Infogrames, the newly revived publishing label and subsidiary of Atari, has announced that it has acquired the Surgeon Simulator franchise after finalising a deal with tinyBuild Inc.
This follows the previous acquisition of Totally Reliable Delivery Service back in April 2024, announced to coincide with Infograme's revival. As for Surgeon Simulator, there's currently only one entry available on the Switch, titled Surgeon Simulator CPR (co-op play ready). The original game launched in 2013 with a direct sequel following in 2020 for PC and 2021 for Xbox.
Infogrames Manager, Geoffroy Châteauvieux, had the following to say:
“More than 10 years after the release of the original, Surgeon Simulator remains a popular and unique franchise. This was a rare opportunity to acquire a game with a timeless appeal, and we are excited to have Surgeon Simulator within the Infogrames portfolio.”
As part of the acqusition, Infogrames will look to extent the reach of the current Surgeon Simulator games, explore the possibility of new entries in the franchise, and utilise brand and merchandise collaborations to 'preserve and expand the franchise'.
Atari also recently acquired the Intellivision branding along with over 200 games. It's not known what the long-term plan is with this acqusition, but developer Digital Eclipse will be exploring the console war between the Atari 2600 and the Intellivision with the newly announced Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration Expanded Edition. It will add 2 new timelines to the game along with a whopping 39 playable titles.
What do you make of Infogrames' acqusition of Surgeon Simulator? Have you played the game on Switch? Let us know your thoughts with a comment.
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Trauma Centre, Trauma Centre.
Where art thou, Trauma Centre?
NGL, kind of wondering how much money this Atari has in it's war chest. Though I doubt any of these recent purchases would cost any more than 8 figures.
@SillyG Ask Atlus.
@NatiaAdamo : I appreciate that this is filling a niche in its absence, but I'm really not at all fond of the more gross-out style of surgical games that have surfaced since.
Trauma Centre on Wii U could have been fantastic, and the Switch could have allowed for touch controls in handheld mode and pointer controls in TV mode, but Atlus haven't even been bothered to test the waters. I imagine that the IR camera could also potentially see some use in a game like this, but perhaps we'll never know.
Before I even clicked, the title sent me on a mad Internet search to see if I've missed any Trauma Center news in the last decade or so. I have not.
Wasn't the last game Infogrames picked up also a TinyBuild? And didn't Atari give TinyBuild a big investment to save them from bankruptcy?
I feel like Infogrames is less a "misc bin" and more a "place to put IP we get as clone collateral"
🎶... Infogrames is entertainment, that rocks mmyyyy wooooorrllldddd! 🎶 😂
For those unfamiliar, you're welcome. 😉 https://youtu.be/522bVV-82qQ?si=GTfoSsvCKtM3LBYn
@Zeebor15 They said it's a place for IP that have no historical Atari connection.
But what TinyBuild IP do they take next? Two in two months is odd. They take 1 IP a month for their investment?
@Zeta TinyBuild is something I have such vitriolic feelings for I haven't bothered to put them on my IP list. I'd rather pretend they don't exist. I'll acknowledge the bloatd corpses of Majesco and Interplay before I acknowledge them.
@Zeebor15 what did TinyBuild do to you?? Honestly I'm not that familiar with them.
@Zeta TinyBuild is essentially a very high effort version of those click bait games or YouTube Kids content farms you get on YouTube ads. Clearly with more money and effort put in, and with a less direct tie to actively ongoing war crimes, but still mostly crap that just makes kids dumber. Plus, they got that whole, sad, desperate stalker air about them still from that time they really, Really, REALLY, wanted MatPat to promote Hello Neighbor like it was the next Five Nights at Freddy's.
@EVIL-C you're just gonna post that every month now, aren't you?
@Zeebor15 Ye- err, I mean no, no, certainly not, no, never again... 🤣 🤣
I think this is dope to see the label come back. I have nostalgic memories of Infogrames because of the DragonBall games they published in the 2000s
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