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Infogrames Entertainment Announces: The Departure of Bruno Bonnell ; The Appointment of Patrick Leleu as Chairman and CEO



    Infogrames Entertainment (Paris:IFG) announces today that at a
    meeting held on April 4th 2007, the Board appointed Patrick Leleu
    Chairman and CEO of the Group following the departure of Bruno
    Bonnell, founder and Chairman of the company. Bruno Bonnell leaves his
    positions as Chairman, CEO and Director of Infogrames Entertainment
    and he also leaves all his positions within Atari, Inc. and the
    Infogrames group of companies.

    Over the last years, Infogrames has implemented a global debt
    restructuring plan which successfully ended on March 2007, allowing
    the group to strengthen its financial structure and redevelop its
    business. The Board of directors and Bruno Bonnell have agreed to take
    this opportunity to launch new dynamics of change for the group.

    Bruno Bonnell stated: ' It is with understandable emotions, but
    also reassured about its future, that I leave Infogrames after 24
    years spent to build this group with the support of all its teams.
    Together, we have been able to show its strength and capacity to
    innovate, even in the worst situations. Time for business developers
    has logically come, after the entrepreneurial period. It's now time
    for Infogrames to conquer and progress on a market as promising as
    interactive entertainment business".

    The Board wants to pay tribute to the determination of the founder
    of Infogrames, who, with his entrepreneurial skills and his
    exceptional vision of the industry, allowed Infogrames to become one
    of the worldwide leading players within the video gaming industry.

    A director of Infogrames since January 2007, Patrick Leleu was
    previously the CEO of Bouygues Telecom between 1994 and 2001 and then
    Chairman and CEO of Noos (a cable network operator) between 2001 and
    2005. His ability to develop companies on fast-moving markets and his
    unique experience within mass-market products and digital
    entertainment will be key credentials for Infogrames.

    Patrick Leleu, the new Chairman and CEO of Infogrames, comments: "
    I want to thank the Board to put its trust in me. I am convinced that
    Infogrames holds the assets, talents and teams to get back into the
    industrial competition and recover its dynamics of growth".

    About Infogrames Entertainment and Atari

    Infogrames Entertainment (IESA), the parent company of the Atari
    Group (NASDAQ:ATAR), is listed on the Paris Euronext stock exchange
    (ISIN code: FR-0000052573) and has two principal subsidiaries: Atari
    Europe, a privately-held company, and Atari, Inc., a United States
    corporation listed on NASDAQ (ATAR).

    The Atari Group is a major international producer, publisher and
    distributor of interactive entertainment software for all market
    segments and in all existing game formats (Microsoft, Nintendo and
    Sony) and on CD-ROM for PC. Its games are sold in more than 60
    countries. The Atari Group's extensive catalogue of popular games is
    based on original franchises (Alone in the Dark, V-Rally, Test Drive,
    Roller Coaster Tycoon, etc.) and international licenses (Dragon Ball
    Z, Dungeons & Dragons, etc.).

    For more information: http://www.atari.com