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Xbox Game Room Features Atari Classics
At CES, Microsoft revealed the Xbox Game Room, where friends could replicate the arcade experience, only with Avatars. The free download (for Xbox Live Gold users) allows players to have their own arcade, but of course, the games are anything but free. Since this is a service being offered for the PC and Xbox Live, 400 [...]
Continue reading...Hasbro Sues Atari Over Dungeons & Dragons License
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Hasbro have announced that they will be pursuing legal action against the Atari subsidiary, Infogames Entertainment. Hasbro have claimed that Atari have sub-licensed the digital game rights to Dungeons & Dragons to Namco Bandai illegally, and have cited 5 accounts of Atari being in breach of contract as well as acts of fraud.
Continue reading...Yes, There is an Asteroids Movie Coming
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Okay, that headline sums it up, but let’s process this idiocy for a moment. Four movie studios (yes, four) entered into a bidding war over the rights to make a movie based on Asteroids. Yes, the classic vector based shooter in which player controls a triangle shooting rocks in space. Nope, it had no story. It [...]
Continue reading...Atari European Operations Sold to Namco
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
After reaching a peak in the early ’80s, crashing in the mid-80s, rising again in the 90s, falling again in the mid90s, and then rising again, it seems history will repeat itself. Not only will Atari not be making it to E3, they’re selling off their European distribution shares to Namco Bandai. So, if you were [...]
Continue reading...World of Warcraft on Atari 2600… Now Real
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
One of Blizzard’s April Fools Jokes was a 2600 version of World of Warcraft. Leave it to the gaming community to make it a reality. While not technically a 2600 title (it’s not playable on an emulator), the Windows version is now available for download. The massive, hard drive filling 2MB file will net you [...]
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