Company is also paying tribute to classic releases from Capcom, Bandai and Atari.
]]>Eight Atari-branded gaming hotels will be built across the United States later this year.
]]>Ted Dabney, the Atari co-founder who helped create Pong, has passed away.
]]>By this time next year, you could own a brand-new Atari system.
]]>Atari has today shared a first look at the Ataribox design, and revealed a couple of key details.
]]>The first trailer for Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle has dropped.
]]>We may not know what this is, but it's happening.
]]>Frontier Developments is suing Atari over unpaid royalties it's due for RollerCoaster Tycoon 3.
]]>Indigo Prophecy (known as Fahrenheit outside of North America) is getting re-released on PS4 as a PS2 classic.
]]>Expect to see Centipede and Missile Command films playing at your local theater at some point in the future.
]]>A new video providing a look at how user-created content can be added to RollerCoaster Tycoon World.
]]>100 classic Atari games will be bundled together and released on PC this spring.
]]>RollerCoaster Tycoon World will not make its targeted release window.
]]>RollerCoaster Tycoon World is available for pre-order and reserving the game will grant you access to both of the planned betas.
]]>The Atari E.T. cartridges, famously buried in a landfill in Alamogoro, New Mexico, are worth a lot now that they've been dug up.
]]>The Alone in the Dark: Illumination multiplayer closed beta starts today, and to get in on the fun, you just need to pre-order the game through Steam.
]]>Llamasoft’s shooter TxK will not be released on formats other than Vita due to Atari filing a copyright claim, according to TxK creator Jeff Minter.
]]>Today, Atari has provided a look at gameplay for Rollercoaster Tycoon World.
]]>Asteroids: Outpost has been announced for PC by Atari, as a re-imagining of 1979 arcade shooter.
]]>The private beta period for Alone in the Dark: Illumination starts on January 29.
]]>Remember how Alamogordo City Commission said it would auction off E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial cartridges dug up from the famous Atari landfill? You can buy one - if you're feeling plump in the pocket.
]]>Atari has announced Alone in the Dark: Illumination and Haunted House: Cryptic Graves are available for pre-order on Steam.
]]>You've seen the screenshots from Alone in the Dark: Illumination already, but how about some dreary environmental art? Look no further.
]]>No joke. Atari will release a new Alone in the Dark game for PC this autumn, as well as revisiting Haunted House.
]]>Two re-imagined versions of two classic titles, Alone in the Dark and Haunted House are coming to PC in fall 2014.
]]>Alongside releasing a new teaser trailer, Atari has stated that RollerCoaster Tycoon World will be a 'full PC experience' that doesn't feature microtransactions.
]]>Fanboy rage isn't new; the console wars have been raging for forty years. We look back over the history of the industry and ask: who won?
]]>Microsoft's excavation of the landfill where hundreds of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial cartridges were buried was a success, and to prove it, the city decided to offer some of them for sale.
]]>Star Wars fas have probably dreamed of owning their own R2D2 droid at some point, and one gamer is living that dream right now, except his robot houses eight game consoles and a projector.
]]>Atari's CEO Frederic Chesnais has stressed that he didn't buy the company simply to peddle t-shirts and other merch with that iconic logo on it. He's stressed that he sees Atari as a hardware brand instead.
]]>Prey 2 developer Human Head Studios is hosting a beta weekend for Minimum, the free-to-play shooter project it took over from TimeGate after it went bust.
]]>Prey 2 developer Human Head Studios is now onboard Minimum, Timegate's long lost free-to-play shooter, thanks to a deal with Atari.
]]>Following on from the announcements of its social MMO Atari Casino, retro games publisher Atari has partnered with iLottery and iGambling provider Pariplay. Polygon reports games like Asteroids, Centipede, Missile Command, Pong and Tempest will be distributed to Pairplay's third-party partners as well as through its own platforms.
]]>RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 Mobile is out now on iOS and will run you $2.99. It will be released for Android as well. It comes with in-game currency "worth $5", reports Destructoid, and will eventually head to PC at a later date. A new video is below.
]]>Atari recently announced Rollercoaster Tycoon 4 for mobile and has also talked up a brand new entry to the series on PC, confirming that it's back in the business of publishing and releasing games. CEO Frederic Chesnai has discussed the company's future strategy in a new interview.
]]>Microsoft has invited the public to attend the Atari Landfill excavation where a team will search for buried E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial video game rumored to be buried in New Mexico.
]]>The New Mexico Environment Department has given the go-ahead for a proposed excavation of a landfill site where truckloads of Atari cartridges are rumoured to be buried.
