Pioneering video game brand Atari has officially acquired all intellectual property rights to five underdog Ubisoft titles.
Atari and Ubisoft announced their partnership in a new press release, as well as their plan to pull five older franchises from the crypt.
Through the brands’ partnership, Atari can take retired Ubisoft titles — Cold Fear (2005), I Am Alive (2012), Child of Eden (2011), Grow Home (2015), and Grow Up (2016) — and reintroduce them to contemporary audiences. The brand plans to re-release the newly acquired titles under its publishing label and “expand [its] reach through updated formats, new content, and extended distribution channels.”
“Millions of players have experienced these worlds over the years, and this will open the door for long time players to revisit those memories while inviting new audiences to discover them for the first time,” said Deborah Papiernik, Vice President of New Business. “Atari has a rich gaming legacy and deep appreciation for these classic titles, we’re excited to see how they’ll evolve and connect with players in fresh, meaningful ways.”
All five titles are interesting in that Ubisoft doesn’t really make games like these anymore; These picks really showcase a very creative Ubisoft.
Cold Fear, released for PlayStation 2 and Xbox in 2005, is a survival-horror game about a zombie-like outbreak aboard a whaling ship. I Am Alive, an adventure-survival game released exclusively on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network in 2012, players join an unnamed protagonist as he searches a post-apocalyptic world for his wife and daughter. Those two titles will join musical rail shooter Child of Eden as well as 2015 physics-based platformer Grow Home and its bigger and better sequel, Grow Up.
“Ubisoft and Atari both have a legacy of crafting worlds that players can fall in love with — games that resonate with generations of players not just for how they played, but for how they made us feel,” Atari Chairman and CEO Wade Rosen said. “We’re excited to reintroduce these titles while also exploring ways to expand and evolve these franchises.”
If we’re lucky, we might see some sequels. Atari, if you give me a follow-up to I Am Alive, my life is yours.
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