity on different maps also vary; some maps have strong wind gusts and are more suited for gathering energy via windmills. Plant life

402-594: A 50% stake in the publisher, with the intentions to invest 50 million F into creating titles based on Canal+ 's licenses. Infogrames made major purchases for 1999, beginning in March with the purchase of the Gremlin Group for $ 40 million in March, who owned developers Gremlin Interactive and DMA Design ., with Gremlin rebranding as Infogrames Sheffield House. On April 5, Psygnosis ' Paris development studio

536-512: A TV interview, they then used a mix-and-match computer program to suggest other names, one of which was "Infogramme": a portmanteau of the French words "informatique" (information technology) and "programme" (computer program). The final choice, Infogrames, was a slightly modified version of that suggestion. The company logo and mascot is an armadillo ( tatou in French), chosen when the company

670-496: A battle, louder and more frantic music plays. During post-battle damage repair or idle construction, a more ambient and mysterious track is played. The game disc includes the original soundtrack in CD-audio format, which can be played on standard CD players. An ordinary music CD can be inserted once the game is under way and can replace the original game music with its own tracks. It is even possible to program such custom CD tracks to

804-454: A comprehensive understanding of the battlespace, which in turn drives the renewed emphasis on the value of military intelligence. A central aspect of battlespace agility is the capacity of intelligence analysts and operational planners to perceive the battlespace and their targets as interconnected networks. This perspective facilitates a shared and more accurate understanding of the situation, thereby enabling faster decision-making and enhancing

938-463: A corresponding transformation in the ability to engage in warfare in the information age . The concept of thinking and fighting in the industrial age can be described as the "Old Battlespace," characterized by clearly defined and discernible battlefield lines in the tangible domains of land, sea, and air. However, as economies and technologies have advanced, the methods by which countries and militaries compete and conduct warfare have also changed. In

1072-461: A deal to potentially purchase MobyGames for $ 1.5 million through to the end of March 2022. The purchase was completed on March 8, 2022, with Freyholtz remaining as general manager. In March 2022, Atari ended all ties with former CEO Chesnais and CBI. The following month, they also announced the termination of all license agreements with ICICB, including the end of hotel licenses, and the dissolution of their blockchain joint venture. The Atari Token

1206-436: A few highly advanced units which are invaluable combat-wise, such as nuclear missile launchers which have enormous range and very high damage, as well as long-range artillery that have enough range to attack any point on smaller maps. There are two story-related factions, Arm and Core, which have comparable sets of units (one side a little bit faster, other one a little bit tougher etc.), but are aesthetically different. Generally,

1340-434: A galactic war, with battles taking place on the surface of planets and moons. The efforts of the player are centered on constructing a defensive base and an offensive force, and conquering opponents. The player is also concerned with gathering resources, reconnaissance and stealth, and evaluation of units and terrain. Battles take place against AI in a story-driven campaign, with the option of playing against other players in

1474-560: A giant mecha known as the Core Krogoth. Units vary in size, speed and the ability to give and take damage, depending on their tech level. The strongest units take longer to build as well as cost more resources. Each unit has strengths and weaknesses, optimal styles of use, and corresponding units against which it is vulnerable or well-suited. Effective play is usually characterized by consideration of these attributes, as well as efficient resource management, strong defenses, and knowledge of

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1608-400: A level of technology (tech level); the higher the level, the more advanced the unit and the more resources and thus time required to construct it. A feature of the game is the ability to easily "queue" the many commands for a unit or group of units, with types of commands including patrolling a route, constructing a defensive group of structures and attacking enemy units. Once given its commands,

1742-455: A major publisher. Ocean International consisted of British developer and publisher Ocean Software and its North American division Ocean of America. After the deal was closed, Ocean became a standalone subsidiary of Infogrames and continued releasing its own titles distant from those of Infogrames. Both Ocean subsidiaries soon became the official distributors for Infogrames in both territories. In 1997, Infogrames Télématique launched Oceanline,

1876-537: A maximum of twenty titles. later on in the year, the company purchased the video game division of the Australian-based Beam Software , and rebranded it as Infogrames Melbourne House. On 29 September, Take-Two Interactive purchased DMA Design from Infogrames for US$ 11 million and transitioned it over to their Rockstar Games subsidiary, soon becoming Rockstar North . In December 1999, Infogrames made their then-largest purchase with

2010-440: A military force, and/or completing its mission. Battlespace awareness is a comprehensive approach rooted in the acquisition and comprehension of knowledge obtained through the intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) system. It serves as a systematic concept employed to gather pertinent information regarding the operational area, encompassing various aspects such as the environment, factors, and conditions. These include

2144-402: A mod for Total Annihilation , independently developed the open-source 3D graphics Spring game engine . The Total Annihilation 3D project began in 2006. Former lead designer Chris Taylor went on to found Gas Powered Games which created Supreme Commander in 2007, considered the " spiritual successor " of Total Annihilation . Total Annihilation is set in the far future in the midst of

2278-531: A month later. On November 7, GameSpot reported that Atari was beginning to run out of money, losing 12 million dollars in the first fiscal quarter of 2008. On 6 March 2008, Infogrames made an offer to Atari Inc. to buy out all remaining public shares for a value of US$ 1.68 per share or US$ 11 million total. The offer would make Infogrames the sole owner of Atari Inc., making it a privately held company. On 30 April, Atari Inc. announced its intentions to accept Infogrames' buyout offer and merge with Infogrames, which

2412-592: A new focus on dealing with re-releases of older titles and the acquisition of companies that deal with the re-release of mainly abandonware video games; it also abandoned its cryptocurrency and casino divisions, which the company had focused on during previous leadership. The company was founded by Bruno Bonnell and Christophe Sapet. They wanted to christen the company Zboub Système (which can be approximately translated to Dick System in English), but were dissuaded by their legal counsel. According to Bonnell in

2546-418: A nuanced understanding of the evolving battlespace and the ability to adapt military structures and strategies to effectively compete and defend against adversaries in the information age. Battlespace agility, in the context of war-fighting, encompasses the ability of a military organization to rapidly convert knowledge into actionable strategies that yield desired outcomes within the battlespace. It emphasizes