]]>Atari has joined forces with social casino company FlowPlay to create a multi-platform gambling product called Atari Casino.
]]>LightBox Interactive has said its excavation of the “Atari Graveyard” in New Mexico, also known as the “Atari Dump”, will continue as planned once environmental concerns are addressed.
]]>RollerCoaster Tycoon publisher Atari has revealed that a new PC entry to the series is in development, following yesterday's announcement of RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 Mobile for iOS.
]]>"Beat the 8-bit out of retro Atari games with an invincible, 22-foot-tall war machine at Titanfall Arcade." The tagline says it all, really. A Titanfall-themed version of Asteroids is currently available, with Missile Command and Centipede to follow. Since this wasn't sent our way by EA's PR, we can't be certain it's official, but it was registered through the same channels as EA's other web promotion efforts, like Hammond Robotics. Titanfall launches next week.
]]>A US Bankruptcy Court judge has approved Atari's plan to pay back creditors and move out of bankruptcy, The Wall Street Journal reports. The firm filed for Chapter 11 back in January, and a proposal - with agreements from its creditors - will allow the firm to pay what it owes over the course of the next three years. Atari will pay out less than the $10.3 million owed, with some creditors receiving the full note due and others a smaller amount. Atari had originally planned to sell its catalog to pay off it debits, but only 15 bids were placed - all of which were refused. It then started selling parcels off with some failing to be bid upon; however, Wargaming grabbed up the Masters of Orion and Total Annihilation IPs, Stardock won the rights to the Star Control series, and Rebellion Interactive purchased Battlezone and Moonbase Commander. Thanks, GI International.
]]>It was bound to happen eventually: Clueless Gamer Conan O'Brien has filmed his session with a game always on one of those "Worst Games of All Time" lists, and one which even has its own purported landfill. That's right. Conan's latest segment on games is the Atari 2600's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. See how he fared with it below.
]]>World of Tanks developer Wargaming.net has purchased the Total Annihilation and Master of Orion franchises from Atari. The firm also announced it will be opening up a new office in the US.
]]>Xbox One's reveal and subsequent policy u-turn saw Microsoft screw up. That's the opinion of Atari founder Nolan Bushnell who, in an interview with VG247 stressed that despite its recent u-turn Microsoft no longer wants to sell you products; it wants you to rent them instead.
]]>Atari founder Nolan Bushnell has shared his thoughts on the collapse of the company and impending IP sale in a new VG247 interview, in which he said the company has been abused by a succession of shareholders more interested in growing fat off royalties than bringing it into the present with new IP.
]]>Belgian developer Appeal has recovered the rights to open-world adventure Outcast.
]]>Publisher Nordic Games has acquired both the Desperados and Silver IP from troubled publisher ahead of Atari's property auction next month.
]]>Fuel Industries, a Canadian game developer, has been given a permit from the city of Alamogordo, New Mexico, to excavate the landfill where Atari reportedly buried many, many copies of E.T. and other broken or unsalable merchandise back in 1983.
]]>Atari is looking to sell off its IP to bidders separately after it failed to find a sole buyer for its entire catalogue. The troubled company is looking for a minimum of $22.2 million for all franchises combined.
]]>Eden Games has officially been closed and its remaining assets are being liquidated, according to a Eurogamer France report.
]]>Navigating the mobile gaming universe can be a nightmare, because, well, there are a whole lot of those games. I play 5-10 new ones every week, in fact, but at the same time it's rare that a new game will break into the top overall downloads chart. And Atari founder Nolan Bushnell tells All Things D that an environment like that will burn out developers.
]]>This weekend, Swedish gamer Victor Sandberg set out to take the Missile Command record, set in 1982 by Victor Ali with a score of 80.5 million. The determined arcade fan livestreamed his attempt, which lasted over 56 hours, and eventually took the crown by bowing out with 81,796,035 points. You can watch a recording the stream, or just check out this clip of the record being surpassed, and Sandberg's eventual game over. The original Missile Command was released in 1980 via Atari and Sega.
]]>Jace Hall, founder and ex-CEO of Monolith, has posted on Blood fansite The Post Mortem that Atari has declined his offer of developing an enhanced version of Blood for PC and other platforms.
]]>Atari has sourced $5 million in debtor-in-possession financing from Perella Weinberg Partners, which would allow it to operate through bankruptcy, Polygon reports. Perella plans to assist Atari in selling off its assets, but this role and its offer of finance must be approved by a court. Atari is apparently already in possession of $2 million and would receive the remaining $3 million if approved. Atari filed for bankruptcy late last month.
