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Atari to help distribute Empire Interactive games


Hot on the heels of their first profitable quarter in years, publisher Atari has just announced plans to work with another publisher, Empire Interactive. Under the terms of the agreement, Atari will distribute a number of Empire's mass market themed games in North America in 2008 and 2009. Three of the game will ship to stores in September including Pipe Mania for the PC and other platforms.

Empire Interactive has had its own financial issues recently. It announced last month plans to sell off its Razorworks development studio to UK based Rebellion. That allowed Empire to reduce its staff by 30 percent to save money. Empire is best know for publishing the Flatout racing franchise; the PC version of Flatout: Ultimate Carnage should appear in stores later this month.

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