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Atari Purchases Cryptic Studios For $26.7 Million

Posted by Soulskill on from the rare-positive-mmo-news dept.

Trevor DeRiza writes "Early this morning, Atari announced that they had purchased US MMO developer Cryptic Studios for an initial 26.7 million USD, along with a possible 20 million USD bonus for future performance. Cryptic has three games coming out in the next three years: Champions Online (2009), Star Trek Online (2010), and a secret project (2011). All three will now be released under the Atari logo." This is welcome news in light of all the recent troubles in the MMO market.

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  1. Re:atari HAS 47 million dollars? by grahamd0 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I am surprised Atari still exists, even more so that it has tens of millions to invest.

    Atari, the company that made those cartridges you remember, doesn't exist. The name is still around, and they've published some good titles.

    I played Champions online at Gen Con, it looks pretty cool. I wouldn't be surprised if it prints money for them.