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Phil Harrison, recently appointed president of Infogrames (parent company of Atari), has gone on record stating that Atari isn’t prone to pursue any more large budget, single-player games after Alone in the Dark. Harrison told Gamasutra, “I don’t see that we’re going to be making huge-budget, single-player games in the future.” Harrison did add that the company will still pursue “really astounding games that have high quality, high execution, and high innovation, but they won’t be one-player, narrative-driven, start-middle-end games.” Harrison sees on the internet, socially driven games as the future for Atari and places emphasis on episodic content.
So, while a direct sequel to Alone in the Dark sounds unlikely, it’s possible we might see similar games released in an episodic manner instead (as was the original plan for Alone in the Dark, which still incorporates an episodic structure). Harrison sees episodic games with integrated community features as a new direction for Atari and the games industry in general, giving video games the kind of “water cooler” effect that TV shows enjoy. Sounds interesting to us.
[Via Joystiq]
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