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Agreements signed with Atari
Agreements signed with Atari.
About this update from Frontier Developments Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 5876R Frontier Developments PLC 29 October 2013 \n \n\nFrontier Developments plc \n \nAgreements signed with Atari: Frontier to publish RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 on new platforms and to distribute Atari titles.\n \n29 October 2013 - Cambridge, UK. Frontier Developments plc (AIM: FDEV, \"Frontier\" or the \"Company\"), a leading developer of video games with studios in Cambridge, UK and Halifax, Canada, has signed two agreements with Atari Interactive, Inc. as part of its future ecommerce plans, relating to the publication of RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 ('RCT3') on new formats and also online distribution of the existing RCT3 and other Atari titles on PC and Mac platforms. \n \nRCT3 was developed by Frontier and has sold approximately 7 million units on PC and Mac in the nine years since its first release in 2004, and is still selling in significant quantities today. The agreement gives the option for Frontier to develop and publish versions of the game for new formats such as today's tablet computers and game consoles, and provides another strong title - along with Elite: Dangerous, LostWinds and Coaster Crazy - for Frontier's self-publishing portfolio. \n \nThe distribution agreement allows Frontier to distribute RCT3 on PC and Mac, facilitating a full multi-format RCT3 offering for consumers and Atari becomes the first third party whose products will be distributed by Frontier. \n \nDavid Braben, Frontier's CEO:\n \n\"These agreements represent excellent progress as we continue to implementour self-publishing and online commerce plans.They will help accelerate our plans to grow new revenue streams from self-published and online commerce.\"\n \n \nEnquiries:\n \n\n\n\n\nFrontier Developments\n\n\n+44 (0)1223 394 300\n\n\n\n\nDavid Braben, CEO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDavid Walsh, COO\nNeil Armstrong, CFO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanaccordGenuity \n\n\n+44 (0) 207 523 8000\n\n\n\n\nSimon Bridges/Cameron Duncan\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCollege Hill\n\n\n+44 (0) 20 7457 2020\n\n\n\n\nKay Larsen/Adrian Duffield\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \nAbout Frontier Developments\n \nFrontier was founded in 1994 by David Braben, co-author of the seminal Elite game. The Group has 227 full-time employees and operations in Cambridge, UK and...