2680-520: A plan to fully reenter the console and handheld game publishing industry and reduce emphasis on free-to-play and mobile games, leading to possible titles being closed or sold, alongside the closure of Atari Casino. Chesnais later resigned from the company, though remained as a consultant through his new company, Crypto Blockchain Industries (CBI). On November 24, Atari announced they had invested $ 500,000 in retro gaming streaming platform Antstream, and

2814-568: A portfolio of over 100 titles and IPs mostly belonging to Accolade and MicroProse , Atari's Math Gran Prix , Humongous Entertainment 's "Junior Adventure" titles, and the Accolade and GT Interactive brands. Other companies that bought assets were Rebellion Developments purchasing Atari's Battlezone franchise and Humongous title MoonBase Commander , Devolver Digital purchasing Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure , Epic Gear LLC (and later Day 6 Sports Group LLC) purchasing

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2948-532: A public health measure, a rebellion ensued among those who refused to abandon their natural bodies to join the Core's transition to an entirely machine society. Fleeing the developed Core worlds, the rebels established themselves in the remote rimward regions of the galaxy, coming to be known as the Arm. As hostilities escalated, the Core began duplicating their greatest military minds to mass-produce sentient war machines, and

3082-608: A regrouping of "Infogrames' distribution operations in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America." This new entity consisted mainly of Infograme's distribution network in the PAL region . Distribution Partners was 34% owned by Namco Bandai and 66% owned by Atari. Later in May 2009, Namco Bandai acquired Atari Europe from Infogrames. Its sale and marketing personnel were transferred to Distribution Partners. In March 2009, Infogrames announced that it

3216-510: A separate deal with Atari for the expansion of their Dungeons & Dragons license. On August 22, Atari, Inc. sold Humongous Entertainment to Infogrames Entertainment SA for shares worth US$ 10.3 million . With this, Infogrames laid off all remaining employees at the company and transferred the Humongous assets to a self-owned subsidiary Humongous, Inc. with intentions to sell off the assets outright. Atari would continue to distribute

3350-523: A single Commander to fabricate an entire planetary invasion force on-site. The story of either the Core or the Arm campaign starts with an effort to defend the faction's homeworld from a decisive sneak-attack and initiate a turning point in the overall war. The player then fights a series of battles on a number of planets and moons, linked through a series of faster-than-light Galactic Gates. These Gates are complex to engineer and require extravagant energy resources to operate, so FTL invasions typically consist of

3484-533: A skirmish mode. When starting a new game, the player normally begins with a lone Commander. The Commander is a powerful and irreplaceable unit that has a number of unique abilities such as a destructor weapon that vaporizes anything it hits, the ability to use cloaking and become invisible, and the ability to travel through bodies of water. Construction is governed by the possession of the game's two unlimited resources, Metal and Energy, and can be undertaken by factories or mobile construction units. Every unit belongs to

3618-413: A sole Commander who proceeds alone or with only minimal escort, and bootstraps a military-industrial infrastructure on the far end. However, the element of surprise gained by the rapidity of these invasions has been sufficient to turn the tide of the war. As the player progresses, more units become available for construction, either through the course of the story or upon completion of a mission centered on

3752-569: A three dimensional plane. The engine has a Microsoft Windows and Linux version, and is programmed in OpenGL and C++ . While the engines focus is to recreate the engine and gameplay of Total Annihilation , the engine supports a range of mods. TA3D uses Total Annihilation' s Original 3D game assets. TA3D is created under the General Public License (GPL). Robot War Engine is an open-source real-time strategy game engine that

3886-605: A website that would offer simplified online versions of Infogrames titles. On February 3, Infogrames announced that they would purchase the French division of Phillips Media BV for 191.5 million F with the deal closing on June 9. Phillips Media France, in addition to holding a 20% shareholding stake in Infogrames, also owned the distributors Ecudis (France), Leisuresoft (UK), Bomico Entertainment Software (Germany and Holland), and German publisher Laguna Video Games. Leisuresoft

4020-514: A whole remained under its name, and became a holding company for the Atari assets. Atari, Inc.'s majority shareholder was California U.S. Holdings, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Infogrames Entertainment SA. and had exclusive publishing and sublicensing in North America to release titles from Infogrames or its subsidiaries, including Atari Interactive. In September 2003, Atari announced

4154-528: A year after the release of Total Annihilation . It features 25 new missions as well as 75 new units. It continues the story after the ending of the Arm campaign. The expansion also comes with the Total Annihilation editor, which allows users to create maps and missions. A month after The Core Contingency , Battle Tactics was released, which includes four new units, 100 additional missions as well an experimental approach to Total Annihilation gameplay, with less emphasis on base construction. Spring Engine

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4288-431: Is "highly compatible with TA data files". It is intended to replicate what Total Annihilation does with the original game data, but without some of the limits that Total Annihilation has. As of 2019, RWE had progressed through several stages. The game has an original orchestral soundtrack composed by Jeremy Soule and performed by the 95-piece Northwest Sinfonia orchestra. The music changes according to events: during

4422-627: Is 1.7× more maneuverable than its Core counterpart, the Arm commander walks 1.12× faster than the Core commander, amphibious Arm Kbots float above water, making them faster and more useful than their submerging Core counterparts, Arm players can build Farks, fast assistant repair Kbots which can be crowded around labs and structures to dramatically reduce build times, and level 1 Arm tanks are equipped with superior weapons. Core has some distinct advantage as well, such as superior naval units, level 1 bombers that drop more bombs, and less conspicuous nuclear facilities. These advantages, however, are overshadowed by

4556-483: Is a principle derived from military philosophy that holds significant value for joint component and force commanders, aiding them in predicting potential courses of action before deploying troops into a designated area of operation (AO). It relies on the utilization of intelligence preparation assets, which play a critical role in supporting commanders to maintain a heightened state of awareness regarding recent, ongoing, and forthcoming events within their battlespace. It

4690-399: Is a term used to signify a military strategy which integrates multiple armed forces for the military theatre of operations , including air , information , land , sea , cyber and outer space to achieve military goals . It includes the environment, timeframe and other factors, and conditions that must be understood to successfully apply combat power, protect the force, or complete

4824-443: Is an open source General Public License engine made for real time strategy games and features games based on Total Annihilation . The engine is multi-platform and features lua scripting to make almost every aspect of the engine customizable. It features online, lan and offline playing. Total Annihilation 3D is a fan-made 3D real-time strategy game engine created with the purpose of directly moving Total Annihilation over to

