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Atari CEO resigns
Publisher licenses Test Drive franchise to its parent company as chief restructuring officer takes the reins on an interim basis.
By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpot
Posted Nov 13, 2007 4:07 pm PT
Atari is looking to change its bad fortunes of late, but it will have to start by changing its leadership. The company announced today that CEO David Pierce has resigned his position with the company and a search is on the way for a successor. Pierce ends his run at the helm of Atari after just over a year on the job.
Taking over the CEO role on an interim basis will be the company's chief restructuring officer, Curtis G. Solsvig III. No explanation was given for Pierce's departure, but the chairman of the publisher's board wished him well and expressed appreciation for his "support and commitment through a difficult period in the company's history."
Speaking of that difficult period, the company also announced part of its plan to turn things around, including the licensing of its Test Drive series to its parent company Infogrames. Under the terms of the deal, Atari will receive a $5 million advance on royalties and Infogrames gets the license for a six-year term, during which the company will make and sell at least two new releases.
As has been noted before, the company no longer owns any internal development studios. In today's announcement, Atari specified that it "will refocus its operations on publishing and distribution in North America, completing its withdrawal from the production business."
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O a esta? Que viene siendo lo mismo.
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Test Drive Licensed To Infogrames As Atari Exits Development
As Atari's CEO resigns, the company has announced it is withdrawing from the development business to refocus purely on publishing and distribution, licensing its Test Drive franchise to parent company Infogrames.
The six year Test Drive agreement includes a $5 million advance royalty and allows Infogrames to develop and market at least two new iterations of the franchise. Atari says the deal "will assure the continued vitality of the franchise and will strengthen the relationship between Atari and its parent company while providing an important element in the on-going financial restructuring of Atari."
That restructuring will see all production and quality assurance services cease in lieu of a firm focus on "title acquisition, sales and marketing, and physical distribution of products" from both Infogrames and "other selected partners." Atari says it will "transfer certain employees and contract other staff on a project basis for a limited period of time."
Said acting CEO Curtis G. Solsvig III, "Atari continues to take important steps to stream-line operations and establish a winning business plan. We expect that the actions we are undertaking today will position us for the future as a preferred business and distribution partner."
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Vale, para los que no tengan ganas de leerse el primer texto o no pilotan de inglés, resumo:
- CEO de Atari David Pierce, se larga sin motivos aparentes.
- Curtis G. Solsvig III le sucederá provisionalmente.
- En el texto queda de manifiesto que Atari está mal.
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Todos los derechos de Test Drive Unlimited pasan a Infogrames, a la cual se la autoriza a lanzar dos nuevas versiones del juego durante un periodo de tiempo de 6 años.
- Atari ya no es propietaria de ningún desarrollo de ningún juego.
- Atari se centrará en la publicación y distribución de material en América del norte, abandonando así la producción.
El segundo texto viene a decir lo mismo.
Conclusiones que yo saco, es posible que ahora Infogrames haga algo con el TDU1 y se ponga a arreglar la papeleta que le ha entrado. O es posible que directamente muera y se vuelquen de pleno en el desarrollo del TDU2.
Adios Atari
(al menos por 6 años)
Atari esta chunga -
14-11-2007, 17:35:30
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