and its history see atari . atari interactive logo of atari interactive since 2012 . type subsidiary of atari sa industry computer and video games interactive entertainment founded january 2 1996 ; 20 years ago 1996 01 02 as a division of atari corporation 1998 as a subsidiary of hasbro interactive 2003 as a subsidiary of atari sa headquarters new york city new york united states products video games parent atari sa website atari.com atari interactive is a name used by several separate groups and corporations since the mid 1990s . in 1996 it was the name of atari corporation s pc publishing division bringing games like the atari jaguar s tempest 2000 to the pc platform . 1 2 from 1998 to 2001 atari interactive inc. was the name of the corporate entity that held the atari properties purchased from jts by hasbro in 1998 and functioned as the retro publishing subsidiary of hasbro interactive . 3 it is currently the name of a wholly owned subsidiary of atari sa formerly infogrames who is the current owner of the atari brand and various other properties formerly belonging to hasbro interactive . it was formed in 2001 when iesa acquired hasbro interactive and proceeded to rename it to infogrames interactive . 4 in 2003 iesa then changed the company name entirely to atari interactive inc. as part of its worldwide reorganization to focus on use of the atari brand . 5 contents 1 division of atari corporation 2 hasbro interactive subsidiary 3 infogrames subsidiary 4 see also 5 references 6 external links division of atari corporation edit on january 2 1996 at the winter consumer electronics show atari corporation formally announced the formation of atari interactive to address the worldwide pc market . 6 planning to initially launch with four titles tempest 2000 highlander the last of the macleods baldies and flipout further releases were to include missile command 3d return to crystal castles interactive rocky horror show and virtual war . 6 by february 12 however atari corporation was announcing a planned merger with drive manufacturer jts who had no interest to compete in any way in the video game or pc markets . 7 atari corporation suspended its business laid off about 80 percent of its staff and reportedly began liquidating its assets which included the closing of the newly formed atari interactive division . 7 hasbro interactive subsidiary edit on february 23 1998 jts sold all assets and properties of its atari division to hiat xi corp. a wholly owned subsidiary of hasbro s hasbro interactive created in delaware for the purpose of the purchase . 8 it then proceeded to rename hiax xi to atari interactive and hasbro began publishing retro themed remake titles under the atari brand name beginning with centipede . 9 and later expanded with the next tetris missile command pong the next level q bert glover nerf arena blast and breakout . infogrames subsidiary edit in 2001 hasbro sold hasbro interactive and its subsidiaries to french publisher infogrames entertainment sa iesa . iesa then renamed it to infogrames interactive inc. . 4 on may 7 2003 iesa officially reorganized its subsidiaries into atari branded names which included renaming infogrames interactive inc. to atari interactive inc. 10 in 2003 infogrames us subsidiary infogrames inc. licensed the atari name and logo from atari interactive and changed its name to atari inc. 11 using it to develop publish and distribute games for all major video game consoles and personal computers under the atari brand . on january 21 2013 atari inc. and atari interactive 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 . 12 all three ataris emerged from bankruptcy one year later and the entering of the social casino gaming industry with atari casino . 13 frederic chesnais who now heads all three companies stated their entire operations consist of a staff of 10 people . 14 see also edit wikimedia commons has media related to atari . history of video games references edit shelton denise january 3 1996 . atari announces pc games unit . . cnet . retrieved 2009 08 15 . tempest 2000 cd cover at moby games business wire february 7 2000 . hasbro interactive pursues copyright infringement suit against egames and gt interactive ; xtreme games mvp software webfoot and varcon also named in suit . . business wire . retrieved 2009 08 15 . a b civilization iii play the world press release . infogrames inc. may 8 2002 . archived from the original on 12 october 2007 . retrieved 2007 11 06 . atari inc. march 31 2003 . 10 kt for 3 31 03 . atari inc. archived from the original on january 27 2008 . retrieved 2007 11 06 . a b business wire january 2 1996 . atari broadens its platform base . business wire . retrieved 2009 08 15 . a b biggs brooke shelby july 19 1996 . success killed pac man creator atari . san jose business journal . retrieved 2009 08 15 . jts corp. march 3 1998 . 8 k for 2 23 98 . jts corp. retrieved 2009 08 15 . rouse iii richard sep 10 1999 . leaping lizard s centipede 3d . game developer magazine . retrieved 2009 08 15 . summary of atari inc yahoo finance atari inc. march 31 2003 . 10 kt for 3 31 03 overview subsection . atari inc. archived from the original on january 27 2008 . retrieved 2007 11 06 . atari files for chapter 11 to separate from french parent . prnewswire.com . retrieved september 4 2013 . brett molina march 26 2014 . atari resets with jump into social casino gaming . usa today . retrieved march 26 2014 . http venturebeat.com 2014 03 26 atari and flowplay team up to offer social casino games utm medium twitter & utm source twitterfeed external links edit atari inc. s official site v t e atari hardware personal computers 400 800 xl xe st mega ste tt030 atari transputer workstation falcon portable computers stacy st book portfolio video game consoles pong stunt cycle video pinball 2600 2800 5200 7800 xegs lynx jaguar jaguar cd flashback series cancelled prototypes cosmos atari 2700 panther other arcade games atari video music retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title atari interactive & oldid 739826456 categories atarivideo game development companiesvideo game publishersvideo game companies of the united statesentertainment software associationcompanies based in new yorkdefunct companies based in new york navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran aisitaliano edit links this page was last modified on 17 september 2016 at 07 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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