Although its not the 'real' Atari , looks like another casulty , thats without several other games companies biting the dirt this week as well....like visual science

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=14656

Whilst it would be a terrible shame to lose the Atari brand given its heritage, to current generation gamers the names means nothing, and I for one can't believe some of the drivel infogrames have published under the Atari moniker :( .

To see what has happened to the brand has been heartbreaking for without Atari who knows where the industry would be now.

I've just been looking at the atari website to see what games they have brought us in recent years, and there are still some fantastic names in there, but nothing earth shattering in the last couple of years. Indeed looking at the console realeases its a tale of mainly woefull games on the PS2 and X-box.

They have had some great names to play with as well ( Terminator and The Matrix for example) and yet even path of neo failed to excite.

Damm shame if they do go, but given whats happened to the brand in recent years maybe its for the best.

I can't see anyone who would want to buy the brand now if it does go into receivership as the one company big enough that I think would do it justice (ubisoft) has got a big enough name of its own and is already in danger of being swallowed by EA (nooooooooooooooooooooo :angry: ).

Atari doing what it does best......

I thought that was bulldozing in the desert...

Well, it would be a nice bit if synergy if Nolan Bushnell now bought the Atari brand name for use with his uWink venture. Full-circle after 30 years.

It doesn't surprise me. Atari/Infogrames threw huge amounts of money at titles like Enter The Matrix and Driv3r, which didn't guarantee quality and the end result is the company is in trouble...

It would be a shame if there was no longer an Atari "label" around.

TBH, I think there's so much latent value in the Atari brand that it's bound to be picked up by somebody.