 |
The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with Australia and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please improve this article and discuss the issue on the talk page. |
.PNG){kind=logo}
Namco Bandai Partners Australia Pty. Ltd. is an Australian and New Zealand video game distributor and subsidiary of Namco Bandai.
The company has also been referred to as Sega Ozisoft Pty Ltd, Infogrames Australia Pty Ltd, Atari Australia Pty Ltd and Ozisoft Pty Ltd.
Ozisoft Pty Ltd was established in 1982 in Sydney, Australia by Kevin Bermeister and partner Mark Dyne. Ozisoft was one of the first interactive multitmedia companies. In 1987, Ozisoft began representing Sega Enterprises Japan (now formally known as Sega Corporation) in Australia and New Zealand. During this period, Ozisoft released a variety of Sega consoles, including the hugely successful Sega Mega Drive. By 1990 Ozisoft was Australia's largest international software distributor. Ozisoft only managed 9 titles.
Sega-Ozisoft distributed home entertainment and educational products and software in Australia and New Zealand such as Sega products plus software for PCs, Nintendo and Sony PlayStation. Mastertronics Group, distributed Sega video games in Europe. PF Magic is another Contender. Radica Games and Jakks Pacific notwithstanding. Pactronics & Imagineering. Sega Ozisoft owns 8 percent.
On the May 6 1992, Sega Ozisoft Pty Ltd was established by Bermeister and Dyne. Sega Ozisoft has exclusively represented in Australia and New Zealand the world's largest and most foremost publishers including Virgin, Sierra, Viacom, Ocean, Accolade, Time Warner, Acclaim, Microprose and Starwave. The Sega Ozisoft franchise is one of the most successful in the multimedia area. On the March 31 1998, Sega relinquished its controlling share and the company reverted to the name Ozisoft Pty Ltd. On the December 15 1998, Infogrames Entertainment SA acquired majority shareholding in Ozisoft Pty Ltd, and it was renamed Infogrames Australia Pty Ltd. On April 15 2002, Infogrames acquired 100% ownership. On the May 8 2003, Infogrames Australia Pty Ltd changed to its most incarnation, Atari Australia Pty Ltd. Atari Australia's head office is located in Alexandria, Sydney.
Atari Australia has released industry leading titles including Metal Gear Solid, Tomb Raider, Colin McRae Rally, Driver, Unreal Tournament and Resident Evil.
Brilliant Digital Entertainment is the programming division of Namco Bandai Partners Pty Ltd.
On 7 July 2009, Atari Australia was completely acquired by Namco Bandai Holdings, and is no longer a subsidiary of Atari but rather one of Namco Bandai but the new company will still distribute Atari's titles in Australia.[1]
References
External links
- Namco Bandai Partners website
- History of Atari Australia
- Atari Australia Pty Ltd profile at MobyGames
|
||||||||||||||
 |
This video game corporation or company-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
