Atari chief, Bruno Bonnell, says 'au revoir'

by Justin McElroy { Apr 5th 2007 at 2:25PM }

Bruno Bonnell -- 25-year games industry veteran and Infogrames founder -- has stepped down from his plethora of positions at Atari, the company announced today.

Bonnell was holding down the jobs of Chairman of the Board, Chief Creative Officer, Acting Chief Financial Officer, and a director of Atari. (To be clear, the company is still Infogrames, they've just taken to using the name Atari, the Dread Pirate Roberts of the gaming industry.) Notably absent from the list of jobs is the role of CEO, which Bonnell was forced out of in 2003 by stockholders in the face of financial troubles that, well, still aren't cleared up. But Bruno, why leave now, just when things were sort of starting to maybe get better?

Tags: atari, brunobonnell, ceo, infogrames

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Brigham Fancylad @ Apr 5th 2007 3:31PM

Love the picture.

Atari is so 15 years ago. I thought they went into the black-market-baby business in like '96.

Whirlo @ Apr 5th 2007 3:45PM

Completely unrelated, but, did anyone else misread it as "Apache Chief" the first time?

JodyAnthony @ Apr 5th 2007 3:47PM

every time you make a princess bride reference you make my day better.

Justin McElroy @ Apr 5th 2007 4:34PM

You and my wife both, Jody.

Benjamin Heckendorn @ Apr 5th 2007 6:21PM

They obviously need a cantankerous two-fisted hard drinkin' Irish guy to fill that role... I know one!

Although it is sad that people are meant to assume this is the "old Atari" still, as we all know that died in 1996.

hvnlysoldr @ Apr 5th 2007 6:29PM

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

I have felt the voices of millions silenced.

It is him. How do you know? That is the sound of ultimate suffering. And who else would be suffering I am Inigo Montiya, you killed my father prepare to die.

The Ghostbusters, Chuck Norris, and Reggie tried to cross the streams, roundhouse kick, and kick ass/take name at the same time causing a paradox that could unravel the very fabric of space time luckily only in our galaxy. Of course that's a worst case scenario.