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Friday, September 28, 2018

Get your hand on some great gaming Christmas 2018 Jumpers


Merchoid have unveiled the first officially licensed gaming Christmas Sweaters ready for the 2018 Holiday season.


If you’re a Zelda fan in the Christmas spirit, you’re in luck as the The Zelda: Wreath of the Wild Christmas sweater features Link’s distinctive green mixed with classic Christmas colours, while the Zelda: Tinsel and Tri-forces sweater is in classic ‘Link green’ with just a splash of brown to channel your inner Christmas tree.

Friday, August 01, 2014

XBox Atari Game Over The search for E.T. cartridges First HD trailer


This story is the stuff of legend. In 1982, Atari rushed the release (5 weeks) of the "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" video game, based on the Steven Spielberg film in time for Christmas. The game was a disaster and Atari was said to have buried the cartridges in a dump in the desert beside an atom bomb site.
Now that dump has been explored...

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Atari plans return to gaming...


Decades ago, Atari set the bar for console gaming entertainment, known by many as the gaming pioneer who brought popular titles like Pong and Asteroids to households across the globe. For success in a digital era, the world-renowned company is expanding its business and brands to mobile and online gaming platforms as well as completely new entertainment markets.

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Thursday, November 04, 2010

Atari Classics PONG, Missile Command and Centipede arrive in arcade back-catalogue on PSN - PS3 PSP

The launch of Atari Classics has now begun with the launch of PONG, Missile Command and Centipede and over the coming weeks will include must-have iconic PlayStation blockbusters.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Atari Launches 'Star Trek Online Architect' Video Game

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Atari, one of the world’s most recognised publishers and producers of interactive entertainment, announced today the launch of the Star Trek Online Architect. The STO Architect (http://www.startrekonline.com/architect/) gives fans even more access to the Star Trek universe than ever before, providing the necessary virtual tools for them to create their favorite starships and share then with others.

Saturday, March 06, 2010

Test Drive Unlimited 2 video game Join Thousands of Players Online, Race the Worlds Most Coveted Cars, and Live the Ultimate Luxury Lifestyle

Test Drive Unlimited 2Atari announce the newest instalment in the legendary racing franchise with Test Drive Unlimited 2 for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Windows PC.

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Dungeons & Dragons law suit for Atari


This is the second time that Atari has entered a legal battle over the Dungeons & Dragons brand. In August, developer Turbine sued the publisher for "under-prompting" its MMO based on the property as part of a licensing termination strategy.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Atari Photo sauce Available Through Facebook Platform Adds Flavor to Photos with Colorful Stickers and Speech Bubbles for Instant Sharing with Friend

Atari, one of the world’s most recognized video game publishers, announced today the launch of the social networking application: Atari Photo Sauce. Developed by the Atari London Studio, this new application allows Facebook users to express themselves by digitally decorating and personalizing their own photos with colorful and fun stickers, speech bubbles and accessories. Atari Photo Sauce is now available to more than 300 million active users on Facebook via the site’s application directory and can be accessed directly through apps.facebook.com/photosauce.

Monday, October 19, 2009

Vintage console game library now includes 3,200 legally playable games and a free version.

classic video game screensConsole Classix (http://www.consoleclassix.com), has re-launched with an improved user interface, additional video gaming consoles supported and a library of more than 3,000 classic console games. This classic game library includes nearly every game ever released for 10 different systems: Sega Genesis, NES, Super Nintendo, ColecoVision, Atari 2600, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance. Additionally, with the improved user interface it is even easier to browse for your favorite games and the overall experience is more seamless than previous versions.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

GameTap And Atari Renew And Expand Video Game Partnership

gametap screen shotGameTap have announced the expansion of their distribution rights with long-time partner Atari. This new agreement grants GameTap rights to a selection of Atari’s stellar Windows games. The deal also renews GameTap’s rights to distribute Atari’s classic console and arcade catalog. Atari’s games will be available through GameTap’s games-on-demand service and digital retail store.

Atari’s unique heritage brings with it an impressive catalog of titles that span decades of gaming history; combine that history with GameTap’s tradition of chronicling games both old and new and players have a match made in heaven. From Atari’s earliest successes in the arcade, to their most recent PC hits, GameTap celebrates the full breadth of Atari’s legacy.

A few examples of the new games headed to GameTap via this arrangement:

• Alone In The Dark (2008)
• Indigo Prophecy
• King’s Bounty
• Master Of Orion Series
• Neverwinter Nights Series
• Test Drive Unlimited
• The Witcher
• Arma Combat Operations

“Our users have been begging for a number of these titles…” said GameTap’s community manager Matt Marchini. “it’s great delivering games I know they’re going to love.”

