Atari completes acquisition of System Shock developer Nightdive Studios – Gaming – News

Atari has accomplished the acquisition of Nightdive Studios. That is about two months after the announcement. Which means that Nightdive, which is liable for the System Shock remake, amongst different issues, now falls below Atari.

Atari stories in a press launch that the acquisition was accomplished this week. The corporate initially pays $ 9.5 million for the sport maker, partly within the type of Atari shares. Nightdive Studios will even obtain a possible bonus of $10 million relying on firm efficiency over the subsequent three years.

The acquisition of Nightdive Studios was introduced on March 22. Atari then stated that Nightdive was the ‘retro-focused development technique’ of Atari, as that studio is the writer of a number of retro video games. The corporate can also begin utilizing the developer’s KEX engine to remaster extra retro video games.

Nightdive Studios was based in 2012. The studio is greatest recognized for a number of remasters of retro video games. The corporate remastered DOOM 64 and Quake, amongst others. On Could 30, the corporate will launch a full remake of the primary System Shock sport. The corporate has been engaged on that remake since 2016, which was initially scheduled for a 2018 launch.