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Harrison is new Infogrames president Comments by Tom Bramwell

3 March, 2008

Former Sony man to handle software.

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Triggerhappytel
03/03/08 @ 23:08
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Well, I'm surprised. I thought the only forthcoming news about Atari was to be that they were going out of business.

Let's see if Phil Harrison can help bring them back from the brink.
JediMasterMalik
03/03/08 @ 23:09
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Let's hope he can turn things around from them, he certainly changed things, software wise at Sony.
SBfistfun
03/03/08 @ 23:18
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Harrison's experience with PlayStation Network, including the PlayStation Store, PlayStation Home and SingStore - the online element of Sony's SingStar karaoke game - will probably be useful then.

Dunno bout that looking at the poor state of Sony's online support in general. Maybe they should have listened to some of the concerns raised internally and acted upon them...
Nookyalar
03/03/08 @ 23:22
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multiplayer Pong - can it be done? Smooth, like the VCS?
Razorus
03/03/08 @ 23:30
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Wow, I remember back in the day when Infogrames was the shit. I thought they went bankrupt or something. Had no idea they owned Atari.
Carlo
03/03/08 @ 23:37
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Obvious :)
Gastrian
04/03/08 @ 00:02
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I've played too many shit games from Atari to really wish them luck. its because of Atari there'll never be a Baldur's Gate 3...bastards.
pokeken
04/03/08 @ 00:19
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if I were an infogrames shareholder, I would sell sell sell! Phil "me in" Harrison is coming to boost his ego and talk rubbish at anyone who cares
Zuiyo
04/03/08 @ 06:24
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"Dunno bout that looking at the poor state of Sony's online support in general. Maybe they should have listened to some of the concerns raised internally and acted upon them..."

Don't you think that the impossibility to put this basic idea (along with the importance of casual play he demonstrated to understand fully with SingStar and Buzz!) into his bosses' heads is what has forced him to jump ship? Because that is pretty clear from where I'm looking.
threefortrouble
04/03/08 @ 06:50
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Phil, good lucky. You r going to need it. =P
jlaakso
04/03/08 @ 07:43
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I have high hopes for this. Atari's been doing crappy things for far too long with no discernible direction despite the brand relaunch some years ago.
Scimarad
04/03/08 @ 07:44
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Great news! BG&E 2 please, Mr Harrison.
Killerbee
04/03/08 @ 09:04
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Great news! BG&E 2 please, Mr Harrison.

That's Ubisoft.

Although I do wholeheartedly concur with the statement!
Bealsy
04/03/08 @ 09:05
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*hopes on the return of Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge and Supercars II*
mingster
04/03/08 @ 10:32
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*hopes on the return of Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge and Supercars II*

Ummm.. by Gremlin Graphics?
monkie_king
04/03/08 @ 11:10
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Magnetic Fields really, Shaun Southern and co.
GamesConnoisseur
04/03/08 @ 11:34
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Infogrames is supporter of multi platforms so in a way Phil Harrison will also have an interest to see X360 and Wii doing well as that of his previous loyalty to PS3.

Of course their portfolio is not that big having sold over several rights, Civilizations series, Hasbro's range (Transformer, Monopoly etc), Stuntman, Timeshift, Stuntman and Driver. They also sold off few devs/studios over the past few years.

Still got Alone in the Dark, Legendary the Box, The Witcher, Ace Combat 6 (X360 only at mom), Namco Museum DS, and the classic Jenga for Wii!

I ll see what new products they will do in the next few years other than what already annouced prior to appointment of Phil.
SirDespard
04/03/08 @ 11:35
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"Drawing upon Infogrames' strong financial foundation" - what is he going on about? Everyone knows that they are in deep trouble. If Alone in the Dark isn't a huge hit, it may well be curtains.
Garulon
04/03/08 @ 13:24
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"Don't you think that the impossibility to put this basic idea (along with the importance of casual play he demonstrated to understand fully with SingStar and Buzz!) into his bosses' heads is what has forced him to jump ship? Because that is pretty clear from where I'm looking."

I'm thinking his Big Idea's going to be banging out shovelware for the Wii, quick as you can, cheap overseas developement hey presto instant sales!

Or some enourmous scam ending in Atari shareholders getting bilked sensless.
ColdShoulder
04/03/08 @ 19:17
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Money grabbing twat. is anyone actually convinced about his 'Atari is best gaming opportunity yadda yadda' bull crap? Atari/Infogrames or whoever waved a carrot and the two faced slap head starts singing from a different song sheet.

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