]]>The economic strain appears to be taking its toll on Atari. According to the L.A Times, the creators of Pong have filed a petition for bankruptcy.
]]>Cryptic Studios has added a number of new features to its user generated content suite, the Foundry.
]]>Pong, often considered the first real commercial video game, turns 40 on November 29. To celebrate, Atari took part in the annual City Lights festival in Kansas City on Friday, building an enormous version of the stripped-back tennis sim which had been nominated for a Guinness World Record for World's Largest Game of Pong. See it in action through the break.
]]>Microsoft's Major Nelson has spilled the beans on two new Xbox Live Arcade additions this week. The quirky strategy title Planets Under Attack, and a remake of Atari classic Warlords. Get details and screens below.
]]>Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition is now planning to launch on November 28, two days ahead of its last scheduled release date.
]]>Warlords, a remake of the classic title for the Atari 2600, is out today on PSN in the US as you've already noted here, and will arrive on the EU PS Store tomorrow, October 10, for €9.99.
]]>Rollercoaster Tycoon 3D has been dated for Nintendo 3DS in Europe, along with a list of console exclusive new features.
]]>Atari Arcade has been announced and it allows you to play classic Atari titles through Internet Explorer, ad-free.
]]>Special Forces: Team X, a PC game in development at Zombie Studios, has been announced as a downloadable release for fall.
]]>Nolan Bushnell, the Atari founder credited with kicking off the games industry in the US, has confessed to deriving more pleasure from the business side of things than games themselves.
]]>In celebration of Atari's 40th birthday today, iOS users can download 100 classic Atari titles free of charge.
]]>Here's a couple of neat anniversaries for you. As noted by GoNintendo, we have two birthdays this week. Atari turns 40 on June 27; gloss over the great crash and remind yourself the company was responsible for making video games a thing people understood, paving the way for the NES and, you know, our entire industry. Meanwhile, king of the arcade Donkey Kong, the father of Mario, hits 30 years on Saturday. Bless.
]]>Atari has appointed former Gameloft executive Olivier Rameil as European sales and marketing director. In his new position, Ramiel will head up the firm's mobile and online games division which oversees the firm's XBL offerings in the region. "Atari’s shift in strategy to mobile gaming represents an incredible opportunity to bring great new games based on some legendary intellectual properties to a contemporary audience," said Rameil. “The company has already achieved demonstrated success in the US mobile market with Atari’s Greatest Hits, Breakout: Boost and Asteroids: Gunner, and I look forward to expanding upon this success in the EMEA market.” Atari announced earlier this month it was reaffirming its commitment to the mobile space, stating with putting Unlimited 2 developer Eden Games up for sale. Thanks, MCV.
]]>Contrary to earlier reports, Atari has confirmed Test Drive Unlimited developer Eden Games has not been closed.
]]>Atari has announced its library of mobile games has exceeding 10 million downloads across iOS and Android smartphone and tablet devices in less than a year. The milestone comes on the 40th anniversary of Atari and Pong, for which a $100,000 Pong Indie Developer Challenge contest is currently under way. Consisting of cash prizes and publishing agreements for the top 10 finalists, developers tasked with reimagining Pong for iOS devices. The top 20 semi-finalists were recently announced on May 1 and selected from nearly 90 total submissions, all moving on to compete for a spot on the finalist rankings for June 19th.
]]>Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition is just one step on the journey to a brand new Baldur's Gate sequel.
]]>The wait is finally over. Baldur's Gate is back, and it's... enhanced!
]]>Yesterday's Atari tease has ponied up: Indie developers have a chance to make the next official Pong game.
]]>"We’ve got a really special announcement coming up tomorrow," transitioning publisher Atari has announced on Twitter. The company's properties include Dungeons & Dragons and MMO Tera, but the company sold off Cryptic Studios last year and has refocussed on social and mobile gaming drawing on its back catalogue of classic properties.
]]>CD Projekt has said The Witcher 2 moved 1,110,055 units on PC in 2011. The digital version sold 270,000 through digital distribution services, and 40,000 of those were through GoG.
]]>TorrentFreak has said the European arms of publishers such as Atari, Codemasters, Square Enix and Ubisoft are targeting pirates by asking them to pay €800 for each title downloaded illegally. According to the torrent site, the publishers are contacting the accused by tracking IP addresses, something CD Projekt stopped doing last week. The issue with tracking IP through torrents is that the majority of clients do not use the customer's IP address when uploading or downloading. So, while some legitimate pirates could be caught using this method, innocent people could be caught in the middle as well. Thanks Gamefront.
