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John Burns has been appointed as SVP and general manager of Trion Worlds Europe. The online games outfit welcomes the former EA and Atari man to its exec team – he has been consulting for the firm since the start of 2011. He reports to publishing SVP David Reid. Trion …
Read More »Cryptic acquired for $50m
Atari’s has sold its Californian studio Cryptic for $50 million to China’s online gaming giant Perfect World, the company has said. Cryptic was acquired by Atari 2008 for $27 million, and went on to build MMO titles such as Star Trek Online and Champions Online. However, the studio has been …
Read More »Atari sells Cryptic for $50m
Loss-making studio acquired by Chinese MMO specialist
Read More »Atari to sell off MMO studio Cryptic
Champions Online developer open to the highest bidder
Read More »Atari puts Cryptic up for sale
Cryptic Studios has been put up for sale by parent company Atari. The developer behind titles such as Star Trek Online, City of Heroes/Villains and Champions Online was described as of March 31st as a "discontinued operation" by its parent company. Gamasutra reports that Atari will continue to support all …
Read More »Atari’s Eden Games ‘on strike’
Staff at French studio Eden Games have today gone on strike, in a protest against company layoffs, according to reports. Studio management have warned that 51 of Eden’s 80 studio staff are targeted for redundancies, it is believed. An unnamed Test Drive Unlimited 2 developer issued a statement to Gamasutra …
Read More »Impressive Atari Hits app arrives
One of the most ambitious retro game collections to hit smartphones has arrived in the Apple App Store today. Free to download, Atari’s Greatest Hits offers a comprehensive collection of both some of Atari’s greatest arcade hits as well as an assortment of 2600 console titles. While the app is …
Read More »New CEO at Cryptic Studios
Atari Europe has announced that former COO Jack Emmert has been appointed as the new CEO of developer Cryptic Studios. Former Cryptic CEO John Needham has chosen to leave the company to pursue new games-related opportunities. "It’s been a privilege and a pleasure to work with Cryptic these past several …
Read More »Atari online revenues soar 494%
Atari’s revenues dropped from €92.5m (77.7m) to €41m (34.4m) year-on-year during the nine months ending December 31st. Despite the 55.7 per cent dip in overall revenues, Atari’s online business grew 493.5 per cent during the fiscal period. €18.4m (15.4m) was generated in this area compared to €3.1m (2.6m) the year …
Read More »Champions Online gets free-to-play date
Atari Europe’s superhero MMO Champions Online will officially become a free-to-play title on January 25th. Developer Cryptic first revealed its intention to remove mandatory subscription charges back in October. Though the game will be free to play to all, a number of premium additions will also be available to purchase. …
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