Atari Going Bye-Bye Once and For All?
The company just can't seem to stay alive!  February 21st, 2006 (1:15pm) - Atari CEO Bruno Bonnell has made the decision to bankrupt their top 5 development studios after posting a net loss of well over $5,000,000: The most recent in a string of unfortunate events for the company including the departure of Chief Financial Officer Diane Baker and recent credit cutoff from HSBC Bank.
Taking a look at what’s on the butcher’s block and what they are/were working on:
- Reflections - In development of Driver 4
- Melbourne House - Developers of the Test Drive franchise
- Paradigm - In development of Stuntman 2
- Shiny Studios - Famous for the Earthworm Jim franchise and PC Sci-Fi epic Messiah
- Eden Studios - Created City of Heroes, and is in development of a Test Drive next-generation title
In addition to the studio cuts, Bruno Bonnell has also declared there will be a significant cutback on employees in North America while no European layoffs are planned.Reported by Adrian Santiago on February 21st, 2006 (1:15pm)
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