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Every 5-10 years, the cycle repeats. Atari files for bankruptcy in the US.

Before anyone goes "oh no, another industry giant is dying!", this isn't the real Atari, which has been dead for a long time. This is the US branch of Infogrames, which purchased the name some time back and then renamed themselves to Atari because of it's brand recognition.

That name is cursed nowadays. If you're bored, read up on the history of the Atari name. It's quite fun to see how many companies adopted the name then died out!


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Adult Swim told me it was just to break free of their French parent company. Besides, I would hate to think that the 'industry giant' of the OLD Atari is still alive. They made more mistakes than any other video game company that has ever existed and single handedly almost allowed the medium to be destroyed due to quality control issues with ET.

Edited by WindRider739 on February 1, 2013 at 15:39:27


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