Infogrames

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Infogrames
Founded: 1983-06
Defunct: 2009-05-29
T-series code: T-151
Headquarters: France

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Infogrames Entertainment, SA (IESA) was a video game developer and publisher. It now stands as a holding company.

Infogrames have acquired a number of game companies during their lifespan:

• Ocean Software (1996), renamed Infogrames UK.
• Philips Media BV (1997)
• A controlling stake in OziSoft (1998), renamed Infogrames Australia Pty Ltd. Remaining shares bought in 2002.
• Gremlin Interactive (1999), renamed Infogrames Sheffield House. Closed 2003.
• Accolade (1999), renamed Infogrames North America, Inc. Merged with Infogrames, Inc. in 2000.
• Beam Software (1999), renamed Infogrames Melbourne House Pty Ltd.
• GT Interactive (1999) (with game development studios Humongous Entertainment, Legend Entertainment and Reflections Interactive), renamed Infogrames, Inc..
• Paradigm Entertainment (2000) along with developer Den-o-Tech Int. (DTI). Renamed Infogrames DTI.
• Hasbro Interactive (2001) along with rights to the Game.com handheld and development/publishing rights to Hasbro properties. Renamed Infogrames Interactive, Inc. This gave the company control over MicroProse and Atari Corporation properties. MicroProse was shut down in 2002.
• Distributors ABS Multimedia, Arcadia and the Swiss Gamecity GmbH (2002)
• Eden Games (2002)
• Shiny Entertainment (2002)

Starting in 2001 until mid 2003, when Sega started to become a third party publisher, Infogrames distributed almost all of Sega's titles on the Nintendo GameCube, Xbox and PC.

May 2003 saw a reshuffle after the purchasing of the Atari brand:

• Infogrames Inc. (formely GT Interactive) became "Atari Inc."
• European operations were named "Atari Europe".
• Infogrames Interactive, Inc. (formely Hasbro Interactive) became "Atari Interactive Inc."
• Infogrames Australia Pty Ltd (formerly OziSoft) became Atari Australia Pty Ltd.
• Infogrames Melbourne House Pty Ltd (formerly Beam Software) became Atari Melbourne House Pty Ltd.
• Infogrames UK (formely Ocean Software) became Atari UK.

Since this period IESA hit financial difficulties and have sold off many intellectual properties and development companies. In May 2009 IESA renamed itself Atari, SA, thus eliminating all references to the Infogrames brand. As this occurred well after Infogrames were producing games for Sega systems (or publishing Sega products), this page has been left with the Infogrames name.

Following Sega's decision to cancel support for the Sega Dreamcast and become a third-party developer, Infogrames picked up the rights to distribute Sega's games for the GameCube, Game Boy Advance and Xbox in Europe (Sony Computer Entertainment handling PlayStation 2 releases).

Softography

Master System

• The Smurfs (1995)
• The Smurfs Travel the World (1996)

Mega Drive

• Fantasia (1991)
• Toxic Crusaders (1992)
• Spirou (1995)
• The Smurfs (1995)
• The Smurfs Travel the World (1996)
• Tintin in Tibet (1996)

Game Gear

• Slider (1991)
• The Smurfs (1995)
• Tintin in Tibet (1996)
• The Smurfs Travel the World (1996)
• Spirou (unreleased)

Mega-CD

• The Smurfs (1995)

32X

• Alone in the Dark (unreleased)

Saturn

• Chaos Control (1995)
• Alone in the Dark 2 (1996)
• Chaos Control Remix (1996)
• Prisoner of Ice: Jashin Kourin (1997)

Dreamcast

• Pen Pen TriIceLon (1998) (as Infogrames North America)
• Expendable (1999) (as Infogrames North America)
• Slave Zero (1999)
• UEFA Striker (1999) (as Infogrames North America)
• Coaster Works (1999)
• Test Drive 6 (1999) (as Infogrames North America)
• Demolition Racer: No Exit Demo Disc (2000)
• Le Mans 24 Hours (2000)
• Wacky Races (2000) (as Infogrames North America)
• The Ring: Terror's Realm (2000) (as Infogrames North America)
• V-Rally 2: Expert Edition (2000)
• Iron Aces (2000)
• Sega Extreme Sports (2000)
• Demolition Racer: No Exit (2000) (as Infogrames North America)
• Looney Tunes: Space Race (2000)
• UEFA Dream Soccer (2000)
• Unreal Tournament (2001)
• Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare (2001)
• Boarder Zone (unreleased)
• Driver 2 (unreleased)
• Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos (unreleased)
• La Femme Nikita (unreleased)
• Outcast (unreleased)
• Test Drive Cycles (unreleased)
• UEFA 2001 (unreleased)
• Worms Pinball (unreleased)

PlayStation 2

• Sega Soccer Slam (2002)
• NFL 2K3 (2002)
• NBA 2K3 (2002)
• NHL 2K3 (2002)

GameCube

• Super Monkey Ball (2001)
• Beach Spikers: Virtua Beach Volleyball (2002)
• Sega Soccer Slam (2002)
• Virtua Striker 3 Ver. 2002 (2002)
• NFL 2K3 (2002)
• Super Monkey Ball 2 (2002)
• NBA 2K3 (2002)
• NHL 2K3 (2002)

Xbox

• Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller (2002)
• NHL 2K3 (2002)
• Sega GT 2002 (2002)
• Sega Soccer Slam (2002)
• NFL 2K3 (2002)
• NBA 2K3 (2002)
• The House of the Dead III (2002)

Xbox 360

• Sega Soccer Slam (2008)

Game Boy Advance

• ChuChu Rocket! (2001)
• Puyo Pop (2001)
• Columns Crown (2001)
• Sonic Advance (2001)
• Shining Soul (2002)
• The Pinball of the Dead (2002)
• Comix Zone (2002)
• Sega Smash Pack (2002)
• Virtua Tennis (2002)
• The Revenge of Shinobi (2002)
• Super Monkey Ball Jr. (2002)
• Altered Beast: Guardian of the Realms (2002)
• Phantasy Star Collection (2002)
• Sega Rally Championship (2002)
• Sonic Advance 2 (2002)
• Crazy Taxi: Catch a Ride (2003)
• Space Channel 5: Ulala's Cosmic Attack (2003)
• Sega Arcade Gallery (2003)
• Jet Set Radio (2003)