Tameka Kee
Dec 17, 2009 3:19 PM
Yet another reason for game publishers to read the fine print in the content licensing deals they sign. Toy-maker Hasbro is suing Atari over allegations that Atari entered into an “unauthorized sublicensing relationship” with Namco Bandai for the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) games. Hasbro subsidiary Wizards of the Coast owns…
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Rafat Ali
Apr 30, 2008 10:33 PM
Not that this is a surprise: Atari’s biggest shareholder Infogrames, the French video games company, has bought the struggling company after its non-binding offer earlier in March. The cost for the rest of 49.6 percent: $11 million…Infogrames already held 51.4 percent. The merger will be funded by Infogrames from existing…
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Rafat Ali
Mar 6, 2008 8:54 PM
The Atari saga continues, as its biggest shareholder Infogrames, the French video games company, has offered to buy the rest of the company for $1.68 a share. This is a non-binding offer, the company said. Infogrames owns 51 percent of Atari. Just last December, Atari said it had completed some…
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