“We are excited to extend our current relationship and grow Gametap’s catalog of Atari titles,” said Todd Shallbetter, Director of Royalties, Atari, Inc. “Gametap continues to be an important partner for Atari in the growing digital distribution landscape.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Tales of Vesperia Xbox 360 video game out on June 26th + Exclusive video trailer

Tales of Vesperia Xbox 360 video gameThe world of Terca Lumireis is in transition. Ten years of peace have led to an uneasy truce between the Empire and guilds, which desire to live by their own rules. Controlling the ancient technology known as "blastia," the Empire has provided safety and prosperity to its citizens, but the people have grown uneasy with the heavy hand of their government.

Watch game trailer here on the official site...

As former Imperial Knight Yuri Lowell, players will explore the complex relationship between blastia, the government and its people, setting foot outside the safe confines of the cities to explore a mysterious and dangerous world.

* A classic series returns - The newest installment of the Tales RPG series keeping the established gameplay formula that fans love.
* Next Gen sights and sounds - First Tales RPG game with hight-definition graphics, broadcast quality animation, and Dolby surround sound.
* Evolved real-time battle system - New refinements and additions to the trademark Tales real-time battle engine making for the most action-packed, dynamic RPG fightning ever.
* Fan favorite character designs - Characters designed by famous manga artist, Kosuke Fujishima, responsible for the popular series' Ah! My Goddess, Sakura Taisen and You're Under Arrest.
* Immersive look and feel - Detailed environnements, animation and an artistic style so good, it's like playing a cartoon.
* Dramatic story - Gripping tal of a hero on a quest for justice, trust and friendship with unexpected twist and turns at every step.
* Best seller 2008 - The first Xbox360 sales in Japan for 2008.

One Piece Unlimited Cruise 1 Nintendo Wii video game from Atari

One Piece Unlimited Cruise 1Venture into the expanse of the open sea and navigate your way across various
islands with the Thousand Sunny as a base. Introducing the ultimate One
Piece game filled with adventure, battles, and a touching storyline!

While at sea, the Straw Hat Pirates encounter waters that are guarded by
a mysterious ancient civilization. Thus begins a grand voyage across the
many islands that are centered around a large mystic tree, with a storyline
that spreads over two games!

* Use the Wii Remote to defeat the hordes of enemies that block your way.
* Experience heated battles and face the latest enemies from the manga.
* The unique islands are haded with strange events.
* New Character Gabri

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Demigod - One of the most anticipated PC games of 2009

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Demigod video game A god has fallen. Can you rise to take his place?

Set in a magical world where gods walk among mortals, Demigod blends action, strategy and role-playing elements into a thrilling new experience. Select the demigod that will lead your minions into battle and unleash the dogs of war against your rivals.

Once in the Arena, each demigod will be joined by support troops that fight to the death as you struggle to seize key control points and slowly turn the tide of war in your favour. Your demigod will level up during the course of each battle, becoming even more powerful as you unlock new abilities and powers. It's a brutal conflict of demigod versus demigod, where the very ground beneath their feet will tremble and quake.

Revolutionary and innovative strategy / RPG hybrid combines the character building of a role-playing game with the epic battles of a real-time strategy game
Addictive and replayable single player and multiplayer. Battle your way into the pantheon of the gods in a persistent single-player or multiplayer universe
Choose from nearly a dozen unique demigods each with their own special skills, powers and capabilities. Watch your demigod grow in power as they gain experience, level up, and brush aside hordes of enemy minions
Stunning graphics - Wage massive, earth-shattering battles across a series of awe-inspiring arenas

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Atari 2600 - How 128k of RAM spawned the birth of the PlayStation 3 Xbox and Wii consoles we have today...

atari 2600 console
It is an unmistakable artifact: the woodgrain deck with its bank of switches, the rubber-gripped joysticks with their single button in inviting PUSH ME orange, the primitive-looking games with their bright, blocky graphics and bleep-blorp sound effects.

But for authors Nick Montfort and Ian Bogost, the Atari VCS – more popularly known as the Atari 2600 – was and is much more than a piece of '80s iconography; it is a unique piece of technology that changed the world forever.

In Racing the Beam, their new book which inaugurates the Platform Studies series at the MIT Press, they explore how the arcane inner workings of the once ubiquitous system shaped and informed the games that went on to shape and inform human culture.

Read the full post here on thestar.com...

