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Atari Keeps D&D Rights

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by chevalier, Jul 20, 2007.

  1. chevalier

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    Atari has obtained from Hasbro (the owner of Wizards of the Coast) prolongation of the right to use Dungeons & Dragons. Here's a snip:

    The agreement extends Infogrames rights to the Dungeons & Dragons intellectual property until 2017, covering current and future products, such as the Neverwinter Nights franchise, and includes all formats such as online and wireless games. As part of the deal, Infogrames sold back to Hasbro the digital gaming rights to nine boardgame franchises: Monopoly, Scrabble, Risk, The Game of Life, Clue, Yahtzee, Battleship, Boggle and Simon.

    Read the rest at The Escapist. Traditionally, feel free to discuss below.

    [ July 20, 2007, 13:03: Message edited by: chevalier ]
     
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    I speak for many when I say Blast IT!
     
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    I'd rather they diversified it a bit. I understand that Atari wants the rights, sure, but I don't like the whole exclusivity factor. I wonder, do they at Hasbro really think they're getting a better deal this way than just licensing the rights non-exclusively so that more companies can use them?
     
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