What is Atomic Games?
'''Atomic Games, Inc.''' was an American video game developer based in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], [[Texas]]. The company specialized in wargames. The company was founded by Keith Zabalaoui in 1989. It is best known for developing the ''Close Combat'' series of real-time wargames, as well as the ''V for Victory'' series.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=RemoBloggerMarch 11|first1=Chris|last2=2009|date=2009-03-11|title=Interview: Atomic Games' Tamte On New Projects, Return Of Close Com|url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/pc/interview-atomic-games-tamte-on-new-projects-return-of-i-close-combat-i-|access-date=2021-10-15|website=Game Developer|language=en}}</ref> Because of cancellation of a project titled ''Hammer's Slammers, i''n December 2000, Atomic Games gor fired its entire staff, only keeping three executives.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2000-12-13|title=AND ANOTHER ONES GONE, ANOTHER ONES GONE… [Author: Arcadian Del Sol]|url=http://www.brokentoys.org/2000/12/13/and-another-ones-gone-another-ones-gone-author-arcadian-del-sol/|access-date=2021-10-15|website=Broken Toys|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023193115/http://www.brokentoys.org/2000/12/13/and-another-ones-gone-another-ones-gone-author-arcadian-del-sol/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Atomic Games Shuts Down|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/atomic-games-shuts-down/1100-2663819/|access-date=2021-10-15|website=GameSpot|language=en-US}}</ref> Destineer bought Atomic Games on May 6, 2005, while collaborating on ''Close Combat: Red Phoenix'' and ''Close Combat: First to Fight''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Destineer acquires Atomic Games|url=https://www.macworld.com/article/175572/destineer-3.html|access-date=2021-10-15|website=Macworld|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Destineer Buys Close Combat Developer Atomic Games|url=https://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/destineer_buys_close_combat_developer_atomic_games|access-date=2021-10-15|website=The Mac Observer|language=en-us}}</ref> Atomic Games was develop