Atari Acquiring Nightdive [Mar 23, 2023, 11:58 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Atari enters into an agreement to acquire Night Dive, announcing it will be
the new owner of the studio that's actually named (one word)
Nightdive Studios (thanks
Frans). Nightdive has famously created updated versions of classic games, and is
currently putting the finishing touches on a highly anticipated remake of
System Shock that's expected in
May. The deal is expected to be completed next month. Here's word on the
terms: "The purchase price of Night Dive will consist of (i) an initial
consideration of US$10 million payable half in cash and half in Atari shares at
the closing of the acquisition (see below) plus (ii) an earn-out of up to US$10
million, payable in cash over the next three years based on the future
performance of Night Dive." Here's more:
Led by industry veterans Stephen Kick and Larry Kuperman, Night Dive is a full service development and publishing company with expertise in restoring, optimizing, and publishing classic video games. Night Dive has published over 100 titles and has garnered critical acclaim for their releases of seminal industry and fan-favorite titles including System Shock, Doom 64, and Quake.
Night Dive’s most recent project is a remastered version of classic FPS game System Shock, which is one of the most-anticipated retro releases of 2023. System Shock is now available for pre-order on Steam, GOG and Epic Games.
A key to the success of Night Dive is their proprietary KEX engine that makes classic games playable on modern hardware and gives the studio the ability to enhance and improve upon the original to meet the expectations of contemporary players. The studio’s reputation and deep industry knowledge have made them a go-to partner for some of the largest names in gaming and media and allowed them to develop a diversified portfolio of titles.
Jees only 10 million and a maybe bonus for how well the edgy pacman remake does. Seems like a cheap buyout.
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MacLeod wrote on Mar 23, 2023, 14:17:
Time for them to remake the ultimate classic game! The Atari 2600 "Raiders of the Lost Ark" game. We have enough joysticks and buttons to not have to use two controllers now.
Heh, why stop there? Remaster the infamous "E.T. The Extraterrestrial" game as well!
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
Time for them to remake the ultimate classic game! The Atari 2600 "Raiders of the Lost Ark" game. We have enough joysticks and buttons to not have to use two controllers now.
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RogueSix wrote on Mar 23, 2023, 13:27:What can I say ? How about reserving a score till actually *playing* SS when it comes out ?
... ...
Were they? Delays galore, cancelled projects... the System Shock demo was completely unimpressive imo. If there is or was anything that made them "exceptional" then it must be pretty well hidden.
Thanks to Nightdive I finished/replayed and *loved* :
Strife: Veteran Edition
Turok 1: Dinosaur Hunter - Excellent remake without blinding fog !.
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil - Very good
Blood: Fresh Supply - Very good
Doom 64 - Very good
Shadow Man Remastered - Very good
Quake - Very good
PowerSlave Exhumed (isn't the superior PC version -didn't get the permit-, but a Saturn-PS1 remix, but good anyway)
I know that even if you didn't play any of these games or didn't like them, you feel compelled to give us your definitive opinion, as others I recall from you:
- Deus Ex games' Adam Jenssen: "... dipshit ... complete sore los-er ... dumb asshole."
- Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic (Kotor 1 and 2):
"One of the most boring and overrated games ever ... old garbage."
- Dark Souls, and From(software) titles in general: " ... the most overrated janky garbage ever created."
I promise you I expunged these games from my Steam library.
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Darks, of course, you are totally right, and hope Atari lets Nightdive keep shining
Just my fear of losing their goodness talking.
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WannaLogAlready wrote on Mar 23, 2023, 12:38:
Goodby Nigthdive, you were exceptionally good.
Hey, come on now. Atari is actually trying to make a comeback. Hopefully they learned from their prior mistakes. They have a lot of really good games coming out in the near future.
Lets give them at least a chance to prove themselves.
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WannaLogAlready wrote on Mar 23, 2023, 12:38:
Goodby Nigthdive, you were exceptionally good.
Were they? Delays galore, cancelled projects... the System Shock demo was completely unimpressive imo. If there is or was anything that made them "exceptional" then it must be pretty well hidden.
WannaLogAlready wrote on Mar 23, 2023, 12:38:Yeah
Goodby Nigthdive, you were exceptionally good.
I get why Nightdive did it, $10 mil is a big payout for a small company like that. But still, I hope they realize atari is just probably going to destroy them, regardless of any promises they made. Atari maybe thinks they will be getting a game studio they can put their name on, probably to redo some Atari classics, but Nightdive expertise is WAY overpowered for doing something like an Asteroids remake. I linked below some of the recent stuff from atari.
They will let nightdive languish on the vine, push out recycled crap, stop mentioning them entirely in credits at some point since they only want people to see "atari" and the devs will eventually leave to form yet another studio, the circle of life in PC gaming dev I guess.
That's my prediction.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1700890/Asteroids_Recharged/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2213980/Caverns_of_Mars_Recharged/
Nothing special, decent ratings
Burrito of Peace wrote on Mar 23, 2023, 13:05:That's why I put all my money in GameStop, Enron and AMC Theaters.Braden wrote on Mar 23, 2023, 12:58:
Atari shares actually have value?
Only if you believe it does, like every other stock in existence.
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Braden wrote on Mar 23, 2023, 12:58:
Atari shares actually have value?
Only if you believe it does, like every other stock in existence.
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Atari shares actually have value?
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Yeah, that's depressing. I was hoping to see more older titles return, but I guess there's no money in it. The post from a couple days ago about SSI's silver box games made me hopeful that gog might bring back SSI's Phantasy series. I had fun with that before the gold box stuff.
Goodby Nigthdive, you were exceptionally good.
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