Atari Auctioning Off Game Assets in July

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Atari will attempt to sell off its game franchises at auction in July in a bid to curb its bankruptcy losses.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the company, which filed for bankruptcy in the US back in January, will try and sell its IPs separately after a bid to find a buyer for the entire catalogue failed.

The auction will take place over four days in July and comes after meetings with 180 potential buyers resulted in just 15 offers, none of which were deemed satisfactory. Atari now hopes that selling its franchises separately will maximise returns.

IPs confirmed to go under the gavel thus far include Rollercoaster Tycoon for a minimum bid of $3.5 million, Total Annihilation for a minimum bid of $250,000 and Test Drive for a minimum bid of $1.5 million.

Atari is, of course, most famous for creating arcade classics such as Pong and Asteroids.

Source IGN

Seriously how many times has this company gone bust already
 
Atari is where gaming started for me..... back in the early 80's

So sad to see them struggle they were so successful those days.

Asteroids ftw
 
Such a lousy company. I remember so well when I went to a friend's house and saw his NES playing Super Mario Bros. That was the day Atari died to me.
 
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