Overview
- Atari, which announced the deal Thursday, says it acquired complete and exclusive rights to Wizardry I–V and their underlying IP.
- Drecom said Atari did not purchase the Wizardry IP from it and that Drecom will continue to hold and manage the series' trademarks worldwide.
- The sale came from the “original rights holder,” according to Drecom, with reporting pointing to co-creator Robert Woodhead as the likely seller.
- Atari plans remasters, collections, console ports, and physical releases, plus merchandise, board and card games, books, comics, and possible TV and film projects.
- The early Wizardry titles shaped RPGs yet have been hard to buy for decades, and Atari’s Digital Eclipse already released a 2024 remake of the first game.