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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
In late 2000, French software company [[Infogrames|Infogrames Entertainment SA]] bought | In late 2000, French software company [[Infogrames|Infogrames Entertainment SA]] bought struggling publisher [[Hasbro Interactive]] from [[Hasbro]], and with it the [[Atari Interactive (Hasbro Interactive)|Atari]] brand name. After beginning to use the brand on certain games in 2001, Infogrames rebranded most of its subsidiaries as Atari in May 2003, while reducing its own presence solely as a holding company that licensed out the Atari brand name from Atari Interactive. In October 2008, the company fully purchased Atari, Inc. and in May 2009, was rebranded as "'''Atari SA'''", after many financial struggles. | ||
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*Also shows up at the end of the interview between the company's current CEO Wade Rosen and Atari, Inc. founder Nolan Bushnell, and at the beginning of an interview with Warren Robinett, the creator of Atari's ''Adventure''. | *Also shows up at the end of the interview between the company's current CEO Wade Rosen and Atari, Inc. founder Nolan Bushnell, and at the beginning of an interview with Warren Robinett, the creator of Atari's ''Adventure''. | ||
{{Chronology|[[Infogrames]]|}} | {{Chronology|[[Infogrames]]<br>[[Atari Interactive (Hasbro Interactive)|Atari Interactive]]|}} | ||
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[[Category:French video game logos]] | [[Category:French video game logos]] | ||
[[Category:France]] | [[Category:France]] | ||
[[Category:Video game logos]] | [[Category:Video game logos]] | ||
[[Category:American video game logos]] | |||
[[Category:United States]] | |||
[[Category:Atari]] | [[Category:Atari]] | ||