Atari, the corporate behind the Atari 2600, your grandfather’s favourite console, has acquired Ouya, the Towerfall: Ascension gadget that hardly lasted two years available on the market earlier than it was discontinued.
This information comes by means of Atari CEO Wade Rosen, who, from the still-under-construction balcony of his favourite Atari Lodge room, live-streamed the announcement by saying “Booya, child, booya, booya, booya.” It was unclear why Rosen stated this, however shortly after, Atari launched a press launch that defined the corporate had acquired Ouya for $99 [Editor’s Note: $99 is coincidentally the MSRP of the Ouya device]
“Atari is happy to announce a monumental transfer, the corporate’s largest for the reason that launch of Pitfall: its acquisition of Ouya,” the press launch reads. “Collectively, we imagine we are able to reign within the new age of gaming. Think about checking into your Atari Lodge room and seeing a glossy and horny Atari Booya machine in entrance of your Plasma TV (with a moveable TV mount stand in premium rooms). It’s this sort of pleasure for households that Atari has been offering for many years and we are able to’t wait to do it once more.”
Atari’s acquisition joins a lineup of different purchases which have largely outlined gaming in 2022 to this point. It began with Take-Two Interactive, the mum or dad firm behind the Grand Theft Auto series, asserting again in January that it was buying cell big Zynga for practically $13 billion. Then, per week later, Microsoft introduced that it was buying Activision Blizzard, the corporate behind Overwatch and Name of Obligation, for a colossal $68.7 billion, after which two weeks later, Sony revealed it was shopping for Bungie for $3.6 billion. A couple of weeks later, Sony additionally introduced it had acquired Jade Raymond’s new studio, Haven Studios.
In an unique interview with Sport Infarcer, Rosen defined Atari’s technique behind the acquisition.
“I imply, simply say it out loud: Booya,” Rosen stated. “Feels good, don’t it? Feels actually good. Booya. Booya. Booya!”
At this level, Rosen continued to scream Booya for roughly three minutes and Sport Infarcer was unable to find out precisely what this meant. Nonetheless, Ouya is now Booya and it’s owned by Atari. As for what this implies for gaming, the reply is straightforward: nothing, like unequivocally completely nothing. Booya does really feel good to say, although.
Insiders inform Sport Infarcer that with this transaction set to shut subsequent month, Atari is now eyeing Intellivision for its subsequent acquisition, citing that “Atari is basically eager about bolstering its Atari Booya library with Amico video games like Pool 3D, Corn Gap 3D, and different fan-favorites.”
