Time Warner Interactive

Time Warner Interactive (Group) (TWI) was a studio within Time Warner which developed video games. It was formed in 1993 after Time Warner bought a controlling interest in Atari Games, and was active until 1996 when WMS Industries, the owners of the Williams, Bally and Midway arcade brands, bought the company.

For WarnerMedia's current video game publishing division, see Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.
Not to be confused with Atari Corporation.
Time Warner Interactive
TypeDivision of Time Warner
IndustryVideo games
FateSold to Williams and absorbed into Williams Entertainment. Atari Games transferred to Midway Manufacturing
Europe operations acquired by GT Interactive.
SuccessorWarner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (North America)
GT Interactive (Europe)
FoundedJune 23, 1993 (1993-06-23) (as Time Warner Consumer Products)
DefunctMarch 29, 1996 (1996-03-29) (North America)
November 1996 (1996-11) (Europe)
Headquarters
2210 West Olive Avenue, Burbank, CA 91506[1][2]
,
U.S.
Products
ParentTime Warner
SubsidiariesAtari Games

This studio was previously known as Tengen, the consumer division of Atari Games. Atari Games would continue to operate under its own name until March 29, 1996, when both it and Time Warner Interactive were bought by WMS Industries and was subsequently absorbed into Williams Entertainment (later renamed Midway Home Entertainment), while Atari Games became part of Midway, and eventually was renamed Midway Games West in 1999.

Time Warner Interactive, was responsible for games, such as Rise of the Robots, Primal Rage and T-MEK.

Time Warner also bought the UK publisher Renegade Software in 1995 and kept it independent as Warner Interactive Entertainment, before merged with the European arm of TWI in 1996. Both subsidiaries were short-lived; Time Warner Interactive was formed from the Atari Games acquisition in 1993 and sold to WMS Industries on March 29, 1996,[3] while Time Warner Interactive Japan dissolved in the same year due to WMS not seeing the merit of having a Japanese division in Japan due to how very costly it is for Midway to have a Japanese video game studio in their hands in Lost Decade situation, and European division of Time Warner Interactive (including Renegade Software) existed only two years before being sold to GT Interactive in November 1996 (GT Interactive are best known for distribution of Doom II, Duke Nukem 3D, and Quake as shareware).[4]

List of games
Release Date Title Platform Developer Publisher
1993Fire Power 2000Sega Genesis
N
1993Batman ReturnsSega CD
N
1994T-MEKArcade, Sega 32X
N
1994Dick Vitale's "Awesome, Baby!" College HoopsSega Genesis
N
N
1994Generations LostSega Genesis
N
1994The Lawnmower ManSega Genesis, Sega CD
N
1994Red ZoneSega Genesis
N
1994Rise of the RobotsAmiga, Amiga CD32, DOS, Sega Genesis, SNES, Game Gear, 3DO, CD-i, Arcade
N
1994Chuck Jones' Peter and the WolfPC
N
1994R.B.I. Baseball '94Game Gear
N
1994R.B.I. Baseball '9532X
N
N
1994Tama: Adventurous Ball in Giddy LabyrinthSega Saturn, PlayStation
N
N
1995Cheese Cat-astrophe starring Speedy GonzalezGame Gear, Master System
N
1995Virtua RacingSega Saturn
N
1995Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-StarsSega Genesis, Super NES
N
N
1995Primal RagePlayStation
N
1995Race Drivin'Sega Saturn
N
N
1995Hoop it Up World Tour 3 on 3 the GameArcade
N
1996Return FirePlayStation
N
1997Shinrei Jusatsushi TarōmaruSega Saturn
N
N

References
  1. "Primal Rage - PC Review". Coming Soon Magazine. 1995. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  2. Peter and the Wolf cover of instructions booklet
  3. Webb, Marcus (June 1996). "WMS Acquires Time Warner/Atari Games". Next Generation. No. 18. Imagine Media. p. 26.
  4. SEC Info - Atari Inc - 10-Q - For 6/30/97
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