It is done: Infogrames now fully owns Atari

by Alexander Sliwinski { Oct 13th 2008 at 4:30PM }

Infogrames has completed its $11 million stock purchase of Atari, making it a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher now. Infogrames CEO David Gardner stated the full buyout (it previously owned 51.4%) was another key part of the company's extreme makeover, which has seen the shocking revelation of profits show up in the publisher's coffers.

We wonder if this is the key step needed for us to bid adieu to Infogrames and see its name changed to Atari?

Tags: atari, david-gardner, infogrames

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

ExMcCloud @ Oct 13th 2008 4:35PM

So is this a good thing or should I not even care?

Titanium_Orchid @ Oct 13th 2008 4:44PM

Short answer? No

Long answer? Nooooooooooooooooooooo

Jakka @ Oct 13th 2008 4:56PM

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

ExMcCloud @ Oct 13th 2008 5:03PM

LMAO why are you guys such ass holes....I cant stop laughing......lmao

nonpareil @ Oct 13th 2008 4:39PM

More importantly, should we be getting Dead Space for the Xbox360 or the PS3?

SecretAgentHam @ Oct 13th 2008 4:43PM

build up the trophy list or the Gamerscore... the choices...

Envoy @ Oct 13th 2008 4:59PM

PS3 has teh nice black downloadable suite!

ExMcCloud @ Oct 13th 2008 5:04PM

Go with the PS3 u need the trophies.....That damn I know that empty trophy collection is irritating....Plus the Black suit is nice

philmcphail (Welcome Back Mr. ESC!) @ Oct 13th 2008 5:09PM

Get it for PS3 and give me your PSN ID! I'm not going into the Ishimura alone. I don't have much friends online (PSN at least, XBL is just fine), and the 4 friends on PSN I do have barely cares about Dead Space. PLUS TEH NICE BLACK SUITE IS FREE FOR TEH FIRST 2 WEEKS! I downloaded it a couple days ago.

NaeemTHM @ Oct 13th 2008 4:54PM

If I knew Infogrames was handing out 11 million dollars for poo, I would have gave them a call.

squirtforce @ Oct 13th 2008 6:09PM

I made at least 60 dollars worth this morning when I squeezed out alone in the dark. Not sure if it was worth it.

Highcharity @ Oct 13th 2008 8:00PM

I am surprised Atari is even worth 11 Million.

VicViper09 @ Oct 13th 2008 4:59PM

Whew, what a relief.

BJ Wanlund @ Oct 13th 2008 5:30PM

All your Atari are belong to us.

I think I can say it no better than that.

BJ

carg0 @ Oct 13th 2008 5:57PM

two names that don't mean jack #*!% anymore...

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Oct 13th 2008 6:01PM

You know, I never understood the point of censoring yourself. It's alright? No one is going to punish you for cursing.

carg0 @ Oct 13th 2008 6:43PM

to actually spell out the curse word or words means you're employing genuine anger at someone or something.

in this case, the censoring merely denotes the opposite. it makes the statement more of a 'quip', really.

Ryura @ Oct 13th 2008 6:32PM

Infograms is entertainment!

Kino @ Oct 14th 2008 6:27PM

Man, I was going to pick up Atari on the way home today for like, 50 bucks. Looks like Infograms outbid me again. Bastards!

But seriously, it's like the blind leading the blind.

Ad-man @ Oct 13th 2008 7:33PM

I recently bought Abe's Oddysee (again) on psOne and am of the opinion that that alone justifies Infogrames existance at least up until now...

Graham Wellington (formerly ronald.raygun) @ Oct 13th 2008 8:09PM

and somewhere in a hot tub nolan bushnell is smoking a pipe and laughing about passing on the curse!

Graham Wellington (formerly ronald.raygun) @ Oct 13th 2008 8:12PM

that's weird my avatar shows the right one when i look at my settings but shows my old one in my comment, hmm.

oh and thanks for that awesome best buy ad that just about locked my browser down.