4958-466: Is arguably better than any other real-time strategy game to date." Overall, Total Annihilation received aggregated scores of 86 out of 100 from Metacritic and 89% from GameRankings . Next Generation reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that " Total Annihilation will certainly reign as king of the realtime strategies, at least for now. It's expandable, and if

5092-558: Is based around its knowledge and understanding obtained by the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) system. It is another methodical concept used to gain information about the operational area—the environment, factors, and conditions, including the status of friendly and adversary forces, neutrals and noncombatants, weather and terrain—that enables timely, relevant, comprehensive and accurate assessments. It has become an effective concept for conventional and unconventional operations in successfully projecting, or protecting,

5226-454: Is completely impassable except by aircraft. The game's start-up credits give a summary of the game's narrative: "What began as a conflict over the transfer of consciousness from flesh to machines escalated into a war which has decimated a million worlds. The Core and the Arm have all but exhausted the resources of a galaxy in their struggle for domination. Both sides now crippled beyond repair,

5360-534: Is often flammable and can be set on fire by shooting it. The game features a number of terrain and tile sets. These represent several different planets that the war between the Arm and Core is being waged on, and contain various unique characteristics. The Core's home world, Core Prime, consists of inorganic metal structures and inky black seas. Since everything is made of metal, the player has unlimited access to this resource and can afford to build armies and bases more rapidly than on most other worlds. Other maps include

5494-653: The Backyard Sports franchise, Wargaming purchasing the Total Annihilation and Master of Orion franchises, and Stardock purchasing Star Control . The Test Drive franchise and publishing rights to the RollerCoaster Tycoon franchise were also put up for sale, although no bids were offered for either franchise. In October, Eden Games reopened as an independent developer by its founder, David Nadal. In 2014, all three of

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5628-596: The Driver franchise were sold to Ubisoft for $ 21.6 million. On September 1, Atari, Inc. announced that its stock faced delisting from the Nasdaq stock exchange due to its price having fallen below $ 1.00. On September 5, 2006, David Pierce was appointed as new CEO of Atari, replacing Bruno Bonnell . Pierce previously worked as an executive at Universal Pictures , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , Sony Pictures , Sony Music , and Sony Wonder . On October 2, Shiny Entertainment

5762-582: The V-Rally series to BigBen Interactive with an announcement of a new entry in the franchise from the latter. On 19 September, THQ Nordic announced they had acquired the Alone in the Dark franchise and Act of War . In March 2020, Wade Rosen, the founder of Ziggurat Interactive, became the new chair of the board of directors upon purchasing a substantial share of the company from Chesnais. Within that year,

5896-592: The Accolade , MicroProse , GT Interactive, and Infogrames catalogues that were formerly owned by Tommo/Billionsoft. This included the Bubsy series and the Accolade and GT Interactive brands. The copyright and trademarks of these titles transitioned to a holding business named GT Interactive, LLC. In May, the company obtained rights for over a dozen M Network games, including Armor Ambush , Astroblast , Frogs and Flies , Space Attack , and Star Strike . Within

6030-793: The Atari and MicroProse brands and titles such as Civilization , Falcon , RollerCoaster Tycoon , Centipede , Missile Command , and Pong , MicroProse's owned developers, the Games.com web portal, third-party video game licenses including Thomas the Tank Engine , Family Feud and various Namco properties, as well as a fifteen-year licensing deal to develop and publish titles based on Hasbro IP such as Dungeons & Dragons , Monopoly , Mr. Potato Head and My Little Pony , with an option for an additional 5 years based on performance. The deal did not include Avalon Hill , which

6164-564: The Atari Group moniker, is a French holding company headquartered in Paris that owns mainly video gaming related interactive entertainment properties. Atari SA's core subsidiaries include the publisher and marketer Atari, Inc. , developers Nightdive Studios and Digital Eclipse , and publisher Infogrames, It also has a blockchain division, Atari X, and additionally owns the websites MobyGames and AtariAge . Through these divisions,

6298-477: The Milky Way and enjoy a golden age of peace and prosperity. However, the peace is shattered by a technological breakthrough dubbed patterning , which allows the consciousness of a living human being to be reliably transferred into a machine, thereby granting a theoretically indefinite lifespan safe from disease, ageing, and pain. Following a mandate imposed by the Core requiring all humans undergo patterning as

6432-467: The 2008 fiscal year the company posted €51.1 million ($ 72.17 million) in net losses and for the 2009 fiscal year, which ended in March, Infogrames posted losses of €226.1 million ($ 319.33 million). During their fiscal year meeting in May 2009, IESA announced that it would be changing its corporate name to an Atari branded name, in line with the use of the name for its subsidiaries. In reference to this, Atari, Inc.'s CEO Jim Wilson said: "We've gotten rid of

6566-426: The Arm advantages in most situations. Total Annihilation was one of the first RTS games to feature radar that showed enemy units within its radius on the minimap. This added an additional element of electronic warfare to the game: players could construct radar jammers that prevented units in a small radius around them from appearing on radar. Mobile radar jammers could be used to create surprise attacks, necessitating

6700-416: The Arm countered this buildup with a campaign of cloning bioengineered pilots for theirs; a war that would last four thousand years began. The game's two campaigns focus on their respective sides' last remaining military leaders, their Commanders. Each Commander pilots a towering, bipedal battlemech bearing an arsenal of weapons, a powerful antimatter reactor, and enough advanced nanotechnology to enable

6834-529: The Arm have faster, sleeker units while the Core units are built to take slightly more punishment. This is shown exceptionally well by the Arm being able to build an extremely fast Kbot known as the Zipper, while the Core can build an armored Kbot known simply as The Can. When playing amongst experienced players, subtle differences between the two factions put Core players at a disadvantage. The most noticeable differences are as follows: The level 1 Arm fighter aircraft

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6968-558: The Arm's home planet, a grassy green area of forests, hills, and blue water, a barren desert world with rocks and mesas, a Martian landscape, a sandy planet with beaches and blue oceans, a volcanic world with lava instead of water, an ice planet, and more. Many maps contain lakes or oceans; these are impassable by most land units and will require ships or aircraft to reach different landmasses. Certain land units can travel underwater, but in doing so may be attacked by enemy ships and not be able to fight back. Other maps contain lava or acid which

