Recession Era

The Recession Era was the 13th era in the ATBW Timeline lasting from October 1, 2007 to June 30, 2010, and initially took place when Langile Mediaworks Division suffered a recesssion, though later on it would be impacted further by the broader Great Recession of 2008, at the time the worst economic recession since the Great Depression. It succeeded the Mediaworks Era and preceeded the Amory Era.

In addition, Tetrahorse04V1 was installed onto Deer Tracks on December 27, 2007 and damaged much of the game until May 6, 2009. Other events include the ATBW Pictures logo being redone in HD1080p, which first debuted in Ameritz In California City: The HD Movie on July 29, 2008, and was the era in which all TV channels went fully digital on June 7, 2009, just five days before the FCC deadline. On March 23, 2010, an attempt at doing an animated series using Miis aired on ATBW Channel, which was Roe & Shell, but was not a hit even though it still attracted a strong fanbase and eventually defined the Recession Era. Since it did not do much to increase money however, Amory The Bad Woman debuted and started the Amory Era after it became a hit.

Two ATBW Blog companies Wedgehead Studios and Calligraphy Studios were acquired on April 10, 2008 and June 10, 2010 respectively, which increased the number of subsidiaries from six companies up to eight. At the time, this was all of the companies until Ramworks Software, which was founded afterwards on July 27, 2013 and acquired on December 15, 2016.