RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, one of the vital extensively beloved traditional PC titles, has seen a change in possession. Developer Frontier Developments has offered the rights to the sport to Atari for a sum of $7 million, it’s been introduced.
Atari, after all, has an extended historical past with the RollerCoaster Tycoon franchise, having served because the writer for the overwhelming majority of the collection’ instalments, each mainline and in any other case. The place RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 itself is anxious, Atari and Frontier Developments have been concerned in some disputes prior to now – like the previous being sued by the latter because of unpaid royalties – so this could put a neat bow on that rocky relationship.
“As we rejoice the twenty fifth anniversary of RollerCoaster Tycoon with [series creator] Chris Sawyer, I’m actually happy that we will unite this necessary and profitable title within the collection with the remainder of the franchise,” mentioned Wade Rosen, Chairman and CEO of Atari. ”That is going to create new alternatives for Atari as we proceed the nice work completed by Frontier, and produce advantages to the followers of video games throughout the RollerCoaster Tycoon franchise.”
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 initially launched for PC twenty years in the past, in 2004. In 2020, the sport was additionally ported to the Nintendo Swap.
Atari says it intends to “develop new titles, increase digital and bodily distribution, and discover model and merchandising collaborations as a part of a long-term plan” to take the RollerCoaster Tycoon collection to “new heights”.
