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===Hasbro Interactive (1998β2000)=== {{Main|Atari Interactive}} On March 13, 1998, JTS sold the Atari name and assets to [[Hasbro Interactive]] for $5 million.<ref name="JTS-Mar-1998-8-K">{{cite web|url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/524/104746998009085/filing-main.htm |title=JTS, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Mar 9, 1998 |publisher=secdatabase.com |access-date=January 18, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516113642/http://edgar.secdatabase.com/524/104746998009085/filing-main.htm |archive-date=May 16, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/atari-goes-to-hasbro/1100-2462915/ |title=Atari Goes to Hasbro |last=Johnston |first=Chris |date=April 8, 2000 |website=GameSpot}}</ref> This transaction primarily involved the brand and intellectual property, which now fell under the Atari Interactive division of Hasbro Interactive. Two years after Atari's "death",<ref name=":0" /> the brand made a comeback with Hasbro immediately stating the development of new remakes of Atari classics, starting with [[Centipede (1998 video game)|''Centipede'']] released on Windows PCs later that year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Centipede crawls again - Mar. 16, 1998 |url=https://money.cnn.com/1998/03/16/deals/hasbro/ |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=money.cnn.com}}</ref> The brand name changed hands again in December 2000 when French software publisher [[Atari SA|Infogrames]] took over Hasbro Interactive.<ref name="Hasbro-Dec-2000-8-K">{{cite web|url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/2187/4608000000017/filing-main.htm |title=Hasbro, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Dec 7, 2000 |publisher=secdatabase.com |access-date=January 18, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516114500/http://edgar.secdatabase.com/2187/4608000000017/filing-main.htm |archive-date=May 16, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/infogrames-acquires-hasbro-interactive/1100-2662124/ |title=Infogrames Acquires Hasbro Interactive |last=Walker |first=Trey |date=December 6, 2000 |website=GameSpot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/infogrames-buys-hasbro/1100-2662076/ |title=Infogrames Buys Hasbro |last=Ahmed |first=Shahed |date=December 6, 2000 |website=GameSpot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/infogrames-completes-hasbro-interactive-acquisition/1100-2679841/ |title=Infogrames completes Hasbro Interactive acquisition |date=January 29, 2001 |website=GameSpot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2001/digital/news/infogrames-completes-100-mil-hasbro-deal-1117792869/ |title=Infogrames completes $100 mil Hasbro deal |last=Graser |first=Mark |date=January 29, 2001 |website=Variety |access-date=January 29, 2001}}</ref>
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