Editing MicroProse (section)

===Under Infogrames (2001–2003)===
On December 6, 2000, amist struggling sales and restructurings, Hasbro announced they would entirely sell off Hasbro Interactive, including MicroProse's assets, to French holding company [[Atari SA|Infogrames Entertainment SA]] for $100 million, $95 million as 4.5 million common shares of Infogrames and $5 million in cash.<ref name="IGNBuyout">{{cite web|url=http://pc.ign.com/news/28701.html|title=Infogrames to Acquire Hasbro Interactive|date=December 6, 2000|website=[[IGN]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011119190727/http://pc.ign.com/news/28701.html|archive-date=November 19, 2001|url-status=dead|access-date=September 30, 2019}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated5">{{cite web |url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=68329&p=irol-newsArticle_Print&ID=137281&highlight= |title=Press Release |publisher=Nasdaq Investor Relations |date=6 December 2000 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Infogrames Picks up Hasbro's Toys |work=IGN|date=December 7, 2000 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/12/07/infogrames-picks-up-hasbros-toys|language=en|access-date=2021-11-19}}</ref><ref name="thomson">[http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=68329&p=irol-newsArticle_Print&ID=137281&highlight= "Infogrames Entertainment to Acquire Hasbro Interactive and Games.com"].{{dead link|date=October 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} Press release archive from [[Thomson Financial]]</ref> The deal was closed on January 29, 2001<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/30/business/company-news-hasbro-completes-sale-of-interactive-business.html "Company News; Hasbro Completes Sale Of Interactive Business"]. ''[[The New York Times]]''. 30 January 2001.</ref><ref name="thomson"/> with Hasbro Interactive, Inc. being renamed as Infogrames Interactive, Inc.<ref name="autogenerated8">{{cite web |url=http://www.allgame.com/cg/agg.dll?p=agg&sql=3:23597 |title=((( Atari Interactive, Inc. > Overview ))) |publisher=allgame |access-date=3 January 2018 |archive-date=26 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826005747/http://allgame.com/company.php?id=23597 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F00E4DC1E3FF933A05752C0A9679C8B63&n=Top/News/Business/Companies/Hasbro%20Inc. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621035017/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F00E4DC1E3FF933A05752C0A9679C8B63&n=Top%2FNews%2FBusiness%2FCompanies%2FHasbro%20Inc. |archive-date=June 21, 2008 |title=Company News; Hasbro Completes Sale of Interactive Business |newspaper=The New York Times| date=January 30, 2001 |url-access=limited}}</ref>

After the sale, sales and distribution of MicroProse titles transitioned to [[Atari, Inc. (1993-present)|Infogrames, Inc.]] in North America and the company's standalone international divisions everywhere else. By this time, the company began a slow phase-out of the brand with many MicroProse branded titles previously released by Hasbro being reissued with Infogrames' logo on the packaging. MicroProse's two remaining development studios in Chipping Sodbury and Hunt Valley were rebranded under the Infogrames banner as well, becoming Infogrames Interactive Chippenham Studio and Infogrames Interactive Hunt Valley Studio, respectively. The development of ''[[X-COM: Alliance]]'' was finally aborted in 2002 without a formal announcement.<ref>{{cite web|last=Plante |first=Chris |url=http://www.polygon.com/features/2013/8/19/4614410/xcom-the-bureau-development-2006-2013 |title=The many faces of The Bureau: XCOM Declassified: from 2006 to 2013 |publisher=Polygon |date=2013-08-19 |access-date=2014-05-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/video-games/2013/08/best-xcom-moments-hisotry/xcom-alliance-canceled |title=The FPS that wasn't. — The Biggest Moments In "XCOM" History |publisher=Complex |date=2013-08-23 |access-date=2014-05-18}}</ref>

The final newly-released games released under the MicroProse brand name were ''[[X-COM: Enforcer]]'', released in April 2001,<ref>{{cite web |last=Walker |first=Trey |date=August 31, 2000 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/exclusive-x-com-enforcer-screens/1100-2622690/ |title=Exclusive X-COM: Enforcer Screens |website=[[GameSpot]] |publisher=[[Fandom (website)|Fandom]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011024002941/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2622690,00.html |archive-date=October 24, 2001 |url-status=live |access-date=February 26, 2024}}</ref> ''[[Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror]]'', released in April 2002,<ref>https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/04/23/tacops-shipped</ref> and ''[[Grand Prix 4]]'', released in June 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/article_45457|title=Grand Prix 4 details|website=[[Eurogamer]]|date=February 2002}}</ref> In September, Infogrames shuttered the Chippenham studio and aborting the development of an Xbox port of ''Grand Prix 4'' that had been currently worked at in the studio within the process.<ref>[http://www.gamespot.com/news/2002/09/12/news_2880148.html Gamespot.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050123032231/http://www.gamespot.com/news/2002/09/12/news_2880148.html |date=January 23, 2005 }}, "Infogrames closes UK MicroProse studio", from ''[[GameSpot]]''</ref>

The Hunt Valley studio worked on ''Monopoly Casino: Vegas Edition'' for the PC, and then focused on the development of the [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]] title ''[[Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes]]'', which was released in October 2003. Earlier on in May, Infogrames rebranded all their subsidiaries under the [[Atari]] brand; including Infogrames, Inc. becoming Atari, Inc., and Infogrames Interactive, Inc. becoming Atari Interactive, Inc.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3010719.stm |title=BBC NEWS – Technology – Atari lives again |work=bbc.co.uk |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040715011309/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3010719.stm |archive-date=July 15, 2004 }}</ref> In November 2003, Atari announced the closure of the Hunt Valley studio, which itself was the last MicroProse studio still operating.<ref name="gamesindustry.biz">[http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=2515 Atari closes former MicroProse studio] from [[GamesIndustry.biz]]</ref> However, several [[video game developer|game developers]] now exist in the area, including [[Firaxis Games]] and [[BreakAway Games]], who all owe their origin to MicroProse.