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Atari Selling Studios To Avoid Bankruptcy

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the all-hands-abandon-ship dept.

hammersuit writes "GameDaily Biz is reporting that Atari has put up five studios for sale in an effort to stave off bankruptcy once again. These include Shiny Studios (thought to be working on next-gen Earthworm Jim games) and Reflections (working on yet another sequel to the Driver series)."

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  1. Re:Atari's Games by the-amazing-blob · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Goodbye, Atari. We will miss you.

  2. Here's some advice to them by Stormwatch · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "A delayed game is eventually good, a bad game is bad forever." - Shigeru Miyamoto

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  3. Re:I've got an idea... by MBGMorden · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Neverwinter Nights 2 is very much a game people want to play. Selling a studio is instant; making a hit game takes a bit of time. They're doing all this now to try and make it until they can release some of the stuff in the pipeline.

    I personally don't care if it's Atari that publishes it or not (Obsidian isn't part of them anyways), but NWN2 better be released . . .

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  4. Re:Whoa Nellie! by shoptroll · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Given Shiny's track record with The Matrix franchise I'm not holding my breath. And from what I heard the last EWJ incarnation (Earthworm Jim 3-D) was nothing to write home about. I'll keep my cartridge of Earthworm Jim around in case I want some good and irreverent times.

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  5. Re:Whoa Nellie! by HiVizDiver · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I dunno, I really liked MDK (never played MDK2), and I seem to remember it getting pretty favorable reviews at the time.