7102-407: The Atari brand would focus within a core 18-34-year-old male audience, while children's and casual games would retain the Infogrames banner. In April 2002, the company's Japanese division Infogrames Japan K.K. signed a Japanese distribution deal with Konami for select titles and soon relaunched the Atari brand in the country with the publication of Splashdown , TransWorld Surf and V-Rally 3 in

7236-623: The Dark , a 3D horror adventure game , to international attention. By 1995, Infogrames was held by many shareholders, including a 20% stake from Pathé Interactive (joint-venture between Phillips Media and Chargeurs ) and 3.3% by Productions Marcel Dassault. By August, Phillips Media acquired Chargeurs' stake in Pathé Interactive, which led to the 20% shareholding stake of the company transferring fully over to Phillips. In 1996, Infogrames embarked on an acquisition campaign that would last seven years and cost more than $ 500 million;

7370-492: The Infogrames and Atari duality, the confusion around that. We are one simplified company, under one management team, under one brand." Infogrames' 29 May earnings report stated: An earnings press release on 24 July 2009 also provided clarification regarding the ensuing name change that was initially announced some two months prior, rebranding themselves as Atari, SA from Infogrames Entertainment, SA. Furthermore, this release also stated their intentions of henceforth utilising

7504-581: The Intellivision catalog on the system. On 26 June 2024, Infogrames acquired the Surgeon Simulator IP from tinyBuild. On 1 November 2024, Atari acquired Transport Tycoon from Chris Sawyer and was followed with Infogrames acquiring the publishing rights to Bread & Fred from Apogee Entertainment . Information about developers owned by Atari, Inc. and Atari Interactive are listed on their pages. As of 2018, Atari SA owns

7638-600: The North American Atari subsidiaries emerged from bankruptcy under the ownership of Frédéric Chesnais, who headed the slimmed-down companies with their entire operations consisting of a staff of 10 people. Atari announced in March that they had entered the social casino gaming industry with the launch of Atari Casino. In 2015, Atari announced a new turnaround strategy that would focus on "download games, MMO games, mobile games and licensing activities, based in priority around traditional franchises." Projects within

7772-693: The Year" award, which ultimately went to Myth: The Fallen Lords . In 1999, Next Generation listed Total Annihilation as number 49 on their "Top 50 Games of All Time", commenting that, "Unique innovations such as the field commander, unit waypoints, and true line of sight based on elevation enabled a new level of depth in an overcrowded genre, and made Total Annihilation a standout in the great glut of realtime strategies." Total Annihilation has won several awards, including: Infogrames Atari SA (formerly Infogrames Entertainment SA ( French pronunciation: [ɛ̃fɔɡʁam] )), also known under

7906-502: The acquisition of a 70% stake in publisher GT Interactive Software for $ 135 million, and assumed GT's $ 75 million bank debt. IESA justified the purchase by stating that GT Interactive provided Infogrames with a "distribution network for all of its products in the United States, as well as a catalog of products that includes Driver , Duke Nukem , Oddworld , Unreal Tournament and Deer Hunter . The deal also included

8040-400: The appeal hearing took place on May 1, 2008. Atari was expected to raise its value to $ 15 million USD from the period of December 20, 2007 through to March 2008. Atari received notice of its absolute delisting on September 12, 2008. In September 2008, Namco Bandai Games and Infogrames formed a joint venture called Distribution Partners . Distribution Partners was defined by Infogrames as

8174-421: The battlespace has become more complex, primarily because of the increased importance of the cognitive domain, a direct result of the information age. Today, militaries are expected to understand the effects of their actions on the operational environment as a whole, and not just in the military domain of their operational environment. The evolution of competition and conflict during the industrial age has led to

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8308-476: The closure of MicroProse's UK studio, then named Infogrames Chippenham. On October 2, the company closed Infogrames Lyon House. and on October 22, had acquired the remaining 80% of Eden Studios for $ 4.1 million,. In the fiscal year of 2002, IESA had a net loss of $ 67 million on revenues of $ 650 million, and in 2003 the net losses increased to $ 89 million. On January 30, 2003, Infogrames sold their Mac publishing division MacSoft to Destineer . On May 1,

8442-652: The closure of the Hunt Valley (the former headquarters of MicroProse) development studio. and Legend Entertainment On October 2, following the closure of Sheffield House, Atari sold a majority of Gremlin Interactive's catalogue alongside their brand, logo and trademark, to Zoo Digital Publishing , a then-new publisher founded by Gremlin co-founder Ian Stewart. On December 18, Atari announced that they would shutter Legend Entertainment in January 2004. Atari continued to close and sell off franchises in 2004. On March 30,

8576-713: The closure of their Santa Monica and Beverly publishing offices and that publishing would be reassigned to their main North American offices in New York City . On May 2, after signing a new deal with Firaxis Games , 2K announced that they had fully acquired from Atari the full Civilization and prior back catalog of titles. They also announced that they had acquired the publishing rights to the then-recent Sid Meier's Pirates! . On June 9, Hasbro announced they had purchased back Atari's exclusive digital gaming rights to their properties for $ 65 million. As part of

8710-432: The company had operations in 50 countries and 17 dedicated offices. In December 2008, Infogrames bought Cryptic Studios for $ 26.7 million in cash plus performance bonuses. Cryptic Studios is a massively multiplayer online game developer and its acquisition is in line with the company's new business strategy which focuses on online games. Despite restructuring, Infogrames continued to struggle to become profitable. For

8844-617: The company launched the Atari Token Cryptocurrency the Atari Token was launched by Atari, in equal partnership with the ICICB Group. The group was licensed to launch an online gaming platform using crypto currencies, including the Atari Token. Also, Ziggurat Interactive acquired dozens of ex-Atari-owned titles, including Deadly Dozen . In March 2021, Atari extended its partnership with ICICB Group for

8978-433: The company owns the rights to many video game properties that originated from Accolade , Atari, Inc. , Atari Corporation , GT Interactive, M Network , Intellivision and others. It is the sole owner of the Atari brand since 2001, through its subsidiary Atari Interactive Inc. which licenses the brand to other entities in the group. Infogrames published numerous video games during the 1990s and eventually became one of

9112-592: The company shuttered its Minneapolis development studio, formerly WizardWorks, and announced that its titles such as the Deer Hunter franchise would transition off to Atari Interactive. On July 29, 2004, Epic Games announced that it had ended its publishing agreement with Atari, Inc. for the Unreal , and instead signed a new three-game publishing deal with Midway , beginning with Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict in 2005. Atari would continue to publish

