Atari has acquired five Ubisoft games, including Child of Eden and Grow Home, and will re-release and ‘evolve’ them | VGC (www.videogameschronicle.com)
from ampersandrew@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world on 27 Aug 12:47
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It would be nice to see some more IPs liberated from Ubisoft, since they’re not using them anyway.

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Prox@lemmy.world on 27 Aug 12:52 next collapse

The five games that are now owned by Atari are:

  • Cold Fear (2005)
  • Child of Eden (2011)
  • I Am Alive (2012)
  • Grow Home (2015)
  • Grow Up (2016)
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world on 27 Aug 13:17 next collapse

Grow Home was a fun little game.

simple@piefed.social on 27 Aug 14:41 collapse

The sequel 'Grow Up' was even better. Great 3D platformer.

itkovian@lemmy.world on 27 Aug 13:44 next collapse

I don’t trust Atari to not fuck it up. But hey, more surprising things have happened.

DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 27 Aug 15:53 collapse

Atari owns Nightdive though…

Call_Me_Maple@lemmy.world on 28 Aug 00:21 collapse

Fr? That makes a lot of sense actually.

Guitar@lemmy.world on 27 Aug 15:36 collapse

I will say I am glad to see that the current Atari CEO is actually trying to do stuff with the brand again. It seemed like it was really dead for a long time. But it’s refreshing to see Atari celebrate it’s long and bumpy history. As well as trying to do new things in the modern gaming environment. I hope they can find some real success. It would be neat to see Atari actually become a big player again.

ampersandrew@lemmy.world on 27 Aug 15:48 next collapse

As a cautionary tale, I said the same things about Embracer acquiring unused properties and underutilized studios in an attempt to revive more niche series for underserved segments of the market.

Guitar@lemmy.world on 27 Aug 15:53 collapse

Fair enough, but it’s really just a hope. I certainly don’t have confidence that it won’t turn to shit. But the gaming landscape could use some shakeup with some new/old players.

Call_Me_Maple@lemmy.world on 28 Aug 00:22 collapse

I was going to say the same thing. I noticed it with the new Busby game, I hope they find a lot of success are are able to bring that retro game design back to the forefront.