Atari Interactive, Inc.

Moby ID: 202

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January 21, 2013

Filed a petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

February 17, 2006

The company restructures its operations, which will result in a worldwide workforce reduction of approximately 20%.

May 7, 2003

As a result of Infogrames' worldwide re-branding, Infogrames Interactive, Inc. changes name into Atari Interactive, Inc.

January 2001

Hasbro Interactive was sold to Infogrames and became Infogrames Interactive.

May 18, 2000

Hasbro issued a press release, confirming the cancellation of "Tank Platoon!", which was supposed to be the sequel to M1 Tank Platoon 2.

March 10, 2000

Hasbro announces support of Microsoft X-Box.

February 7, 2000

Hasbro Interactive and its Atari Interactive subsidiary file a lawsuit in federal court to enforce the companies' copyrights to games including Centipede, Asteroids and Missile Command. The complaint alleges that eGames, GT Interactive, XTreme Games, MVP Software, Webfoot Technologies and Varcon Systems blatantly copied games for which Hasbro Interactive owns the exclusive copyrights.

January 27, 2000

Hasbro Interactive reached an agreement with Saban Entertainment to license NASCAR RACERS, the cartoon series, for interactive titles.

December 21, 1999

Hasbro's Em@il Games claims 100,000 registered users.

December 7, 1999

Hasbro announced closing of MicroProse Alameda (which used to be offices of Spectrum HoloByte) and MicroProse Chapel Hill, to be completed in January 2000.

November 17, 1999

Hasbro Sports signed 29 NASCAR drivers to a license, allowing Hasbro Sports to develope titles based on the drivers, vehicles, and teams.

November 2, 1999

Sony announces launch of "Trivial Pursuit Online" at The [email protected], based on Hasbro's Trivial Pursuit.

October 4, 1999

Hasbro / MicroProse co-sponsors the MechWarrior 3 Meltdown head-to-head competition on the Microsoft MSN Gaming Zone to be held from October 8 to October 24.

August 13, 1999

Hasbro completes acquisition of Europress, a veteran publisher of educational and lifestyle software based in England.

August 1999

Hasbro announces it is sponsoring the Gravity Games as the exclusive toy and games industry sponsor.

May 13, 1999

Hasbro announces at E3 their 1999 lineup, which includes: Axis and Allies: Iron Blitz Edition, B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th!, Civilization II: Test of Time, Diplomacy, GP 500, Gunship!, Magic the Gathering: Gold Edition, MechWarrior 3, Risk II, X-COM: Alliance, and 4 versions of Monopoly (Monopoly (1999 for PC/Mac), Monopoly (1999 for N64), Monopoly Casino, Monopoly Junior).

Their children's games lineup included Easy Bake Kitchen, Playskool Store, Tonka Dig 'n Rigs, Clue Jr., SpyGlass Mysteries, and Nerf’ Jr. Foam Fighters.

They also announced a 3-year deal with Nickelodeon, with the first game being CatDog: Quest for the Golden Hydrant.

Finally, they announced that Star Trek: The Next Generation - Birth of the Federation went gold and should reach stores by end of the month.

May 12, 1999

Hasbro announced licensing deal with National Football League for the Em@il Games: NFL Football game.

May 10, 1999

Hasbro announces the first NASCAR license products, which are Trivial Pursuit NASCAR edition, Em@il NASCAR, and the NASCAR Digital Camera.

May 10, 1999

Hasbro licenses the arcade classic Q*Bert from Sony Signatures.

April 14, 1999

Hasbro licensed 11 titles from Namco, including PacMan, Ms. PacMan, DigDug, Galaga, Glaxian, Pole Position, and more. Hasbro gains the right to develope, publish, and distribute interactive games based on the eleven properties. Hasbro plans to remake the classics.

February 23, 1999

Hasbro Interactive signs agreement with The Tetris Company and Blue Planet Software to publish the next generation of Tetris (r) for PSX and PC. The new title will be "The Next Tetris".

February 8, 1999

Hasbro signs a 5-year licensing agreement with NASCAR to develope family and children's software games and interactive toys based on NASCAR. This license covers all gaming hardware platforms.

February 5, 1999

Hasbro conducts "Take an E-mail Game Break" event in Manhattan, New York, where they gave away 100,000 copies of Em@il Games: Scrabble for free.

November 10, 1998

Hasbro/MicroProse announces RollerCoaster Tycoon will be released next year.

September 14, 1998

Hasbro completed their acquisition of MicroProse at $6.00 per share. Roughly 5.25 million shares were acquired. MicroProse became a wholly owned subsidiary of Hasbro.

September 1998

Hasbro brings "Life" and "Clue" classic boardgames to the PC and Consoles.

August 12, 1998

Hasbro announced definitive agreement to acquire MicroProse Software, Inc.

April 13, 1998

Hasbro Interactive Launches Tonka (tm) Garage, a title that lets kids design, build and customize their fleet of Tonka vehicles.

March 13, 1998

Hasbro Interactive acquires Atari and all its intellectual property for $5 million.

March 10, 1998

M1 Tank Platoon II goes gold.

May 1997

MicroProse announces M1 Tank Platoon II at E3 1997.

1997

Hasbro Licensed "Frogger" from Konami for a remake.

1995

Hasbro Interactive founded as a gaming division of Hasbro, Inc.