AtariAge + Atari Q&A

[+S.D.]

So, @Albert, now that you are official historian... when corporate gives you access to all the historical documents and records going back to antiquity, you're going to give us the final story on the SwordQuest prizes right?  Right?!

 

We must know!

[GraffitiTavern]

One genuine question is how will things work with all of Atari's acquisitions. Would say Awesomenauts get a forum/subforum since it's an Atari-owned game now with an active community? What about other acquisitions they have made, say with Nightdive etc. 

[Fred_M]

3 hours ago, GraffitiTavern said:

One genuine question is how will things work with all of Atari's acquisitions. Would say Awesomenauts get a forum/subforum since it's an Atari-owned game now with an active community? What about other acquisitions they have made, say with Nightdive etc. 

Atari only bought the IPs of Ronimo Games. The company Ronimo games does not exist anymore (bankruptcy in August 2023). Nightdive is an active studio, so this latest acquisition is more comparable to buying Bezerk and other games.

 

But still a valid question!

[GraffitiTavern]

24 minutes ago, Fred_M said:

Atari only bought the IPs of Ronimo Games. The company Ronimo games does not exist anymore (bankruptcy in August 2023). Nightdive is an active studio, so this latest acquisition is more comparable to buying Bezerk and other games.

 

But still a valid question!

Oh I didn't know the company completely dissolved, were they well-known in The Netherlands? I more considered this different because as a MOBA, Awesomenauts has an active community and fanbase. Someone else shared but they have an active subreddit with several thousand members.

[Fred_M]

4 hours ago, GraffitiTavern said:

Oh I didn't know the company completely dissolved, were they well-known in The Netherlands? I more considered this different because as a MOBA, Awesomenauts has an active community and fanbase. Someone else shared but they have an active subreddit with several thousand members.

Personally I had never heard of them, but I am not active in those kind of games/communities. Only tech related Dutch news websites ran the story of their bankruptcy. Their games were not specific for the Dutch market, I have no idea how well they are known in other countries.

 

But yes, the company is dissolved, so I think Atari has bought those IPs for bargain price

Edited October 26 by Fred_M

[Matt_B]

They'd be a familiar name to aficionados of the Wii and Wii U eShops - where the Swords & Soldiers games were originally exclusive - as well as the Humble Bundle, to which they contributed several times.

 

Calling them "indie darlings" might be going a bit far but their games always reviewed well. At least they did until Blightbound, the bug ridden mess that I presume was their undoing.

[GraffitiTavern]

10 hours ago, Matt_B said:

They'd be a familiar name to aficionados of the Wii and Wii U eShops - where the Swords & Soldiers games were originally exclusive - as well as the Humble Bundle, to which they contributed several times.

 

Calling them "indie darlings" might be going a bit far but their games always reviewed well. At least they did until Blightbound, the bug ridden mess that I presume was their undoing.

Funny this I was on the Wii U eshop a lot but never heard of Swords & Soldiers. However the cartoony Kingdom Rush-esque art may have turned me off of it at the time.

[jerseystyle]

On 10/26/2023 at 7:16 AM, GraffitiTavern said:

Funny this I was on the Wii U eshop a lot but never heard of Swords & Soldiers. However the cartoony Kingdom Rush-esque art may have turned me off of it at the time.

Swords and Soldiers was a great game. One of my favorites on Wiiware.