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Atari company history timeline
1996: Financially troubled in the face of competition from Sega and Nintendo, Atari merges with JTS Corporation.
1996: Atari Games sold to WMS Industries (owners of the Williams, and Bally/Midway arcade brands).
Also, Frogger, released under the Hasbro Interactive label for PC and for PlayStation in November 1997, was now considered part of the Atari product line.
Both companies were bought in December of 1998.
12, 1998 as HIAC XI, Corp.) was merged with and into its parent company, Infogrames Interactive, Inc. (established Dec.
1998: Hasbro Interactive acquires all Atari Corporation related properties from JTS, creating a new subsidiary, Hasbro Interactive.
In the fourth quarter of 1998 GT Interactive posted a net income of $16.7 million on revenues of $246.3 million.
1999 January 19: Take-Two Interactive Software announced it had become the exclusive European distributor of ten Game Boy Color titles for Majesco Sales Inc.
Take-Two planned to launch these titles in Europe between February and September of 1999.
IESA's acquisition came just in time because GTI's 1999 results were dismal.
On May 10, 2000, IESA announced the rebranding of GT Interactive to Infogrames, Inc.
2000; and announced Pac-Man, title by Namco, for PC, to ship Oct.
2002 January 16: At Atari Interactive, Inc.: Denis Guyennot was president, David Fremed was treasurer, Lisa Rothblum was clerk, Leslie C. Park was assistant secretary, and there were three directors: Bruno Bonnell, Denis Guyennot, Thomas Schmider. (MA filing)
May 10: Infogrames, Inc. announced the summer 2002 release, under the Atari brand, of V-Rally 3, for PS2 (version developed by Eden Studios) and for Game Boy Advance.
November 19: Come January 2002, the Motorola Accompli and Siemens SL45i would be the first two Java handsets to go on sale in Europe, and iFone's Atari collection would be available for download to those phones. (The Guardian)
2003 January 9: iFone and Sprint announced a partnership that would exclusively launch iFone's Atari Classics wireless games within the United States by bringing Atari games such as Asteroids, Centipede, Pong, and Missile Command to PCS Vision handsets.
Almost three years later, on May 8, 2003, the company would again change its name, this time to Atari, Inc., becoming ATAR on the NASDAQ stock market.
Atari had significant financial issues for several years prior, with losses in the tens of millions since 2005.
On September 1, 2006, Atari, Inc. announced that its stock faced delisting from the NASDAQ stock exchange due to its price having fallen below $1.00.
On September 5, 2006, David Pierce was appointed as new CEO of Atari, replacing Bruno Bonnell.
On October 2, 2006, Atari, Inc. announced that it had sold off Shiny Entertainment to Foundation 9 Entertainment, which culminated in the completion of their strategic divesture.
On April 5, 2007, Bruno Bonnell resigned his position as chairman and chief financial officer.
Atari was notified of NASDAQ's final decision on April 24, 2008, and the appeal hearing took place on May 1, 2008.
On October 11, 2008, Infogrames completed its acquisition of Atari, Inc., making it a wholly owned subsidiary.
2009: Infogrames Entertainment buys the minority shareholders of Atari, Inc.
In April 2010, Atari SA board member and former CEO David Gardner resigned.
As of March 31, 2011, the board of directors consisted of Frank Dangeard, Jim Wilson, Tom Virden, Gene Davis and Alexandra Fichelson
On January 21, 2013, Atari, Inc., Atari Interactive Inc., Humongous, Inc. and California US Holdings, Inc. (collectively, the "Companies") filed petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
2013: In February 2013, Frédéric Chesnais, former CEO of Atari Interactive, Inc., as well as former Deputy-COO and CFO of Infogrames Entertainment, becomes Atari, SA’s largest shareholder through his holding company Ker Ventures.
At the end of March 31, 2013, Atari, SA and its subsidiaries has one million (Euro) of revenue only.
2013: The listing of the Atari, SA shares is suspended on the Paris Stock Exchange.
2014: In January, quotation of the Atari, SA shares is resumed on the Paris stock Exchange.
On June 22, 2014, Atari announced a new corporate strategy that would include a focus on “new audiences”, specifically “LGBT, social casinos, real-money gambling, and YouTube”
Frontier's Chief Operating Officer David Walsh confirmed the report in a GameSpot interview, stating that they had previously attempted to resolve the issue without legal action since April 2016.
On January 3, 2017, TMZ reported that Frontier Developments, the developer for RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, sued Atari, Inc. for not paying the company enough for royalties for the game; Frontier reported that they only received $1.17 million when they needed $3.37 million.
On September 26, 2017, Atari sent out a press release about the new “Atari VCS”, which confirmed more details about the console.
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| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Take-Two Interactive Software | 1993 | $5.3B | 6,495 | 85 |
| Epic Games | 1991 | $500.0M | 1,001 | 108 |
| Daybreak Game | 2015 | $25.0M | 450 | 12 |
| Perpetual Entertainment | 2002 | $13.0M | 7,500 | - |
| Sony Interactive Entertainment America | 1995 | $450.0M | 8,000 | - |
| Sierra Corporation | 2005 | $19.0M | 500 | 52 |
| SEGA | 1940 | $1.9B | 3,238 | 29 |
| HeR Interactive | 1995 | $4.4M | 35 | - |
| Nintendo | 1889 | $13.7B | 6,547 | 111 |
| 2k | - | $7.5M | 3,000 | 63 |
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Atari may also be known as or be related to Atari, Atari Inc, Atari Interactive Inc, Atari, Inc. and GT Interactive Software Corp. (1993–2000) Infogrames, Inc. (2000–2003).