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Atari creates divisions for gaming and blockchain, changes CEO

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Atari has divided into two parts, with one division that will focus on games and another that will deals with blockchain.

The game brand will be called Atari Gaming, while the other will be Atari Blockchain. Fred Chesnais, the former CEO of Atari, will become the head of the Atari Blockchain division. Wade Rosen, previously acting chairman of the board, will become the company’s new CEO.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.