9246-653: The company shuttered the Infogrames Sheffield House development studio. On 7 May 2003, Infogrames officially reorganized all its subsidiaries under the Atari banner. Its two publishing divisions in the United States - Infogrames, Inc., based in Santa Monica (the former GT Interactive) which handled a majority of the company's "core" titles such as Enter the Matrix , Dungeons and Dragons (including Neverwinter Nights ) and other movie tie-ins,

9380-400: The company's titles for a period until March 2006, and was later extended to March 2007. During this period, Atari's most profitable titles in the North American market were Dragon Ball games , which accounted for the largest share of Atari's earnings at the time. Infogrames through the remainder of 2006 sold intellectual properties and some studios in order to raise cash and stave off

9514-594: The console. According to an official company statement of 22 June 2017 the product was to initially launch via a crowdfunding campaign in order to minimize financial risk to the parent company. In March 2018, the Ataribox was renamed the Atari VCS and it was released in June 2021. It was developed by a new subsidiary based in the U.S., named Atari VCS, LLC. Within the same month, it was revealed that Atari had also sold

9648-432: The continuously evolving character of war due to changes in economies, technologies, and military strategies. "New Battlespace" poses complex challenges for strategists and policymakers. The internet, deep interdependencies, and hyper-connectivity present difficulties for armies that are structured around an industrial age mindset, particularly when it comes to defending one's homeland. Addressing these challenges requires

9782-426: The day of the announcement of is departure IESA's shares jumped 24%. In the same year, Infogrames fired the majority of Atari's directors and laid off 20% of its workforce. For the 2006–2007 fiscal year, Atari posted a net loss of $ 70 million. In July 2007, Atari sold their exclusive licensing deal with Hasbro back to them for $ 19 million, which concluded with Hasbro signing a new casual game deal with Electronic Arts

9916-399: The day: they are "streaming", meaning that they are accumulated at a constant rate rather than in small batches; and they are limitless. In addition, all units and structures have a fixed cost, but they build at varying rates depending on the unit constructing them. A Commander, for example, will build a structure three times faster than a construction vehicle, but at a higher cost in energy. If

10050-544: The decision not to employ them has profound effects upon timely clearance of fires at the lowest possible level. The higher echelon may coordinate all clearance of fires short of the Coordinated Fire Line (CFL), a very time-intensive process. It allows the unit to maneuver successfully and to swiftly and efficiently engage targets. It requires coordination and clearance only within that organization. They affect fire support in two ways: Battlespace shaping

10184-400: The deployment of scout units on a regular basis to reveal said units visually. In addition, radar jammers could disguise the presence of visually cloaked units, such as the commander or land mines. Radar fields rendered cloaked units detectable; a radar jammer could make said units undetectable until the radar jammer was destroyed. Total Annihilation was also one of the first RTS games to point

10318-534: The developers SingleTrac , Humongous Entertainment , Cavedog Entertainment , WizardWorks , MacSoft , Legend Entertainment and Reflections Interactive ; Infogrames began the new millennium of 2000 with a new identity and branding, while in February GT closed down Cavedog Entertainment as part of its restructuring. In June, The company invested another $ 30 million in GT Interactive, and renamed

10452-512: The development of Atari branded hotels, with the first hotels to be constructed in Dubai , Gibraltar and Spain . The licensing agreement includes potential additional countries in Europe, Africa, and Asia. In April, Rosen replaced Chesnais as CEO and restructured the company into two units: Atari Gaming, who will focus on video games, and Atari Blockchain, who will focus on blockchain and other businesses. On July 5, 2021, Atari Gaming announced

10586-430: The domain of individual armed services. Intelligence preparation of the battlespace (IPB) is an analytical methodology employed to reduce uncertainties concerning the enemy, environment, and terrain for all types of operations. Intelligence preparation of the battlespace builds an extensive database for each potential area in which a unit may be required to operate. The database is then analyzed in detail to determine

10720-455: The end of 1997, according to PC Data. PC Gamer US reported that this performance set it behind rival Age of Empires over the same period, but ahead of Activision 's Dark Reign: The Future of War . Geoff Keighley later wrote, "Cavedog will not release specific sales figures for the game [... but] best estimates from insiders place the sales at well in excess of half a million copies". It sold over 1.5 million copies by 2002. The game

10854-503: The environment and to determine an opponent's capabilities to operate in each. JPIB products are used by the joint force and component command staffs in preparing their estimates and are also applied during the analysis and selection of friendly courses of action. Maneuver control measures are the basic preliminary step in effective clearance of fire support (e.g. artillery , naval gunfire support , and close air support ), marked by imaginary boundary lines used by commanders to designate

10988-552: The existing Unreal back catalog. On November 25, 2004, Infogrames Entertainment SA announced they had sold the Civilization franchise to an undisclosed buyer for $ 22.3 million., In January 2005, it was revealed that the buyer for the Civilization franchise was Take-Two Interactive , who acquired distribution rights to the then-upcoming title Civilization IV under their 2K label. On February 10, Atari announced

11122-464: The following week CEO Fred Chesnais confirmed the company was developing a new game console – the hardware was stated to be based on PC technology, and be still under development. In mid July 2017 an Atari press release confirmed the existence of new hardware, referred to as the Ataribox . The casing design was inspired by the original Atari 2600 , with a ribbed top surface, and a rise at the back of

11256-444: The franchise. On January 3, 2017, TMZ reported that Frontier Developments , the developer for RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 , sued Atari, Inc. for not paying the company enough for royalties for the game; Frontier reported that they only received $ 1.17 million when they needed $ 3.37 million. Frontier's Chief Operating Officer David Walsh confirmed the report in a GameSpot interview, stating that they had previously attempted to resolve

11390-407: The geographical area for which a particular unit is tactically responsible. It is usually established on identifiable terrain to help aid in hasty referencing for better lateral advantage in the science of fire support, normally orchestrated by a higher echelon of the general staff , mainly the operations staff sections. They are normally designated along terrain features easily recognizable on

11524-551: The ground. An important point on maneuver control graphics: staffs must be knowledgeable regarding the different maneuver control measures and their impact on clearance of fires. For instance, boundaries are both restrictive and permissive; corridors are restrictive, while routes, axis, and directions of attack are neither. It should be reminded of the effect on clearance of fires if subordinate maneuver units are not given zones or sectors (i.e. no boundaries established). Since boundaries serve as both permissive and restrictive measures,

