Who is the Publisher?

[Lefty Scaevola]

I thought EA games was going to be the publisher for civ3, but an email response I got today from their e-store says this is not the case. Who is the publisher going to be?

[Inverse Icarus]

Infogrames is the publisher.

[Urban Ranger]

Those guys just bought Hasbro's video games division, which includes the old MicroProse. Maybe they could work out a deal for more stuff in the Limited Edition

[Lefty Scaevola]

Infogrames has closed their online store, so there will be no direct ordering from them.

[Buck Birdseed]

To confuse matters futher, Infogrames will be changing the name if its US Publishing arm to Atari later this year.

[DarkCloud]

Atari?
Did Infogrames used to be Atari or did they buy them out?

[Buck Birdseed]

Warner (who owned it in its glory day) sold it to Hasbro who then integrated the brand into its Hasbro Interactive division and published retro titles under the name. Infogrames, which is a large french developer/publisher originally (most famous for the Alone in the Dark series) bought Hasbro Interactive (and GT Interactive) in order to break into the lucrative stateside market. The brand, although well known in France and most of europe, is not big in the states which is what has prompted this name change.