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[LuuKyK]

Sorry if old.

Here are the prices for all the IP's:

Assets Minimum Bid Date of Auction
RollerCoaster Tycoon Franchise $3,500,000 July 16, 2013
Test Drive Franchise $1,500,000 July 16, 2013
Humongous Franchise, Fatty's Bear's Birthday $500,000 July 17, 2013
Surprise, Math Gran Prix
Backyard Sports Franchise $750,000 July 17, 2013
Total Annihilation Franchise $250,000 July 17, 2013
Airborne Ranger Franchise $100,000 July 18, 2013
Battlezone Franchise $250,000 July 18, 2013
Master of Orion Franchise $100,000 July 18, 2013
Moonbase Commander Franchise $100,000 July 18, 2013
Star Control Franchise $100,000 July 18, 2013
Atari Brand / Atari Classics / Atari Casino $15,000,000 July 19, 2013

Also:

After the auction dates, a new hearing will be held before the Judge with a final completion of the sales in early August 2013.

http://www.bloomberg.com/article/2013-05-29/at8nKJgr9h.w.html

Of note is the Total Annihilation and Master of Orion franchises being picked up by World of Tanks developer Wargaming World Limited, while the Star Control series is now in the hands of Galactic Civilizations developer Stardock.

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Also, some info about an eventual new Star Control game being like XCOM:

"We're very excited to publish a new Star Control game. We are inclined to go with an XCOM-like reboot using Star Control 2 as a major source of inspiration," said Brad Wardell, president and CEO of Stardock to Joystiq.

Roller Coaster Tycoon was the most expensive IP, with the minimum bid set as $3,5 million. Apparently no one showed interest, and ATARI is likely to be doing another sale in the future with lowered prices. Same for the Test Drive franchise.

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/07/22/more-atari-ip-auction-winners-announced-stardock-plans-star-con/

More at the link.

 

[Fox Mulder]

no Test Drive either? That franchise has been around forever, someone should scoop it up. I guess you'd still have to secure licensing deals with car manufacturers, but Test Drive Unlimited is still one of my favorite games of this whole generation.

Sucks about Roller Coaster Tycoon, as it was supposed to come out on ios. I would have loved to have that on my ipad.

 

[Thraktor]

Who are Wargaming World Ltd?

Edit: Just read the article, it's the World of Tanks devs.

 

[Celegus]

Arggghhh why can't someone just make me a new RCT already? It's time!

 

[Xater]

I am not surprised abut Rollecoaster Tycoon. That IP seems worthless to me. If I wanted to make a game like this I can name it anything with Rollercoaster in it and I would probably be fine.

 

[strafer]

I would love another Roller Coaster Tycoon in the vein of Roller Coaster Tycoon 1 and 2.

 

[vareon]

Anyone here have $3.5 million?

 

[diffusionx]

The world needs more Moonbase Commander.

Interesting that Uber picked up the Total Annihilation IP after all. Are they maybe going to rename Planetary Annihilation now?.

I think that chart makes it clear that Uber did not pick up Total Annihilation.

 

[Rollo Lawson]

Is that the Epic Gear that makes the gaming kb and mice?

 

[Rubius]

Just make a FPS or a MOBA with the franchise.

But yeah, its a shame, really loved the second one, didnt try the third one, but I do not think the franchise can really survive like that. Tycoon's are not really the flavor of the month.

 

[Xater]

Man Total annihilation at Uber and Master of Orion at Stardock would have been great. Instead we will now probably get shitty F2P version of those games.

 

[Lunar15]

Platinum Games should buy the Roller Coaster Tycoon IP.

Or maybe From Software, I hear people around here these companies.

 

[Shahadan]

Roller Coaster Tycoon was the most expensive IP, with the minimum bid set as $3,5 million. Apparently no one showed interest

 

[Oersted]

Getting Roller Coaster for 3DS just for lolz.

 

[BishopLamont]

I am not surprised abut Rollecoaster Tycoon. That IP seems worthless to me. If I wanted to make a game like this I can name it anything with Rollercoaster in it and I would probably be fine.

