Planet Coaster dev Frontier sues RollerCoaster Tycoon World maker Atari

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Frontier Developments, the maker of Planet Coaster and Elite Dangerous, is suing Atari, the company behind RollerCoaster Tycoon World.
TMZ, which broke the news, reports Frontier claims it's owed $2.2m in royalties by Atari over 2004's RollerCoaster Tycoon 3.
Frontier said it amended its contract for RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 after Atari went bankrupt in 2013, and "another website", perhaps SteamSpy, revealed higher sales figures than previously thought. So, Frontier worked out it should have received $3.37m in royalties from Atari, but got only $1.17m. And, Frontier says, Atari delayed when it was asked for an audit of its sales report.
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