Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, the creator of Atari has come home. Announced by a number of Video Game News sources, Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari, will join the board of directors of Atari S.A. Here's what Nolan Bushnell has to say, courtesy of Industry Games.
"It kind of is a homecoming. I think Atari has made some really nice strides in the last few years, and I feel like it's the right time and right place," he told us. "I've known [CEO] Jeff Lapin and some of the guys [for quite a while], and I bumped into them a few years ago at E3 and had some dialogue. It just all of a sudden felt natural I think for both sides."
Well Nolan, welcome back home. Now it seems Atari will be one big happy family, don't ya think?
An Atari S.A. news release about Bushnell's nomination to the board also, in a single sentence at the end, mentioned that Phil Harrison and David Gardner left the board of directors. Harrison, the former Sony Worldwide Studios chief, stepped down as Atari president about a year ago, so this completes his departure from Atari. Gardner had been the company's CEO until December.
Wait a minute. You're getting rid of the Giant Enemy Crabs guy? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Works Cited
Industry Games
Kotaku
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