Atari is buying retro game specialist Digital Eclipse

has developer Digital Eclipse. The acquisition, which is predicted to shut within the coming days, will probably be value as much as $20 million primarily based on the efficiency of Digital Eclipse over the subsequent decade. Atari says that by bringing Digital Eclipse below its wing, it “will be capable to additional assist its retro-focused progress technique.”

Over the past a number of years, Digital Eclipse has turn into well-known for its experience in remastering older titles and releasing them as collections. ,  and the are amongst its extra notable initiatives.

Digital Eclipse caught the eye of many final 12 months with . That well-regarded compilation pulled collectively dozens of video games from throughout Atari’s 50-year historical past and positioned them in context with the assistance of promoting and improvement paperwork, archival footage and new interviews with former Atari workers. Digital Eclipse constructed on the “interactive documentary” format with this 12 months’s launch of The Making of .

It to proceed with this Gold Grasp Sequence preservation challenge below Atari’s umbrella. It would nonetheless have the flexibility to work with third-party builders and publishers, and there are a number of non-Atari initiatives within the works that it has but to announce.

Atari appears to be on a mission to turn into a powerhouse in retro gaming and sport preservation. It additionally , a developer that in , and AtariAge (a neighborhood and information website that focuses on Atari) this 12 months. As well as, Atari has been many gaming franchises from the Eighties and Nineties.