About 45 years after the release of the original game, Atari just made a major purchase to secure the rights to an iconic sword and sorcery RPG franchise from the 1980s. Atari Acquires The Rights to Wizardry Screenshot: Atari Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord launched in 1981 and the RPG would go on to be followed by four more installments in the franchise before the decade came to a close. Although the series may be long-forgotten to many gamers, Atari has big plans for Wizardry . Videos by VICE Recently, Atari acquired the rights to the remaining titles from the first five titles in the Wizardry franchise.…