Author Topic: Atari/Infograms selling all game assets (Read 3748 times)

GroudonRobotWars · « **on:** May 23, 2013, 06:57:54 PM »

Atari filled for bankruptcy back in January, now it appears they are selling off their gaming assets.

The major assets being sold include

Roller Coaster Tycoon Franchise which is going for a minimum bid of $3.5 million, Test Drive Franchise which is going for a minimum bid of $1.5 million and Total Annihilation going for a minimum bid of $250 thousand dollars.

There is currently no word as to what will happen with all of Atari/Infograms ips as of yet. Meaning that the future fate of franchises such as Baulder's Gate, Alone in the Dark, Robot Arena and more are unknown.

Atari hopes to make $22 million through the auction.

Atari's last published video game was Special Forces: Team X which released February 6 2013 on Steam and Xbox Live Arcade.

http://ca.ign.com/articles/2013/05/23/atari-auctioning-off-game-assets-in-july

Mr. AS · « **Reply #1 on:** May 23, 2013, 07:00:22 PM »

watch as someone buys the ra2 source for $1.

Badnik96 · « **Reply #2 on:** May 23, 2013, 07:59:22 PM »

we need to somehow contact whoever does that

qwertythe300th · « **Reply #3 on:** May 23, 2013, 08:06:10 PM »

Why don't we buy it

DSL3 could be RA3

COOLRUNNER87 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 23, 2013, 08:06:55 PM »

Quote from: Badnik96 on May 23, 2013, 07:59:22 PM

we need to somehow contact whoever does that

That won't be for a few days right now; all Atari has done is ask the judges to allow this auction to happen. Once it does, we'll need to see exactly how much Atari wants for the Robot Arena IP (if they sell it at all) before we can get a move on.

qwertythe300th · « **Reply #5 on:** May 23, 2013, 08:10:20 PM »

I honestly think RA2, If they sell it legitly, May go in the ten-thousand, maybe high one thousands.

Badnik96 · « **Reply #6 on:** May 23, 2013, 08:29:05 PM »

Doubting this but do you think anyone would make an RA3 if they got the IP for it?

Resetti's Replicas · « **Reply #7 on:** May 23, 2013, 08:35:33 PM »

I assume it will be packaged with a bunch of other games, and the guy who buys it won't even realize he has it.

qwertythe300th · « **Reply #8 on:** May 23, 2013, 08:40:30 PM »

Lets chime in money and sweep the Atari Market

Pwnator · « **Reply #9 on:** May 23, 2013, 09:41:24 PM »

The TA franchise better go to a good home.

ianh05 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 24, 2013, 12:17:05 AM »

Let's pray that someone picks up Robot Arena that actually cares about it. My hope is that it gets a Wii U release at the very least with online and Miiverse support.

JoeCB1991 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 24, 2013, 12:24:47 AM »

Awesome, I was just trying to get back into this game (been having some problems with the PC that all of my games are on, and I haven't really tried to get it fixed up since then in either 2010 late/early 2011 until now) and I see this news.

I hope that someone buys it and we can get something new with RA2. I'd love to see someone make a new game like this with built in programs for making custom components and arenas.

MassimoV · « **Reply #12 on:** May 24, 2013, 12:29:54 AM »

Yeah, you were the guy that made all the Destroyers. Please stick around. Oh btw, DSL 3 beta has been released.

JoeCB1991 · « **Reply #13 on:** May 24, 2013, 12:58:41 AM »

Planning on it, I haven't been able to play in a while, hopefully once I do get everything with the PC fixed (had to wipe the HD around the time I stopped posting, but I still have my RA2 files on a flash drive, and there is still some issue with Windows XP installing correctly) I'll be able to get back to playing regularly.

I saw that the NAR AI pack got much bigger too, so I'll need to download that again too.

frezal · « **Reply #14 on:** May 24, 2013, 01:58:28 AM »

Quote from: ianh05 on May 24, 2013, 12:17:05 AM

Let's pray that someone picks up Robot Arena that actually cares about it. My hope is that it gets a Wii U release at the very least with online and Miiverse support.

Robot Arena is probably dead...

...but, perhaps the new owner could release an open RA2 on Steam?

RpJk · « **Reply #15 on:** May 24, 2013, 02:14:48 AM »

Quote from: frezal on May 24, 2013, 01:58:28 AM

Quote from: ianh05 on May 24, 2013, 12:17:05 AM
Let's pray that someone picks up Robot Arena that actually cares about it. My hope is that it gets a Wii U release at the very least with online and Miiverse support.
Robot Arena is probably dead...

...but, perhaps the new owner could release an open RA2 on Steam?

Thats pretty much my guess if they something with RA2 at the very max.

J · « **Reply #16 on:** May 24, 2013, 02:36:25 AM »

RA3 being fanmade..... Heh..... Would be pretty neat.

ianh05 · « **Reply #17 on:** May 24, 2013, 02:39:34 AM »

Buy the rights and build functioning combat robots from Robot Arena 1/2

.

Dibs on Emergency!

Badnik96 · « **Reply #18 on:** May 24, 2013, 06:25:13 AM »

Holy crap it's Joe! Where are all these old members coming from???

HurricaneAndrew · « **Reply #19 on:** May 24, 2013, 09:18:32 AM »

Quote from: Badnik96 on May 24, 2013, 06:25:13 AM

Holy crap it's Joe! Where are all these old members coming from???

Why can't just say "welcome back" or something like a normal person instead of jizzing your pants when an old member comes back?

Sonny is probably right though. They will most likely sell off the older or less popular games in bundles.

Or it won't be for sale... I still think the source code for RA2 was probably lost somehow and they just don't want to admit making such a stupid mistake.