Atari plans studio sell-off - briefly
(hx) 11:16 PM CET - Feb,17 2006
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Last week, the company reported weaker-than-expected Q3 results, showing
revenues of $101m and a net loss of $5m.
MCV today
revealed that the flailing publisher is to sell their internal development
studios such as Shiny and Reflections, and additionally remove various
extraneous positions from their U.S. corporate structure:
"We had decided in December that we should refocus our creativity efforts on
external studios, rather than internal development. We will be looking to sell
our studios, but that doesn't mean that we're immediately putting a 'For Sale'
sign on them. They still have important projects to finish for us."
The studios within the stable are some of the best known in the market and
include:
- Reflections, based in Newcastle, currently working on Driver 4.
- Melbourne House, based in Australia, working on current gen versions of
Test Drive.
- Paradigm, based in Dallas, currently working on Stuntman 2 and
Battlezone.
- Shiny Studios, based in Laguna Beach, currently working on one
undisclosed project and new versions of Earthworm Jim.
- Eden Studios, based in Lyon, working on Test Drive for next generation
systems.
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