11658-417: The impact of the enemy, environment and terrain on operations and presents it in graphic form. Intelligence preparation of the battlespace is a continuing and crucial process to successful warfare. Joint intelligence preparation of the battlespace (JIPB) is the analytical process used by joint intelligence organizations to produce intelligence assessments, estimates and other intelligence products in support of

11792-521: The information age, the tangible domains of land, sea, and air remain constant, but the emergence and prominence of cyber operations, outer space activities, civil society engagement, and social media usage have elevated the significance of intangible realms in both kinetic and non-kinetic forms of warfare. This shift to a "New Battlespace" implies that traditional barriers, such as vast distances, oceans, and legal constraints, no longer present insurmountable obstacles. Consequently, emerging domains allow for

11926-488: The issue without legal action since April 2016. In 2017, Piko Interactive acquired several titles from Atari: 40 Winks , Bubble Ghost , Chamber of the Sci-Mutant Priestess , Death Gate , Drakkhen , Eternam , Glover , Monty Mole , Hostage: Rescue Mission , Marco Polo and Time Gate: Knight's Chase . On June 8, a short teaser video was released, promoting a new product; and

12060-422: The joint force commander's decision-making process. It is a continuous process that includes defining the total battlespace environment; describing the battlespace's effects; evaluating the adversary; and determining and describing adversary potential courses of action. The process is used to analyze the aerial , terrestrial , maritime/littoral , spatial , electromagnetic , cyberspace , and human dimensions of

12194-404: The largest video game companies in the world through an acquisition policy. However, later, as Atari SA, it dealt with continuing pressures and difficulty finding investors which led to the company seeking bankruptcy protection under French law in January 2013 while subsidiaries in the United States sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as well. Since 2020, the company has seen a turnaround with

12328-483: The latter part of 2023, the company also formed a partnership with and made a minority investment into Playmaji, Inc. the company behind the Polymega retro console, acquired AtariAge , a website dedicated to the history of Atari games, Awesomenauts and Swords & Soldiers from Ronimo Games and Digital Eclipse , a developer that specialized in remakes of older games. On April 2, 2024, Atari re-purchased

12462-433: The marketing hype proves true, new abilities for the units should get added in by both expansion packs and downloadable patches. So if you're looking for something that doesn't mimic C&C to a fault but gives you a lot of realtime challenge and variation, this is the place to go." GamePro said it "stands out by providing a deep challenge and excellent replay value." Like Next Generation , they expressed excitement over

12596-497: The mission. This includes enemy and friendly armed forces , infrastructure , weather , terrain , and the electromagnetic spectrum within the operational areas and areas of interest. For many years, the understanding of the military operational environment has transformed from primarily a time and space-driven linear understanding (a " battlefield ") to a multi-dimensional system of systems understanding (a battlespace). This system of systems understanding implies that managing

12730-433: The much more recognisable 'Atari Group' moniker with all Atari-related brands and similar such subsidiaries already under their control. On 21 October 2010, Atari announced Atari's reference shareholders BlueBay Value Recovery (Master) Fund Limited and BlueBay Multi-Strategy (Master) Fund Limited are exploring a disposal of the shares and equity-linked instruments held by them. However, BlueBay shareholders later interrupted

12864-430: The need to outperform the opposing forces by executing appropriate actions at the right time and location. However, battlespace agility is not solely focused on speed; it also underscores the importance of executing actions in the most efficient manner possible to achieve the desired impact on the system. Fundamental to this concept is the recognition that battlespace agility relies on the quality of situational awareness and

12998-533: The new label. Atari also took a 7.9% ownership stake in tinyBuild around the same time. On May 23, Atari announced the acquisition of the Intellivision brand name and its game library from Intellivision Entertainment. This respective company and the Amico console were not included in the sale, and would be renamed. The company would secure a licensing deal with Atari to continue to release updated versions of

13132-501: The objective was to become the world's leading interactive entertainment publisher. While the company's debt increased from $ 55 million in 1999 to $ 493 million in 2002, the company's revenue also increased from $ 246 million to $ 650 million during the same period. In July 1996, the company announced that it would purchase the British-based holding company Ocean International Ltd. for $ 100 million, beginning Infogrames' status as

13266-408: The opponent's strategies. The game's interface consists of construction and command buttons (depending on the unit selected), unit status information, resource information on the production of Energy and Metal, and a minimap which gives an overview of the game's battlespace  – the visibility of which may be hindered by fog of war , necessitating the use of radar or scout units. There are

13400-461: The overall effectiveness of targeting efforts. Battlespace agility finds its origins within the broader field of Command & Control (C2) research, specifically the exploration of C2 agility by NATO. However, it specifically addresses agility within the domain of war-fighting, thus aligning with the principles of effects-based thinking, system of systems analysis, and the competing Observe Orient Decide Act ( OODA ) loops. Battlespace awareness (BA)

13534-513: The promised updates, also praising the line-of-sight features and soundtrack, though they found the unit A.I. demands close supervision from the player. Total Annihilation was a finalist for " PC Strategy Game of the Year " during the AIAS ' inaugural Interactive Achievement Awards , which ultimately went to StarCraft and Age of Empires (in a tie). Total Annihilation was a runner-up for Computer Gaming World ' s 1997 "Strategy Game of

13668-703: The publisher as Infogrames, Inc. On June 30, Infogrames purchased developer Paradigm Entertainment for $ 19.5 million and placed them within Infogrames, Inc. operations. and soon afterwards purchased in-flight games developer Den-o-Tech Int. (DTI) for $ 5.6 million, renaming them as Infogrames DTI. Infogrames was also one of the interested companies in purchasing Eidos Interactive . On December 6, 2000, board game manufacturer Hasbro announced that they would sell their struggling Hasbro Interactive division to Infogrames for $ 100 million, $ 95 million as 4.5 million common shares of Infogrames and $ 5 million in cash. The deal included all of Hasbro Interactive's product library,

13802-439: The publishing rights to RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 from Frontier Developments as part of RollerCoaster Tycoon' s 25th anniversary, giving Atari full publishing control of the series once more. Later that month, Atari relaunched the Infogrames brand as a second publishing label to publish titles outside the main Atari brands, along with the acquisition of Totally Reliable Delivery Service from tinyBuild , to be published under

