Atari Alumni & Video Game News

Twitterthe final frontier. These are the voyages of game-maker Atari. Its 2-month mission: to explore strange new social networks, to seek out new geeks and new game players, to boldly go where no ad campaign has gone before! [Cue intro] If you’re a Trekkie, you’re probably already well aware of the pending February 2nd launch [...]

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One Step Closer To Becoming the World’s Next Hero in Anticipated New Game - Open Beta Available through IGN’s Fileplanet - Atari and Cryptic Studios are proud to give superhero fans the game they’ve been craving as Champions Online™ for PC has gone gold. Based on the award-winning Champions pen-and-paper role-playing [...]

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While the Wii Virtual Console is a terrific platform for rereleasing retro gaming goodness, there are some titles that are harder to release than others, mainly games based on movies, cartoons and comic books. The reason for this is that there is another party involved, the one who owns the characters on which the game [...]

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Atari have dropped a new Ghostbusters : The Video Game trailer featuring the first look at the co-op multiplayer aspect of the game. All I am going to say is 4 player co-op in the Ghostbusters universe equals win. Don’t let anyone else tell you different. [...]

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Ready 2 Rumble Revolution for the WiiWe all know and love the Wii’s motion sensitive controls- you know, the motion sensitive Wiimote and Nunchuck controllers. Well, this new game, Ready 2 Rumble Revolution, looks to take full advantage of those controllers, as it looks like a cooler, funner version of the traditional boxing game found [...]

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Activision to Publish Title From Former EA Chicago Members by Sarkis Daglian at Sep 30, 2008 10:58am From the release…. Chicago, IL (September 30, 2008) — Robomodo officially launched today as a new game developer dedicated to producing top-tier products for current and next generation console [...]

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Nike will be launching a new Air Force II called the Game Select. It features a total of 11 rings on the upper (that’s how long it’s been around), wood paneling, and an all black upper. This shoe kinda resembles those classic atari consoles, which makes this an oldie but goodie. Look for this model [...]

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With all the classic video game events popping up all over the country, with few getting the press they deserve, it’s gets hard to keep track of what’s happening and…
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Reflections, developers of the Driver games, announced during an piece on the BBC, that they would be creating a new Driver game, which would be published by Atari.  The word from Ubisoft is not official, but seems like an obvious conclusion after Ubisoft purchased Reflections during the Atari Developer Fire Sale.  Beyond the mention of [...]

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Ubisoft Working On New Driver Game If a Driver game fails? Try, and try again. That’s new franchise owners Ubisoft’s thinking (maybe Atari were just bad luck), as a BBC story on British games development contains the unsurprising news that Ubisoft Reflections, in Newcastle, are working on another Driver game. Least, that’s what [...]

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