Atari SA

Atari SA
FormerlyInfogrames Entertainment SA (1983–2009)
Company typePublic
ISINFR0010478248
Industry
FoundedJune 1983; 41 years ago (1983-06) in Lyon, France as Infogrames
29 May 2009; 15 years ago (2009-05-29) in Paris, France as Atari
FounderBruno Bonnell, Christophe Sapet
Headquarters
Paris
,
France
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Wade J. Rosen (chairman and CEO)
Brands
  • Atari
  • Accolade
  • GT Interactive
  • Infogrames
  • M Network
  • Intellivision
RevenueIncrease €6.4 million[1] (2023)
Increase €-5 million (2023)
Decrease €-6.6 million (2023)
Total assetsIncrease €54.6 million (2023)
Total equityIncrease €11.2 million (2023)
SubsidiariesSee § Subsidiaries
Websiteatari-investisseurs.fr

Atari SA (formerly Infogrames Entertainment SA (French pronunciation: [ɛ̃fɔɡʁam])), also known under the Atari Group moniker,[2][3] is a French holding company headquartered in Paris that owns mainly video gaming related interactive entertainment properties. Atari SA's core subsidiaries include the publisher and marketer Atari, Inc., developers Nightdive Studios and Digital Eclipse, and publisher Infogrames, It also has a blockchain division, Atari X, and additionally owns the websites MobyGames and AtariAge. Through these divisions, the company owns the rights to many video game properties that originated from Accolade, Atari, Inc., Atari Corporation, GT Interactive, M Network, Intellivision and others. It is the sole owner of the Atari brand since 2001, through its subsidiary Atari Interactive Inc. which licenses the brand to other entities in the group.[4]

Infogrames published numerous video games during the 1990s and eventually became one of the largest video game companies in the world through an acquisition policy. However, later, as Atari SA, it dealt with continuing pressures and difficulty finding investors which led to the company seeking bankruptcy protection under French law in January 2013 while subsidiaries in the United States sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as well.[5] Since 2020, the company has seen a turnaround with a new focus on dealing with re-releases of older titles and the acquisition of companies that deal with the re-release of mainly abandonware video games; it also abandoned its cryptocurrency and casino divisions, which the company had focused on during previous leadership.[6]

  1. ^ "HY 2023-2024 financial report" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 March 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  2. ^ "About Atari GOVERNANCE". ATARI Investisseurs. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  3. ^ https://www.reuters.com/article/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/atari-group-adds-new-major-shareholder-idUSFWN2BG1ZU/
  4. ^ "ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT 2016/2017" (PDF) (Press release). p. 11.
  5. ^ "Game almost over as Atari goes bankrupt". The Australian. 23 January 2013.
  6. ^ Shriber, Todd (6 July 2021). "Atari Online Casino Scrapped as Company Focuses on Premium Games". Casino.org. Retrieved 13 September 2024.