Video game publisher Atari has bought the rights to Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 from developer Frontier for $7m.
(To be clear, Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 itself is worth much less – around a fiver on Steam.)
The deal means Atari will be considered the game’s publisher going forward, and is now the sole publisher of all major Rollercoaster Tycoon games – the good ones and the bad ones – in the veteran theme park sim series.
“As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Rollercoaster Tycoon with [series creator] Chris Sawyer, I am really pleased that we can unite this important and successful title in the series with the rest of the franchise,” said Atari boss Wade Rosen in a statement.