As of last night, Atari has pulled the classic 2004 PC game Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 from both Steam and GoG, resulting in the game no longer able to be purchased anywhere digitally. Older games in the series, such as 1 and 2 have been unaffected, and are still up on Steam's site. This is apparently due to an issue with expiring license rights, according to Good Old Games staff, between developer Frontier Developments and publisher Atari. Although a press release from Atari themselves prove that they extended their ownership of the Rollercoaster Tycoon license until 2022.

This also follows a pending lawsuit from Frontier against Atari, saying that during the time that Atari went bankrupt in 2013, they worked with the company to figure out how to pay royalties. However, when Atari began making profits again recently, Frontier claimed that they were not being paid the correct amount (resulting in them not being paid an owed 2.2 million dollars) and were refused when they demanded a sales report for Atari's earnings.

It's not known if or when the game will be re-listed, but digital storefront owners are looking into talking with Frontier to get the game back up for purchase.

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[DarthDub]

I think Atari's done for.

 

[Uiaad]

I think Atari's done for.

That's the thing, Atari has been dead now for a long time, what we have these days is Infogrames in an Atari's putrid, rotting corpse

 

[VitaType]

Not that much of a loss to be honest. It was by far the weakest of the first three entries in the series.

 

[Psionic Roshambo]

Going to be exclusive to the new Atari machine and also the pack in... lol

 

[jDSX]

I still have the game since I bought it a while ago

 

[Sliter]

Maybe they put it back soon
I wonder why they can't to this series right again? I mean, it had a very good play and visual in 1 and 2, of couse they wanted to try 3D like everyone else but instead of seeing that it wasn't that good at all, they insit in doing like this
They could work more on the isometric charisma ir had back there, not too realist overall and add the stuff from 3D, being able to see the rollercoaster from the ride , I think would be perfection xD

 

[Mark McDonut]

Atari is like old hair metal bands, it SHOULD be completely dead but somehow it just keeps coming out of the green room asking for more cocaine.

 

[guisadop]

Good thing we can still find it in some bays frequented by pirates around the web.

 

[RedoLane]

Their recent business has been a total rollercoaster ride.....

 

[Uiaad]

Atari has been dead since '98 when the Jaguar fell on its arse and the company became a division of Hasbro

 

[sarkwalvein]

I think Atari's done for.

Wait, don't write them off!
There's still hope! The Atari Box VCS will sure save them!..........................................

 

[x65943]

Times like this remind you why we need piracy and torrents.

If we let the copyright lawyers tell us what to do we're going to lose significant entries in video game history.

 

[Deleted-394630]

Good thing I have my boxed original disc. Such an amazing game.

 

[Noctosphere]

I still have the game since I bought it a while ago

on Steam? on GoG?
Can you still download it?

 

[Jayro]

Oh boy, rev up those torrent clients, I'm sure am feeling seedy!

 

[jDSX]

on Steam? on GoG?
Can you still download it?

GOG
I already have the installer lol

 

[Noctosphere]

GOG
I already have the installer lol

well, dont delete it from your comp
I'm pretty sure you wont be able to download it anyway
(from GoG at least )

 

[sarkwalvein]

GOG
I already have the installer lol

If you have the installer, but not the digital right to claim it and/or download it again... how is it different than any installer downloaded from your average torrent?

 

[jDSX]

If you have the installer, but not the digital right to claim it and/or download it again... how is it different than any installer downloaded from your average torrent?

Because they come in .iso files this is an exe installer from gog, do you know they have them in packages to install the game to your pc when you buy them?