Atari Plans To Enter Internet Of Things Market With New Connected Devices In Sigfox Partnership

Atari announced on Tuesday that it is diving into the Internet of Things (IoT) with a new line of connected objects set to debut later this year.

Atari Will Enter IoT Market With New Connected Devices

The specifics of the connected objects are still being kept under wraps. The Atari press release contained few details, saying only that those would come later.

Atari will reportedly develop the devices in partnership with Sigfox, a startup based in the south of France that is building a global communications network for IoT devices.

“By partnering together and using Sigfox’s dedicated IoT connectivity, we are going to create amazing products with our brand,” Fred Chesnais, Atari’s CEO, said in a statement.

Sigfox’s network currently operates in 18 countries and runs with seven million devices.

Atari declared that this partnership “will cover a wide range of new Atari products, from the very simple to the highly sophisticated, providing customers with an easy way to know at any time where the devices are and what their status is. The initial product line will include categories such as home, pets, lifestyle, and safety.”

“Atari, which has disruption rooted in their DNA, was quick to envision the transformative role that the Internet of Things can play in interactive entertainment,” Ludovic Le Moan, CEO of Sigfox, explained in a statement. “Our network bridges the virtual and physical worlds simply, reliably, and inexpensively, and this collaboration will launch a new dimension to gaming, while supporting features that are limited only by the imagination.”