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Who owns the Wizardry RPGs? We do, say both Drecom and Atari as an unusual IP acquisition splits custody of the genre-forming series

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Drecom
Role · Publisher
Active · 1992–2024
Latest · Wizardry Variants: Daphne
Top genres · rpg, adventure
2 articles 2 writers 2 games
Atari
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Atari
Role · Developer / Publisher
Active · 1971–2026
Latest · Bubsy 4D
Top genres · arcade, fps, adventure
363 articles 165 writers 112 games
Wizardry
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Wizardry
Active · 1981–2024
Latest · Wizardry Variants: Daphne
Top genres · rpg, adventure, puzzle
23 articles 14 writers 23 games
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Active · 2025
Top genres · platformer
125 articles 65 writers 1 games
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