 Humongous Entertainment was acquired by GT Interactive (later renamed Infogrames, Inc., then Atari, Inc.) in July 1996.By October 2000, sales of Humongous games had surpassed 16 million copies.GT sold Humongous to its parent company, Infogrames (later renamed Atari, SA), in August 2005, as a result of which the company was shut down a few months after.