13936-573: The rate at which resources are used exceeds the rate at which resources are acquired, then the player's reserves will begin to be depleted. If a player's reserves are entirely depleted, the player's production across the board will slow to a rate proportional to the amount by which outflow exceeds income, this is known as "nanostalling". In addition, if the player runs out of energy, power-dependent structures such as radar towers, metal extractors, and laser towers will cease to function. This adds an element of economic complexity unparalleled in most RTS games of

14070-483: The region. On April 25, Infogrames purchased Shiny Entertainment from the struggling Interplay Entertainment for $ 47 million, alongside the exclusive publishing rights to publish games based on The Matrix . On August 28, Infogrames purchased the remaining shares in OziSoft for $ 3.7 million and rebranded the distributor as Infogrames Australia and Infogrames New Zealand. On September 12, 2002, Infogrames announced

14204-475: The remnants of their armies continue to battle on ravaged planets, their hatred fueled by over four thousand years of total war. This is a fight to the death. For each side, the only acceptable outcome is the complete elimination of the other." In the far future the galaxy is ruled by a benevolent central government of humans and artificially intelligent machines called the Core. The Core's technological and economic triumphs have allowed humanity to colonize most of

14338-452: The restructuring of the debt and capital structure of the Atari group. As part of the agreement, the €20.9 million Credit Facility Agreement was extinguished via €10.9 million loan forgiveness from BlueBay Value Recovery (Master) Fund Limited and Atari's payment of €10 million; the cancellation of the dilutive effect of the ORANEs held by BlueBay; €20 million capital increases to be submitted to

14472-462: The rights to the following games and game franchises. The majority of these are original works by Atari , Hasbro Interactive or Infogrames, however the most notable outside of these are a large number of intellectual properties formerly belonging to Ocean Software , to which Atari SA never lost the rights. Some former franchises, such as Test Drive and Alone in the Dark , have since been sold. Battlespace Battlespace or battle-space

14606-459: The ruins of destroyed cities. Both campaigns include 25 missions, the final mission ending the war with a final strike on the enemy's homeworld – either the Arm's bucolic Empyrrean or the Core's artificial Jupiter Brain world of Core Prime. Starting in 1997 Cavedog began offering additional free downloadable content for Total Annihilation , adding new units, maps, and scenarios over time. Cavedog released The Core Contingency

14740-639: The sale process of its holding in Atari. BlueBay later converted the conversion of a portion of the ORANEs held by them. On April 4, 2012, Glu Mobile acquired the Deer Hunter franchise from Atari. On April 12, Eden Games began negotiations as an attempt to separate from Atari SA following a prior strike after Atari laid off a majority of the studios' employees the prior April. On September 28, Atari, SA, BlueBay Value Recovery (Master) Fund Limited, and The BlueBay Multi-Strategy (Master) Fund Limited reached an agreement following their negotiations regarding

14874-540: The sale, Hasbro purchased back the video game rights to the Transformers , My Little Pony , Tonka , Magic: The Gathering , Connect Four , Candy Land and Playskool franchises and brands, while Atari would obtain a seven-year exclusive agreement to produce video games based on select Hasbro board games, including Monopoly , Scrabble , The Game of Life , Battleship , Clue , Yahtzee , Simon , Risk and Boggle . Hasbro also secured

15008-696: The same day, the company announced a two-year distribution deal with Canal+ Multimedia to distribute the company's titles in the UK, France and Germany. Later on in the year the company purchased the distributors ABS Multimedia, Arcadia, and the Swiss Gamecity GmbH and ending the year off with the purchase of a 62.5% in Australian game distributor Ozisoft , following its then-recent relinquishment from Sega . On February 10, 1999, Infogrames extended its partnership with Canal+ Multimedia by purchasing

15142-510: The status of friendly and adversary forces, as well as neutrals and noncombatants, weather patterns, and the terrain. Battlespace digitization is designed to improve military operational effectiveness by integrating weapons platforms , sensor networks , ubiquitous command and control (UC2), intelligence , and network-centric warfare . This military doctrine reflects that in the future, military operations will be merged into joint operations rather than take place in separate battlespaces under

15276-532: The strategy included Alone in the Dark: Illumination , RollerCoaster Tycoon World , and a mobile game based on Lunar Lander . On December 14, 2016, fellow-French publisher Bigben Interactive announced they had purchased the Test Drive franchise from Atari. The deal allowed for BigBen to publish new installments in the franchise, while Atari would retain all rights to previous entries in

15410-640: The studio down. On May 23, Atari announced that they would sell their game assets, developers, the famous "Fuji" logo, and the Atari name in a bankruptcy auction. Prior to the bankruptcy sale in July, Nordic Games purchased the Desperados franchise and Silver on June 24 while Appeal Studios purchased the full rights to Outcast on July 4. The company's bankruptcy sale took place on July 22, 2013, leading to different titles gaining new homes. A majority of Atari's assets were sold to Tommo , which included

15544-586: The threat of bankruptcy. On May 10, 2006, the company began their sales of their studios and properties with the sale of the Games.com website to AOL , Paradigm Entertainment and the Stuntman franchise to THQ and the publishing rights to TimeShift to Vivendi Games . The sales generated $ 25 million in revenue. On June 17, Midway acquired the back publishing rights to the Unreal back catalog from Infogrames and Atari. In July, Reflections Interactive and

15678-437: The time period. When a unit or structure is destroyed, it leaves behind wreckage that may be reclaimed for a lump sum of metal. Many terrain structures may also be reclaimed for their metal. Some maps also have plants or other organic structures that can be reclaimed for energy. The player can command a variety of units including infantry bots, vehicles, ships, hovercraft, aircraft, powerful stationary long range weapons, and even

15812-853: The unit in question. Mission objectives include protecting a vital structure or area, eliminating all enemy units, capturing a pivotal enemy unit, or seizing a Galactic Gate. The worlds upon which the player wages warfare force the player to adapt to different strategies; for example, deployment on a world whose surface is entirely composed of archipelagos necessitates the construction of an effective navy. Some have salient meteorological conditions, such as low variable elevation and high wind speeds, making wind power extremely economical; while others lack an atmosphere, rendering certain forms of aeronautics unusable; dangerous electromagnetic storms or meteor showers occur on others. Once highly urbanised planets lack major crustal metal deposits, these having been long-ago mined out, and instead mass must be actively reclaimed from