Friday, April 03, 2009

Jamie Oliver What's Cooking video game review Nintendo DS

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The Nintendo DS is no stranger to nontraditional games, and What's Cooking? with Jamie Oliver makes a marked departure from already quirky titles like Cooking Mama by billing itself as an interactive cookbook.

A portable video game might not be the first place to turn to for recipes, but the simple interface makes it accessible for anyone willing to get past the obvious gimmickry.

The main draw of What's Cooking (and a missed opportunity in Cooking Mama) is the inclusion of 100 recipes by Oliver to make in the real world. Each listing comes with an image of the completed dish, an ingredient list, step-by-step instructions and additional comments by Oliver, which makes for a decent amount of content.
It's a convenient and portable package, even if you might feel silly checking your shopping list on the portable system while in the supermarket. You might feel even sillier saying "next" and "previous" to cycle through steps while cooking at home, though it's a nice way to avoid touching the screen while using it in a less-than-ideal environment.
To be sure, there's still a timed game mode that tests how well you use the DS touchscreen to chop or stir virtual ingredients, but there's a noticeable lack of polish: Grated lemon zest looks the same as grated kiwi (wrong in more ways than one), and mixing items from one bowl to another invariably triggers the sound of falling liquid, whether it's something wet or not.

The best application of What's Cooking may lie outside the kitchen. Browsing through recipes on the way home (you can sort by type or ingredient) may trigger brainstorming for your next meal.
For the really adventurous, there's a freestyle version of the game mode that allows for playing around with ingredients while recording the amounts used and techniques applied to create your own recipe on the fly. This kind of interactive freethinking is a boon to visual learners.
There's plenty of Jamie himself throughout the game, from his telling you that the "spicy sweet potato soup with goat cheese crostini" is "a light lunch with a tasty twist" to images of him and his befuddled smile that appear after each completed task. Awkward, but not without its charms.

What's Cooking? with Jamie Oliver (Atari, $29.99 for Nintendo DS), available at GameStop. ESRB Rating: Everyone.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Lemuria - There are secrets under the Ocean.


You’ve heard whispers – children’s stories of underwater people, mermaids and naiads. Or myths of ancient civilizations, lost in the depths of the ocean floor. And you’ve ignored those stories. You’ve laughed them off as idle fancies. But you’d be wrong.

There are people in the sea, but they are nothing so gentle nor so tame as mere mermaids. They are the Lemurians, the last of an ancient race of cold blooded lizard-men. Once, they worshipped the Bleak Ones, vengeful gods who devoured the souls of their followers upon death. The Lemurians turned from their gods in fear, forsaking also the ability to change shape and trapping themselves forever in human forms. Their own pride sank them into the depths of the Indian Ocean.

Once, they ruled half the earth. Once, you would have bowed in fealty to them. Once, you would have cowered in fear when they went to war. And they went to war often. Their dream was not merely world domination, no. Their dream was immortality, and if they had to conquer all the world to unearth the secret of eternal life, then so be it.

Listen very closely and you will hear whispers. You will hear of a civil war in the ocean trenches, of a king deposed and desperately trying to retake his Kingdom. You will hear of the Mandragalore, a weapon so deadly, so vast, that it destroyed an entire continent. You may even hear that the Bleak Ones have returned.

If you are very lucky – or very, very unlucky – you may be able to convince the captain of the Aegir to take you there aboard his submarine.

Welcome to Lemuria.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Atari admit problems with RACE Pro online game - some quick fixes...

Race ProFollowing the worldwide launch last week and subsequent sales success of Atari and Simbin’s RACE Pro, some players are experiencing problems when playing online.

UPDATE: Check the official Atari forum here for latest information...

Some problems are created by the sheer number of people who are trying to play online at the same time, a situation which is unfortunately impossible to appropriately simulate in pre-launch testing.

Other difficulties are arising because of the specific way the multiplayer gameplay mode is designed. To help players quickly get to grips with how to get the most out of the online mode until changes can be implemented in game, we have produced a Guide which is now publicly available.

We apologise to players for any inconvenience or poor experience caused by these unforeseen issues, and we would like to reassure the community that we have been focused on solving all the known problems since the game’s North American launch on 17 February. To this end, a Title Update is planned to be available to all players connected via Xbox Live as soon as humanly possible.

In the meantime, we would like to thank all the players who are already having a great time with RACE Pro on and offline, and we promise full continued support to the rapidly expanding community of players.

