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Re: Atari S.A. Bankrupt Too |
Jan 22, 2013, 18:30 |
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HASBRO AND ATARI RESOLVE DUNGEONS & DRAGONS RIGHTS DISPUTE
August 15, 2011 (Renton, WA) – Wizards of the Coast LLC, Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) and Atari, S.A. announced today the settlement and resolution of the complaint against Atari, S.A. and the counterclaims filed by Atari, S.A. against Hasbro, Inc. filed in December 2009 in regards to the Dungeons & Dragons brand.
Digital licensing rights for Dungeons & Dragons have been returned to Hasbro. Atari will continue to develop and market several games under license from Hasbro and Wizards, including the #1 Xbox LIVE® hit Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale and the upcoming Heroes of Neverwinter for Facebook. Additional settlement details remain private.
In addition, the acquisition of Cryptic Studios by Perfect World Entertainment Inc. from Atari in July 2011 has delayed the Neverwinter PC Game scheduled for release later this year. Perfect World will be investing in a more immersive experience for release in late 2012.
I pulled this right from the WOTC site, looks like Infograms still retains the license. I'd still love to know why NWN2 is impossible to buy now however. |
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Re: Atari S.A. Bankrupt Too |
Jan 22, 2013, 12:29 |
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Stimpack wrote on Jan 22, 2013, 10:36:
You wouldn't happen to have any details on that license, would you? I haven't really looked into it, but it would certainly be nice to see D&D games that weren't absolute garbage.
*edit* also, not meaning to sound harsh, it's shitty that more people are going to end up losing jobs. It seems like every other day here there's a company filing for bankruptcy.
Unfortunately no, the reason I believe it may have already been stripped is due to a lawsuit Hasbro filed a couple years ago that Atari infringed upon the license, which is I think responsible for both NWN and NWN2 no longer being able to be sold via Atari, in the case of NWN2 no one has it for sale anymore including steam and other digital retailers so something happened obviously, I believe the suit itself has been settled however I have no idea if Infograms still retains a license to produce future D&D properties. |
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Re: Atari S.A. Bankrupt Too |
Jan 22, 2013, 10:57 |
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| it is shitty but that is capitalism. If you cannot show continual growth then your shares tank. No chance of influx money and the shareholders go nuts. Irony is, everything goes in bankrupcy. |
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| Its not the cough that carries you off but the coffin they carry you off in. |
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Jan 22, 2013, 10:36 |
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You wouldn't happen to have any details on that license, would you? I haven't really looked into it, but it would certainly be nice to see D&D games that weren't absolute garbage.
*edit* also, not meaning to sound harsh, it's shitty that more people are going to end up losing jobs. It seems like every other day here there's a company filing for bankruptcy. |
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Re: Atari S.A. Bankrupt Too |
Jan 22, 2013, 09:47 |
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| That Infograms has this idea that they've fooled anyone over the last 10 years or so calling themselves Atari S.A. is pretty humorous. I hope Hasbro/WotC strips their D&D license if they haven't already. |
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