BrikoX@lemmy.zip to Gaming@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 months agoAtari Is Starting 2025 By Announcing Their Own Portable Handheldgameranx.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up135arrow-down1external-linkAtari Is Starting 2025 By Announcing Their Own Portable Handheldgameranx.comBrikoX@lemmy.zip to Gaming@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·2 months agoThe name IP has been sold off between various companies. The company that made Quake ended up buying the rights and renaming itself Atari. It is similar to how Cingular Wireless bought the name AT&T and remained itself to AT&T.
minus-squareSpuddlesv2linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoid software made Quake. They have not renamed themselves Atari. Whatchu talking about.
minus-squareAnticorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months agoAT&T is actually Cingular now? I did not know that. Sheesh.
minus-squarehperrinlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThe name was bought by a new company, just like Polaroid.
How is Atari still around?
The name IP has been sold off between various companies. The company that made Quake ended up buying the rights and renaming itself Atari.
It is similar to how Cingular Wireless bought the name AT&T and remained itself to AT&T.
id software made Quake. They have not renamed themselves Atari. Whatchu talking about.
AT&T is actually Cingular now? I did not know that. Sheesh.
The name was bought by a new company, just like Polaroid.