The Wall Street Journal revealed that Atari will sell off its game properties individually in an auction in July after it failed to find a bidder for their entire catalog. The publisher is seeking a minimum of $22.2 million in total bids in order to pay its debts.
Game properties that will go up for auction include the Rollercoaster Tycoon, Test Drive, and Total Annihilation franchises. The Rollercoaster Tycoon lot is going for a minimum of $3.5 million. If you can’t afford that, perhaps the Total Annihilation series is a better fit for your budget at a bargain $250K?
Atari originally filed for bankruptcy protection in January.
Sam Lake, Remedy Entertainment’s creative director, wants Alan Wake fans to know that they would love to make a full sequel to the 2010 horror game, but that the game’s original sales just didn’t support the development of a full-fledged installment. Although the game did eventually sell over 3 million copies, the revenue didn’t come in fast enough. Sam Lake also takes a bit of time to pitch the Alan Wake Humble Bundle which lets people pay what they want for both Alan Wake and American Nightmares games along with a load of goodies like a soundtrack and an art book.
You’ll be able to look forward to Remedy’s new game, Quantum Break, that was revealed during the Microsoft Xbox One reveal event. The new game features a live action show merged with a videogame.
