Atari has announced that it has acquired the Intellivision brand and certain games from Intellivision Entertainment. Intellivision Entertainment will continue its business of developing and distributing the Amico brand game console, but will undergo a rebranding. The new company will use a license from Atari to continue to distribute new versions of the Intellivision games on the Amico console.
Atari subsidiary Digital Eclipse studio head Mike Mika stated: “Uniting Atari and Intellivision after 45 years ends the longest-running console war in history,” said
Atari CEO and chairman Wade Rosen also said: “This was a very rare opportunity to unite former competitors and bring together fans of Atari, Intellivision and the golden age of gaming.”
Intellivision Entertainment CEO Phil Adam added: , “Atari has been a valuable partner and we have every confidence they will be a responsible steward of the storied Intellivision brand. We look forward to our expanded collaboration and bringing a broad array of new Atari and Intellivision titles to the Amico and Amico Home family gaming platforms.”
Truly an astounding turn of events.
