We have so far been denied our contractual right to audit by Atari, and we are unfortunately left with no other way to resolve our concerns. "We have attempted to resolve this issue without legal action since April 2016. "We can confirm Frontier is currently pursuing a complaint against Atari," chief operating officer David Walsh said. In a statement to Eurogamer issued in January 2017, Frontier confirmed the action. And, Frontier said, Atari delayed when it was asked for an audit of its sales report. So, Frontier worked out it should have received $3.37m in royalties from Atari, but got only $1.17m. Frontier said it amended its contract for RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 after Atari went bankrupt in 2013, and "another website", perhaps SteamSpy, revealed higher sales figures than previously thought. So, why would Atari's licensing rights to RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 expire? It may have something to do with a lawsuit between Atari and RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 developer Frontier, which we reported on back in January 2017.įrontier claimed it was owed $2.2m in royalties by Atari over RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, which came out in 2004. We'll be in talks with new distribution rights holders to hopefully bring the game back as soon as possible." "Due to expiring licensing rights, we were asked to remove the product from our catalog for the time being. The popular sim was removed from the likes of GOG and Steam without explanation from publisher Atari (we've asked Atari for comment).Ī spokesperson for GOG told Eurogamer it pulled the game "due to expiring licensing rights", and stressed it'll talk with "new distribution rights holders" to bring the game back as soon as possible. RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 has been removed from digital stores.
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