Atari creeps closer to death

Well you certainly did not expect them to live forever, did you? Atari has been dying slowly for sometime now and it was fun while it lasted…

Things haven’t been going well for Atari for quite some time now, but they’ve just taken a turn for the worse.

The publisher, once the premiere name in the gaming industry, reportedly plans to lay off a portion of its North American staff (which currently consists of 250 people) and plans to sell all of its internal studios. All of this comes as Atari’s latest high profile release – “Marc Ecko’s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure” - earns less than stellar reviews from video game critics.
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The internal studios on the block have worked on some of Atari’s largest releases over the past few years, including the “Driver” and “Test Drive” franchises and games based on “The Matrix” films. Source: CNN Money

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