Game on: Atari Slaps Zoo With $6 Million Suit

Atari, the video game console manufacturer, zapped Ohio game developers Zoo Publishing with a $6 million lawsuit on Wednesday for taking its money and then failing to deliver the goods.

Atari says that the company not only absconded with over $2.5 million of its money without turning over the games, but Zoo also went behind the manufacturer’s back and sold its finished product directly to the public in violation of their contract.

Zoo, which specializes in handheld Nintendo DS games popular with children, agreed in October 2008 to develop games for Atari to sell to retailers like Walmart in North America, paying the Cincinnati company $1.5