You could say the same thing about any game, Yeah maybe RCT isn't worth $3.5 mil, but that depends on how well the IP sells.

 

[FACE]

"We're very excited to publish a new Star Control game. We are inclined to go with an XCOM-like reboot using Star Control 2 as a major source of inspiration," said Brad Wardell, president and CEO of Stardock to Joystiq.

Not sure how I feel about a reboot, but I'm glad we're getting another Star Control game.

 

[JaseC]

$3.5m for RollerCoaster Tycoon? What a joke.

 

[LuuKyK]

Here are the prices for all the IP's:

Assets Minimum Bid Date of Auction
RollerCoaster Tycoon Franchise $3,500,000 July 16, 2013
Test Drive Franchise $1,500,000 July 16, 2013
Humongous Franchise, Fatty's Bear's Birthday $500,000 July 17, 2013
Surprise, Math Gran Prix
Backyard Sports Franchise $750,000 July 17, 2013
Total Annihilation Franchise $250,000 July 17, 2013
Airborne Ranger Franchise $100,000 July 18, 2013
Battlezone Franchise $250,000 July 18, 2013
Master of Orion Franchise $100,000 July 18, 2013
Moonbase Commander Franchise $100,000 July 18, 2013
Star Control Franchise $100,000 July 18, 2013

Also:

After the auction dates, a new hearing will be held before the Judge with a final completion of the sales in early August 2013.

http://www.bloomberg.com/article/2013-05-29/at8nKJgr9h.w.html

 

[kswiston]

$3.5m for RollerCoaster Tycoon? What a joke.

Especially since ______ Tycoon has come to mean no name budget game since then.

 

[JaseC]

Especially since ______ Tycoon has come to mean no name budget game since then.

Perhaps Atari would have better luck changing the name to RollerCoaster Simulator.

 

[Wildstar75]

Star Control 2 one of the best games ever!!!!

 

[wildfire]

They undersold Total Annihilation a lot and I was never a fan of that series.

 

[LuuKyK]

$3.5m for RollerCoaster Tycoon? What a joke.

They will probably lower the price in a new neogtiation. Thats my guess at least. I am sure there are people interested in it. Just not at this price.

It happened with THQ earlier this year, and they managed to sell all the IP's.

 

[graywolf323]

dang, would have preferred Stardock to have gotten both Master of Orion and Star Control

 

[kubus]

GAF, let's collect 3,5 mil together so we can give back the RCT license to Sawyer. And then force him to make a new RCT, of course.

 

[BowieZ]

It's a bit surprising to me, to be honest.

$3.5 million seems like a steal. But the industry just may not be in the right place at the moment for this to be the right time for the right company to profit from it.

They will probably lower the price in a new negotiation. Thats my guess at least. I am sure there are people interested in it. Just not at this price.

It happened with THQ earlier this year, and they managed to sell all the IP's.

But yeah, this. It'll be sold soon for a lower price.

 

[Double D]

Star Control 2 one of the best games ever!!!!

This is true. Besides that franchise, Test Drive is the only other one on that list that I'm even remotely interested in. I guess technically I'm interested in a good Backyard Sports game. I just have never given a crap about any other games that were previously released.

 

[JaseC]

They will probably lower the price in a new neogtiation. Thats my guess at least. I am sure there are people interested in it. Just not at this price.

Of course. Atari isn't exactly in the position to forgo bargaining.

 

[Easy_D]

No one bought Blood? When am I getting a source port? Anyone..? (

Edit: Oh, seems Atari just had the publishing rights. I guess those will revert to the IP holder?

 

[LuuKyK]

They are just setting the price pretty high because they know its their most valuable IP. lol

But yeah, it also seems like whoever ends up buying the IP will also own the rights for the mobile RCT game that was in development. Guaranteed profit!!

Source.

 

[V_Ben]

Happy to see Wargaming buy TA, they own GPG now, Chris Taylor's company! Therefore... I think we can guess what F2P game they're probably working on.

