Has Atari gone Chaotic Evil over D&D publishing rights?

Up until recently, Atari has been having a tough go of things. Between devastating financial losses and corporate restructuring, it was a bit of a wonder to see the company handle 2009 as well as it did, publishing some great games like The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena , Ghostbusters , and Champions Online[...]Up until recently, Atari has been having a tough go of things. Between devastating financial losses and corporate restructuring, it was a bit of a wonder to see the company handle 2009 as well as it did, publishing some great games like The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena , Ghostbusters , and Champions Online. It looks like Atari may have jumped out of the pot and into a seething cauldron, however, as it is facing a couple of substantial lawsuits related to how it recently handled the Dungeons & Dragons license it holds, and how it treated some of the associated parties. The biggest—and possibly most damaging—suit facing Atari was filed last week by Hasbro, the noted toy and board game company which happens to own tabletop game publisher Wizards of the Coast. Back in May, Namco Bandai bought a 34 percent stake in Atari Europe, and Namco Bandai also purchased Infogrames’ interest in Distribution Partners this past July.

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