15946-400: The unit will go about them automatically thus minimizing the need for the player's attention to small, repetitive tasks. The victory conditions of a multiplayer game generally involve the elimination of all enemy units, but the aim of single player campaign missions can be more specialized. Resources in Total Annihilation are handled in a manner different from other real-time strategy games of

16080-440: The various battlefield situations (conflict, construction, defeat, etc.) like the default set. Total Annihilation received a global marketing effort at launch, and was concurrently released in 14 countries with English, French and German localizations. In the United States, it debuted at #19 on PC Data 's computer game sales chart for September 1997. It rose to 15th place the following month, at an average retail price of $ 48, but

16214-745: The vote of Atari shareholders (of which €10 million with preferential subscription right). On 21 January 2013, the North American divisions of Atari SA - Atari, Inc., Atari Interactive, Inc., Humongous, Inc. and California US Holdings, Inc. all filed petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The following week on January 29, Eden Games filed for judicial liquidation , effectively closing

16348-456: The way towards battlefields with hundreds and thousands of units. Previous games could field a hundred units or so. Total Annihilation initially permitted 250 units per side which was later patched to 500. A third party patch allowed up to 5,000 units per side. The game features a physics engine which governs projectiles, explosions and wreckage. The terrain is displayed as a 2D raster image but contains height values that allow it to act as

16482-463: The weaponization of nearly anything, turning the entire globe into a competitive arena for state and non-state actors. In this context, everyone becomes a participant in global contestation, whether willingly or not, as anything and everything can be utilized as a weapon. These changes do not indicate a fundamental alteration in the nature of war between the Old and New Battlespaces; rather, they underscore

16616-403: Was absent from PC Data's top 20 by November. Shipments to retailers worldwide had reached 250,000 units by the end of October, and an analyst for Merrill Lynch noted that the game was performing well by the start of December, which she felt was a positive sign for GT Interactive 's financial recovery at the time. Total Annihilation ultimately sold-through 83,900 copies in the United States by

16750-462: Was acquired by Foundation 9 Entertainment for $ 1.6 million. The last studio put up for sale - Atari Melbourne House, was sold to Krome Studios in November, and was renamed to Krome Studios Melbourne. Atari retained ownership of Eden Games , while Infogrames still held the assets of Humongous, Inc. In April 2007, Infogrames' founding chairman Bruno Bonnell left the company after 24 years; on

16884-475: Was completed by October 9. With that acquisition Infogrames was the only owner of the Atari brand. Infogrames said that it planned to reduce administrative costs and to focus on online gaming. On May 9, 2008, it was revealed that NASDAQ would be removing Atari from the NASDAQ stock exchange. Atari has stated its intentions to appeal the decision. Atari was notified of NASDAQ's final decision on April 24, 2008, and

17018-499: Was disclaimed as "unlicensed" and a replacement would be developed. In 2023, Atari began a series of IP acquisitions. In March, they acquired the intellectual property rights to 12 Stern Electronics titles, including Berzerk and Frenzy . Later that month, Atari announced that it would acquire Nightdive Studios for $ 10 million. Nightdive had released several ports and remasters of Atari's divested games. The following month, they had re-acquired over one hundred video games from

17152-494: Was getting out of the distribution business in the PAL region with its decision to sell its 66% stake at Distribution Partners. According to an Infogrames press-release, this sale allowed "Atari to focus its financial resources and creative energy exclusively on developing and publishing online-enabled games". In July, the deal valued at €37 million was completed; Distribution Partners was renamed to Namco Bandai Partners . At that time

17286-534: Was highly praised by critics, and won numerous awards, including GameSpot 's Game of the Year Award for 1997. It won GameSpy 's Top Ten Real-Time Strategy Games of All Time in 2004, leaving StarCraft in second place. It was also named in GameSpot's 50-game The Greatest Games of All Time list in 2010. The editors stated "It's not as famous as Warcraft or Command & Conquer , but Total Annihilation

17420-582: Was however not included in the sale, and was shuttered following the purchase. On January 30, 1998, Infogrames signed a licensing deal with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment to publish and develop five titles based on the Looney Tunes franchise. On February 8, Infogrames rebranded its subsidiaries under its own banner, with Ocean Software becoming Infogrames United Kingdom, Ocean of America becoming Infogrames Entertainment, Inc. and Bomico Entertainment Software becoming Infogrames Deutschland. On

17554-473: Was moved to Villeurbanne . Bonnell commented: "This dinosaur [ sic ] is our symbol. The armadillo has always survived changes to its environment, from the melting of glaciers to the worst of heat waves." In the late 1980s, Infogrames was noted for its French computer games that often featured original game ideas and occasionally humorous content. They had acquired several licences for popular Franco-Belgian comics . In 1992, they released Alone in

17688-494: Was purchased. The company's first major purchase of the year came on April 20, with the purchase of publisher Accolade for $ 60 million in order to gain a major North American distribution network. Accolade was rebranded as Infogrames North America, with the company's former North American distribution arm (the ex-Ocean of America) being folded into it. On June 24, the company extended its Looney Tunes licensing deal with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment for five years, with

17822-869: Was rebranded as Atari, Inc. , and Infogrames Interactive, Inc., based in Beverly, Massachusetts, which focused on children's and casual titles such as games based on the Dragon Ball franchise and their Hasbro license, was renamed Atari Interactive, Inc. , merging with the previously existing Atari Interactive, Inc. which held all rights to the Atari brand. Other subsidiaries that rebranded included Infogrames Australia Pty, Ltd. rebranding as Atari Australia Pty, Ltd. , Infogrames United Kingdom Limited rebranding as Atari United Kingdom Limited, Infogrames Europe rebranding as Atari Europe and development studio Infogrames Melbourne House Pty Ltd becoming Atari Melbourne House Pty Ltd. The Infogrames Entertainment SA company as

17956-433: Was retained by Hasbro. The deal was closed on January 29, 2001, and Hasbro Interactive was rebranded as Infogrames Interactive, Inc. On October 2, 2001, Infogrames announced that they would reinvent the Atari brand as a second major publishing label with the launch of three new games featuring prominent Atari branding on their boxarts: Splashdown , MX Rider and TransWorld Surf . Infogrames titles released under

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