If you have feedback you would like to share with Simbin and Atari, please make your voice heard at the game’s official forum: http://forums.eu.atari.com/forumdisplay.php?f=654

Guide to Online Play in Race Pro Xbox 360:

* There are 3 steps in any online race in Race Pro:
-Open Practice session – where you wait for new drivers to join
-Qualification session – to determine the position on the starting grid
-Race – to race against other drivers

* The Qualification step is optional. You can bypass it by selecting “No” for Qualification in the Host Setting screen.
* It is important to note that the host leads and “times” everything. It can sometimes take time for him to start a session or go from one step to another, so please bear this in mind and be patient.
How to set up a Player Match session in Race Pro Xbox 360:
1- Go to Xbox Live
2- Select Player Match, then Create Match
3- Choose the race settings such as track, car class, length, player slots…(we advise setting fewer player slots, selecting “Yes” to AI opponents and selecting “No” to Qualification).
4- Choose your car
5- Choose your car settings (default settings are normally adequate)
6- Press A button to pass to the loading screen
7- Press A button when loading is completed
8- Select Drive and you’re now in the Open Practice session where you wait for other drivers to join in.
9- Once enough drivers have joined, press Start and choose Next Session (when you see the warning message displayed, select ‘yes’)
10- On the Player/Timing screen, press A button
11- Select Next Session
12- Once the loading is complete, select Race, and you’ll then be on the starting grid.
13- Once the race is finished, on the Player/Timing screen press A button. Then you can select Done and then choose a new track to race with the same people and settings.

Useful Tips:
-Either as Host or as Client, it’s better choose 6 to 8 opponent slots / games to optimize the gaming experience.
-As Host, it is important not to wait too long for new players in the Open Practice session. It may discourage players who want to race quickly.
-It is strongly recommended that you join games via the Custom Match option (instead of Quick Match one). You’ll then be able to choose for yourself the game you want to play in.
-Using Private Sessions is also a good way to optimize the network and game performance.
-When you’re not the host, please wait for the host to start the qualifying session or the race. Wait on the driver/timings screen or on the Replay/Monitor/Quit screen (but don’t quit). Loading will start quickly, leading you to the next step.
-Use the Custom modes and check the created sessions. Choose the sessions marked as “Waiting for Players” or “Qualifying”.

Friday, December 26, 2008

Vin Diesel - The Chronicles of Riddick - Assault on Dark Athena video game

the_chronicles_of_riddick__assault_on_dark_athenaThe newest title in the critically acclaimed Riddick franchise, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena brings the hit first person shooter to a new audience and a new generation of consoles when it is released in Spring 2009. The action-packed game, a hi-definition re-imagined version of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena features an entirely new chapter in the Riddick Saga and for the first time, intense online multiplayer combat.

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Features

- Multiple forms of combat - Unique blend of first-person range and melee combat with stealth kills and counter-attacks

- Atmospheric and cinematic first person shooter - Great story telling in sci-fi environments handled with AAA Hollywood treatment for an immersive journey through Vin Diesel's blockbuster universe

- Multiplayer modes - Variety of fast-paced multiplayer and online options available for the first time in the Riddick franchise

- Bonus material -Escape from Butcher Bay, considered as one of the best games of 2004, has been re-mastered and is included.


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Samuel L. Jackson in Afro Samurai video game from Atari due in 2009 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3

The Battle To Become No 1 Begins - Samuel L. Jackson in Afro Samurai!

He who possesses the No 1 Headband, will rule the world! Afro Samurai is the cutting edge game that delivers a new kind of cinematic game experience, a living episode that offers addictive, immersive and compelling gameplay that's literally dripping in style. Join Afro in his epic hunt for revenge to avenge the murder of his father by the current owner of the #1 Headband. Afro Samurai blends traditional Japanese culture, funky technology and hip hop to create a brutally fresh interactive experience. The hit, animated TV series now comes to life!


Samuel L. Jackson in Afro Samurai
Samuel L. Jackson in Afro Samurai
Samuel L. Jackson in Afro Samurai
Samuel L. Jackson in Afro Samurai

Features

- Unparalleled Star Power - Samuel L. Jackson stars as the voice of Afro Samurai and Ninja Ninja along with a musical score by RZA of Wu-Tang Clan fame and Chuy Gomez, famous DJ and hip hop music expert
- Dynamic Character Movement - Afro interacts with anything and everything in the
environment in beautifully animated open world environments
- A Tale of Revenge
- Afro Samurai follows the exploits of the original series and includes new material and background for fans of the series and newcomers alike
- Blood is Beautiful - A striking art style, shading and texturing that give Afro Samurai a truly unique look and feel
- Style and Rhythm - Innovative gameplay system where the music affects the enemy AI and the tone of the gameplay
- "Elegant Violence" - A balanced experience between stylistic combat and acrobatic
platforming with the ability to dynamically slice and dismember enemies with ease
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