Infogrames Extends Dungeons & Dragons Licensing Rights
Dungeons & Dragons [http://corporate.infogrames.com/] licensing agreement.
The agreement extends Infogrames rights to the Dungeons & Dragons intellectual property until 2017, covering current and future products, such as the Hasbro [http://nwn.bioware.com/]the digital gaming rights to nine boardgame franchises: Monopoly, Scrabble, Risk, The Game of Life, Clue, Yahtzee, Battleship, Boggle and Simon.
Infogrames CEO Patrick Leleu said, "This agreement represents a reaffirmation of our partnership with Hasbro. It is an important step in our business strategy that will allow us to keep and strengthen a franchise with significant potential, while giving the group additional resources to invest in the relaunch of its publishing business."
Infogrames has struggled in recent years, and its Atari [http://www.atari.com/us/]subsidiary recently laid off 20 percent of its workforce. The company said that the sale of digital gaming rights to Hasbro, which amounted to $19.5 million, would have no significant impact on its revenue for the fiscal year.
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Dungeons & Dragons [http://corporate.infogrames.com/] licensing agreement.
The agreement extends Infogrames rights to the Dungeons & Dragons intellectual property until 2017, covering current and future products, such as the Hasbro [http://nwn.bioware.com/]the digital gaming rights to nine boardgame franchises: Monopoly, Scrabble, Risk, The Game of Life, Clue, Yahtzee, Battleship, Boggle and Simon.
Infogrames CEO Patrick Leleu said, "This agreement represents a reaffirmation of our partnership with Hasbro. It is an important step in our business strategy that will allow us to keep and strengthen a franchise with significant potential, while giving the group additional resources to invest in the relaunch of its publishing business."
Infogrames has struggled in recent years, and its Atari [http://www.atari.com/us/]subsidiary recently laid off 20 percent of its workforce. The company said that the sale of digital gaming rights to Hasbro, which amounted to $19.5 million, would have no significant impact on its revenue for the fiscal year.
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