Eden Games, makers of the Test Drive series, staged a symbolic one-day walkout last year when Atari moved forward on plans to lay off more than half the studio. Now it’s moving toward washing its hands of all of it.
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Ah, driving games. They all end up feeling so similar and increasingly boring to many, but the graphics, they just keep getting prettier.
1987′s Test Drive had five cars. 2009′s Need for Speed: Shift had more. And at the other end of the spectrum, we have GT5 and its 200 “premium” cars and its 800 standard cars. As seen on Pixel Counterrr.
Ooooh, look. Vultures. Circling. At a decidedly low altutude. Atari’s woes are continuing, with CEO David Pierce quitting his job, no doubt screaming “screw the women and children!” as he ran cackling from the office. They’ve also announced that they’re ceasing games production to focus on publishing and distribution, and have begun farming out their IPs, with Test Drive being sold back to parent company Infogrames for $US 5 million. In advance, of course. Someone care to do the honourable thing and just put them out of their misery?
Atari Exits Production as CEO Resigns [Next-Gen][Image]
