{"id":28116,"date":"2023-04-21T00:07:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T23:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/atari-acquires-the-rights-to-100-retro-game-ip-including-bubsy-and-hardball\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T00:07:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T23:07:32","slug":"atari-acquires-the-rights-to-100-retro-game-ip-including-bubsy-and-hardball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/atari-acquires-the-rights-to-100-retro-game-ip-including-bubsy-and-hardball\/","title":{"rendered":"Atari acquires the rights to 100+ retro game IP including Bubsy and Hardball"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\nAtari has whipped out its wallet and snapped up the intellectual property rights to over 100 retro games from the 80s and 90s, including Bubsy, Demolition Racer, and more.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSpecifically, Atari&#8217;s new acquisitions span the PC and console game catalogues of publishers Micropose, Infogrames, Accolade, with Atari also now owning the Accolade trademark.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSadly, the company hasn&#8217;t shared a full list of the retro IP it now owns after its most recent splurge, so there&#8217;ll be no time for lengthy bouts of nostalgia here &#8211; but its announcement did at least call out the aforementioned Bubsy and Demolition Racer, alongside Hardball, 1942: Pacific Air War, F-117A, and F-14 air combat series.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/atari-has-acquired-the-rights-to-a-load-of-old-retro-ip-including-busby-and-hardball\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; eurogamer.net<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. 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