 

[JaseC]

No one bought Blood? When am I getting a source port? Anyone..? (

Nobody bought Blood because it apparently wasn't put up for sale. Incidentally, Jace Hall wanted to release a remaster of the orignial, but Atari wouldn't cooperate.

 

[User Tron]

So Chris Taylor and TA are under same hood again?

 

[JaseC]

So Chris Taylor and TA are under same hood again?

Correct. I hope the Total Annihilation games come to Steam (I have them on GOG already, but I like to keep my library as centralised as possible).

 

[Easy_D]

Nobody bought Blood because it apparently wasn't put up for sale. Incidentally, Jace Hall wanted to release a remaster of the orignial, but Atari wouldn't cooperate.

I looked stuff up and found WB owns the actual IP.

http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments/assignment-tm-3123-0097.pdf

This is new to me. So I should have been mad at WB all this time.

 

[model13]

Star Control 2 one of the best games ever!!!!

Completely agree.

 

[Wubby]

Rollercoaster Tycoon without Chris Sawyer or an isometric pov is no real RCT game at all (sorry fans of RCT3).

 

[LuuKyK]

Talking about all these IP returns, what if Chris Sawyer himself buys back the RCT IP since he seems to be back in action?

Spoiler

I know it wont happen.

Rollercoaster Tycoon without Chris Sawyer or an isometric pov is no real RCT game at all (sorry fans of RCT3).

As much as I agree that RCT 1 and 2 are the best games, by a huge margin, I still managed to have fun with 3.

I can only imagine though, a new game with the same isometric view and new detailed graphics. Oh the dreams. t_t

 

[airborn]

Atari Brand / Atari Classics / Atari Casino $15,000,000 July 19, 2013

So $15 million or more gets you the Atari brand, their back catalog and a mobile (gambling) app.

 

[LuuKyK]

So $15 million or more gets you the Atari brand, their back catalog and a mobile (gambling) app.

Pretty much.

And for some reason I forgot to include it in my quote on the OT. Will add.

 

[JaseC]

I looked stuff up and found WB owns the actual IP.

http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments/assignment-tm-3123-0097.pdf

This is new to me. So I should have been mad at WB all this time.

I'm assuming that Atari still owns the rights to the original games, then, as it otherwise wouldn't have been able to halt Hall's plans to release a remaster of Blood.

 

[ArjanN]

Star Control 2 one of the best games ever!!!!

True. Now they should hire Fred Ford and Paul Reiche III to do a new one.

 

[Rollo Lawson]

So who is Epic Gear?

 

[JaseC]

So who is Epic Gear?

A manufacturer of PC peripherals and accessories.

 

[LuuKyK]

A manufacturer of PC peripherals and accessories.

Huh, thats really weird considering the franchise they just bought...

 

[Rollo Lawson]

A manufacturer of PC peripherals and accessories.

Yea...wonder what they'd want with that franchise. Those games weren't bad...at least the football and basketball

 

[Diomedeskun]

Forget Star Control and Master of Orion. The only real question that matters is who has the rights to Master of Magic? I'm assuming those weren't bundled in with Master of Orion?

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Wow, Tommo is still around these days?

Crazy shit.


Well, anyway... it'll be interesting to see how this affects the availability of these games on places like GOG.

Edit: Actually some of these went cheap. Shit, I should've bought a franchise.

 

[Easy_D]

Wow, Tommo is still around these days?

Crazy shit.


Well, anyway... it'll be interesting to see how this affects the availability of these games on places like GOG.

Edit: Actually some of these went cheap. Shit, I should've bought a franchise.

IIRC the entire Atari catalogue on GoG is due for removal

 

[LuuKyK]

Forget Star Control and Master of Orion. The only real question that matters is who has the rights to Master of Magic? I'm assuming those weren't bundled in with Master of Orion?

I dont know, it wasnt even mentioned... Maybe it was one of the IPs that didnt get any interest.