]]>Atari has reportedly embarked on a crusade to take out iOS games with similarities to its extensive portfolio of classic arcade titles.
]]>Bummed that you're not able to play Star Wars: The Old Republic at launch? Well, Champions Online developer Cryptic Studios has a bit of a treat for you. The company launched a new character archetype (re: class) that bears more than a passing resemblance to a Sith lord.
The character wields what are essentially two red lightsabers, and is clothed in a dark hood and cape. Could it possibly just be a coincidence that this is coming out a day before the official launch of SWTOR? No, not really. Picture after the break.
]]>More than a year after they were initially first promised, Eden is set to finally introduce bikes into Test Drive Unlimited 2.
]]>After departing the Star Trek Online developer earlier this year, former executive producer Dan Stahl has returned to Cryptic Studios to lead a new Away Team working on the "Foundry".
]]>Atari and Cryptic have released the second trailer for the Neverwinter MMORPG, based on the Dungeons & Dragons lore. In Neverwinter, players choose to become one of five D&D classes who will in turn form five-person co-op groups with other players or AI. Players can also create their own storylines and quests by utilizing the game's content generation system, presently codenamed Forge. Neverwinter for PC is scheduled to release in Q4 2012, and will be part of a multi-platform release event, which includes a book trilogy from R. A. Salvatore and a tabletop RPG from Wizards of the Coast.
]]>The latest developer blog entry for Star Trek Online has detailed the new Duty Officer System that will allow players to recruit and control the actions of their junior officers when the game goes free to play (F2P) later this year.
]]>The executive producer of the Champions Online and Star Trek Online dev has announced he's to boldly go on to pastures new but will Kling-on until the end of the month. No more puns, I promise.
]]>Atari has announced RollerCoaster Tycoon 3D for release on 3DS during March of next year. This is the first time the series has been made available for handhelds. The title is new, not a port, and will include standards like Coaster Creator and new modes such as Coaster Story, which contains tutorials and park challenges. Another addition is Park Sandbox mode, and the option to share your parks with other players. Thanks, Gamasutra.
]]>Atari continues its transition from old school to new school, rearranging management to cope with a new company direction.
]]>Lots of information in that headline, eh?
]]>Perfect World has completed its acquisition of Champions Online developer Cryptic Studios. The Chinese company has apparently spent $49.8 million on the buyout after Atari announced earlier this year it was to divest from the studio. Atari says it will use to decrease debits among other things. Perfect World also has a majority stake in Torchlight studio Runic Games from May this year.
]]>Cryptic and Atari sent over some nice bits of concept art and a fact sheet for Neverwinter, the latest title in the Dungeon & Dragons series set in the Forgotten Realms universe.
]]>Neverwinter was announced after much rumor-mongering last year, and it is slated for a Q4 2011 release on PC.
]]>Atari has sold Star Trek Online and Neverwinter developer Cryptic Studios to Perfect World.
]]>Atari and Bedlam Games announced today that Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale is now available on on Xbox Live for 1200 MS point. It will be made available on PC and PSN this summer.
]]>2001 horror Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare is set to re-release with Sony Computer Entertainment as its publisher, according to a rating by the ESRB.
]]>CD Projekt has announced that Patch 1.1 is on schedule to be released later today and should solve most issues experienced by players. However, a second patch is also in the works and expected some time next week.
]]>CD Projekt RED has said that The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings patch 1.1, which is expected next week, is nearing completion and has sent over a list of work around those experiencing issues should try in the meantime.
]]>CD Projekt RED has announced that The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings will receive its first patch next week.
]]>CD Project Red has released the first bit of free DLC for The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, and you can watch the video of it here. The DLC, released day and date with the game, is a side quest called Troll Trouble, and the troll shown in the video actually talks, unlike a lot of trolls who hit first and ask questions later. Check out the reviews round up for The Witcher 2 here.
]]>Keep an eye out while playing The Witcher 2. Not only does Geralt find himself in all sorts of "interesting" situations, but you may recognise another famous Assassin making an appearance.
]]>Still waiting on The Witcher 2 to download or arrive in your mail box? How would you like to see the first 20-minutes of the game? We know we're tempted, ourselves.
]]>Atari has announced its full year financials results for its FY11, and its find the firm net losses of €6.2 million, up from from a new loss of €19.4 million the prior year. The firm also announced that Cryptic Studios is in the process of being disposed of, as it is currently looking for a buyer.
]]>Geralt, our favorite medieval monstrosity-hunter, is back in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. The game is out today on PC, and some of the first reviews are finally starting to appear.
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