Infogrames: Difference between revisions

Infogrames was a large French gaming company, famous for many titles, including ''Alone in the Dark'', ''Shadow of the Comet'', and ''Hogs of War''. The company began in 1983. They made several major acquisitions in the late 90's, which included buying [[Ocean Software]], [[Philips Interactive Media]], [[Gremlin Interactive (UK)|Gremlin Interactive]], [[Accolade]], [[Beam Software (Australia)|Beam Software]], [[GT Interactive Software]], [[Humongous Entertainment]], [[Shiny Entertainment]], Eden Games and [[Hasbro Interactive]] (with the [[MicroProse]] and [[Atari Corporation|Atari]] brands). The brand name of Atari, taken from [[Hasbro, Inc.|Hasbro]], was relaunched in October 2001 and replaced Infogrames' name in all games since 2003. In October 2008 the company fully assimilated the Atari name and eventually became the new [[Atari Interactive (France)|Atari, Inc.]] in the following year, after many financial struggles.