Over at CES 2024, Atari and MyArcade have announced they're teaming up to release a new handheld gaming console aimed at retro gaming fans. The new portable device is named Game Station Portable and features a 7-inch screen. Unlike the majority of the latest portable gaming consoles, it's not based …
Read More »Atari has acquired Nightdive Studios
Nightdive Studios has amassed a reputation over many years for their work on bringing older video games to modern systems, being updated through remasters and even remakes (in the case of the upcoming System Shock). In a surprise announcement, the classic video game publisher Atari has now revealed that they …
Read More »Atari’s 50th anniversary box set includes 10 classic games for $1000
Atari is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and while the company isn't as big a name in gaming nowadays, many still have fond memories of gaming on classic Atari systems. To commemorate the anniversary, Atari has put together a limited-run box set, including 10 classic Atari 2600 games in …
Read More »Atari VCS console to finally begin shipping in October
After plenty of delays, the Atari VCS console is finally ready to begin shipping. The crowdfunded retro-inspired console began development back in 2017 and while there have been complications along the way, backers will start getting the console later this year. Atari announced that backers will begin getting their VCS …
Read More »Xbox co-creator sues Atari over VCS console design
Rob Wyatt, co-designer for the original Xbox and a co-founder for Tin Giant, a design company, is suing Atari over the upcoming VCS console. Atari had hired Wyatt and his company earlier on in the Atari VCS development cycle, but apparently over $260,000 has gone unpaid for the work. Tin …
Read More »KitGuru explores retro gaming in 2019
KitGuru’s Storm and Damien visited the Retro Games Fair in Leeds, a celebration of video games, merchandise and the technology of yesteryear.
Read More »Atari takes to equity crowdfunding to revive Rollercoaster Tycoon
Atari Game Partners is attempting to revive games from its classic line-up and is going an unconventional way to make it happen. Rollercoaster Tycoon is currently in the publisher’s crosshairs with the Nintendo Switch as its platform of choice, but instead of crowdfunding via Kickstarter, it has instead opted for …
Read More »The Ataribox crowdfunding campaign has been delayed
Atari announced that it was set to begin crowdfunding its upcoming Ataribox today, using Indiegogo as its platform of choice. Unfortunately, it seems the company has hit a bit of a snag and has had to delay its launch, ultimately pausing the countdown timer. This is a bit of a …
Read More »Atari is shaping its Ataribox via crowdfunding from December 14th
Atari surprised everyone when it announced it was going to release its first gaming hardware in 20 years, and surprised everyone even more with its price set to rival that of current consoles. Now, the Ataribox is set to go on sale as an Indiegogo exclusive on December 14th. Back …
Read More »Atari throws its hat into wearables with the Speakerhat
Atari is attempting to get back in the game with its upcoming Ataribox, whatever that may be. While very little information has been released on the console, the company has announced plans of an Atari Speakerhat, allowing wearers to blast music straight from the top of their head. The Atari …
Read More »Here’s our first look at Atari’s new console
Meet the Ataribox...
Read More »A new Atari game console is on the way, hoping to make Atari great again
Back when the games console market was still in its infancy, Atari was a big name on the hardware side of things. Since then, that side of the business has been dormant. However, in an effort to make Atari a household name again, it looks like the company is set …
Read More »Atari is all about the reboots: considers Missile Command
If you thought Atari's attempts to cash in on industry nostalgia and the current survival genre were complete with its reboot of Asteroids as an open world sandbox shooter, think again. On the day when that space-faring survival-sim goes into Early Access, Atari has suggested that this is a new direction …
Read More »Atari scrambles to address horrible RollerCoaster Tycoon graphics
If there is one thing we can agree on, it's that in the latest trailer release for the upcoming Rollercoaster Tycoon World (RCTW), the graphics were not impressive. If anything, they were a worrying potential indicator for the effort that went into making the game, so the publisher Atari is …
Read More »Who needs shadows? Not Rollercoaster Tycoon World apparently
If the growth of indie developers in the past few years has taught us anything, it's that photo-realistic graphics are far from needed when it comes to enjoying a game. In-fact, it's often more important to find a unique visual style that fits its world, or at least tug on …
Read More »Atari announce Asteroids: Outpost an open-world survival MMO
When you think of the classic Atari game Asteroids, you might imagine that is about as far from any current MMO as one can go in a spectrum of PC games, but that's not what Atari think. Enter a new title bearing the original games name, Asteroids: Outpost, a PC …
Read More »We’re finally going to see the ET landfill documentary
Looks like the Nerd got his movie finished just in time, as the documentary for Atari's downfall that also touches on what happened with that infamous ET landfill site is set for release soon. To whet our appetite, Microsoft has released a trailer for the film, which will ultimately be …
Read More »700 recovered E.T. games are going to be sold
Last month, the fabled Atari landfill was finally excavated and a Microsoft documentary crew recovered 1300 boxed copies of the failed E.T. game. Since the discovery, it's been up in the air as to what Microsoft plans to do with the cartridges. However, it has now been revealed that 700 …
Read More »E.T. cartridges found in fabled Atari landfill
The Atari 2600's movie tie-in game, ET, didn't go down particularly well with gamers all those years ago and as a result, thousands of copies of the game were dumped in an undisclosed landfill site. Since then people have speculated as to where Atari dumped the games with some rumours …
Read More »Now you can buy the Test Drive franchise for $1.5 million
Several big Atari properties went up for sale today, including some pretty historic ones like Rollercoaster Tycoon, Test Drive and Total Annihilation – only caveat is you'll need a fair chunk of change to be able to pick up the rights, as Atari is looking for over $20 million in …
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