Daily Archives: October 11, 2008

French Publisher Infogrames Takes Full Control of Atari

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been trying to dig up a few game assets over at Atari. Anyone who has seen their emails go unanswered can vouch for how annoying that is, but the news that came out … Continue reading

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Sony Exec Likes Xbox 360

Quite untypical of a Sony executive, Sony Worldwide Studios head Shuhei Yoshida revealed that he actually wants to see the Xbox 360 succeed in Japan. In an interview with Eurogamer, Yoshida was generous in his praise toward rival Microsoft and … Continue reading

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Things To Do In San Diego: October 11-12

Saturday, October 11, 2008: Powerchords In-Store And Pizza Party @ Record City( Free! 3pm, pizza from Luigi’s in Golden Hill, all ages)North Park Nights (formerly Ray At Night) in North ParkOktoberfest @ German American ClubSwim Party, Writer, Irreversible Reversible @ … Continue reading

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Things To Do In San Diego: October 11-12

Saturday, October 11, 2008:Powerchords In-Store And Pizza Party @ Record City( Free! 3pm, pizza from Luigi’s in Golden Hill, all ages)North Park Nights (formerly Ray At Night) in North ParkOktoberfest @ German American ClubSwim Party, Writer, Irreversible Reversible @ The … Continue reading

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New Version Of The 8bit Atari Emulator Kat5200

Another update of this 8bit Atari emulator from eegt97 now so let’s see what he’s done to it: I updated the installer again. This fixes the following: User functions not done in the GUI when mapped to joystick buttons Database … Continue reading

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Infogrames Completes Atari Buyout [Infogrames]

Finally, some news about a troubled, bankrupted former household name getting bought up by someone other than the government. Infogrames has completed its purchase of Atari, for all of million. The French publisher already owned about 51 percent of Atari. … Continue reading

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The Blip Festival set to make noise in Brooklyn.

Blip Festival 2008: The Promo from Richard Alexander Caraballo on Vimeo. Jenn de la Vega from The Blip Festival sent me an email today asking if I would mind mentioning the bit-crushed bleep fest returning to Brooklyn later this year. … Continue reading

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Homeland Gitmo, os jogos fazendo sua parte por um mundo melhor

Video-games não servem só para entreter a garotada ou te ajudar a relaxar depois de um dia de trabalho. Cada vez mais as pessoas enxergam novas possibilidades para a nossa diversão eletrônica, seja ela auxiliar pessoas no tratamento de câncer … Continue reading

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First Arkanoid Live! Screens Deserve Compulsory Exclamation Point [Tokyo Game Show 2008]

First Arkanoid Live! Screens Deserve Compulsory Exclamation Point [Tokyo Game Show 2008] First Arkanoid Live! Screens Deserve Compulsory Exclamation Point [Tokyo Game Show 2008] I don’t know about you folks, but one of the most exciting bits of information I … Continue reading

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Infogrames Completes Atari Acquisition

Quote: Infogrames has completed its acquisition of Atari, the US-based publisher, in a deal worth around million. The French company can now definitively unite the Atari brand, the use of which Infogrames has had the right to in Europe and … Continue reading

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