Infogrames Entertainment SA

Type	Public
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Founded	June 1983
Location	Lyon, France
Key people	Bruno Bonnell, Chairman, CEO, and Chief Creative Officer Thomas Schmider, Chief Operating Officer
Industry	Software & Programming
Products	Alone in the Dark Unreal Tournament North and South Civilization
Revenue	EUR 701 million (2004)
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Website	corporate.infogrames.com
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Infogrames Entertainment SA (IESA) is an international holding company headquartered in Lyon, France. It owns controlling interest in Atari, Inc., headquartered in New York, N.Y., USA, and Atari Europe. It was founded in 1983 by Bruno Bonnell and Christophe Sapet in Lyon. Through its subsidiaries, Infogrames produces, publishes and distributes interactive games for all major video game consoles and computer game platforms. Official Infogrames Entertainment SA/ Atari, Inc. ... A public company is a company owned by the public. ... Look up June in Wiktionary, the free dictionary June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with a length of 30 days The month is named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII in Roman) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... City motto: Avant, avant, Lion le melhor. ... Bruno Bonnell is the co-founder of video game company Infogrames. ... This article is about computer and video games. ... Alone in the Dark is the title of several works of fiction: Alone in the Dark (1982 movie), a 1982 horror movie featuring Jack Palance, Donald Pleasence, and Martin Landau Alone in the Dark (series), a series of computer games which as of 2005 has four titles Alone in the... Unreal Tournament or UT is a popular first-person shooter video game. ... It has been suggested that North&South (computer game) be merged into this article or section. ... Civilization is a computer game created by Sid Meier for Microprose in 1991. ... Revenue is a US business term for the amount of money that a company can receive from its activities, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... The euro (symbol: €; banking code: EUR) is the single currency of the following twelve European Union member states: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain; collectively also known as the eurozone. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... EBIT stands for Earnings before Interest and Taxes (operating income). ... Net income is equal to the income that a firm has after subtracting costs and expenses from the total revenue. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia Website. ... A holding company is a company that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its board of directors. ... City motto: Avant, avant, Lion le melhor. ... For the concept Atari (当たり) in the board game of Go, see Atari (go term). ... -1... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII in Roman) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bruno Bonnell is the co-founder of video game company Infogrames. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... Video game publishers are companies that publish video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... A video game console is a dedicated electronic machine designed to play video games. ...

According to Bonnell on a television interview, the founders used a mix-and-match computer program to suggest names for their new company, one of which was "Infogramme": a portmanteau of the French words "informatique" (information technology) and "programme" (a computer program). The final choice, "Infogrames", was a slightly modified version of that suggestion, and is properly pronounced "IN-foe-gramz" — it is unrelated to the English word "games". However, in English, it is sometimes misunderstood as a misspelling of Infrogames, and sometimes referred to thereof. Look up Portmanteau word in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Infogrames, Inc. was also the name of the official North American subsidiary of Infogrames Entertainment SA. It was founded in 1993 as GT Interactive, and purchased in 1999 by Infogrames. In 2001, Infogrames, Inc. purchased and absorbed Hasbro Interactive, which encompassed Microprose, Atari and Games.com. In 2003, Infogrames, Inc. officially changed its name to Atari, Inc. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Political highlights of North America North America is the third largest continent in area and the fourth ranked in population. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII in Roman) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... GT Interactive was a video game developer founded in 1993 and headquartered New York City. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Hasbro Interactive was a video game production and publishing subsidiary of Hasbro, the game and toy giant. ... MicroProse Software, Inc. ... For the concept Atari (当たり) in the board game of Go, see Atari (go term). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In late 1980s Infogrames was noted for its French computer games that featured often original gameideas and occasionally humouristic content. Since 1996 Infogrames/Atari has acquired many companies in the video games market. In addition to GT Interactive and Hasbro Interactive, they include: Ocean Software, Gremlin Interactive, Accolade, and Shiny Entertainment. 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The computer and video game industry is the economic sector involved with the development, marketing and sale of video and computer games. ... The familiar Ocean logotype had an often prominent placement on the box art and is recognized by many people. ... Gremlin Interactive was a British software house based in Sheffield and working mostly on the personal computer and Amiga market. ... This article is about the video game developer. ... Shiny Entertainment is a video game developer based in Newport Beach, CA, and is the creator of several hits such as Earthworm Jim and Enter The Matrix. ...

References

• Neowin.net

See Also

• Crystal Squid Indie game developer started by ex Infogrames employees.
• Moonpod [1] Indie game developer started by ex Infogrames employees.
• Sumo_Digital [2] software development company started by ex Infogrames employees.