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Video game publisher Atari and developer Cryptic Studios have launched the second trailer for their upcoming MMO Neverwinter, showing how the game feeds on the Dungeons & Dragons lore to create a living, breathing game universe.In Neverwinter, which is based around the main city of the Sword Coast, gamers will be abl... |
30 November 2011
11:51 GMT |
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Video game publisher Atari has announced that it is planning to launch two new collections of classic games that are based around the Dungeons & Dragons universe, including such names as Baldur's Gate and Planescape: Torment.The aptly named Dungeons & Dragons Anthology: The Master Collection includes six games: ... |
11 November 2011
15:11 GMT |
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Ralph Baer, who is the main creative force behind the creation of the Magnavox Oddysey, has said that he regrets the direction that the entertainment medium he created has been following in the past few years.Speaking to The Salt Lake Tribute the developer, who is now 89 years old, has stated, “I think it'... |
8 November 2011
10:08 GMT |
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Complementing Atari’s Greatest Hits iPad app, the people at Discovery Bay Games have launched the the Atari Arcade, a gaming accessory designed specifically for the retro gamer who just so happens to also own an iPad.The Atari Arcade is powered by Duo from Discovery Bay Games. It joins a growing line of "app-ba... |
3 October 2011
10:06 GMT |
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Alone in the Dark is the fifth video game in the Alone in the Dark franchise published by Atari, and was created as a reboot of sorts for the series, now in development at French studio Eden Games, released in the middle of 2008 for platforms like PC or Xbox 360, and later in the year for the PlayStation 3, in the fo... |
8 September 2011
12:51 GMT |
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Alone in the Dark is the fifth video game in the Alone in the Dark franchise published by Atari, and was created as a reboot of sorts for the series, now in development at French studio Eden Games, released in the middle of 2008 for platforms like PC or Xbox 360, and later in the year for the PlayStation 3, in the fo... |
7 September 2011
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Alone in the Dark is the fifth video game in the Alone in the Dark franchise published by Atari, and was created as a reboot of sorts for the series, now in development at French studio Eden Games, released during 2008 for platforms like PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, while Hidravision Entertainment converted it for... |
6 September 2011
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Alone in the Dark is the fifth video game in the Alone in the Dark franchise published by Atari, and was imagined as a reboot of sorts for the series, now developed by French studio Eden Games, and was released for platforms like PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, while Hidravision Entertainment converted it for the Pla... |
5 September 2011
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The legal dispute between video game publisher Atari and toy maker Hasbro that concerned the rights to the Dungeons & Dragons license has been settled outside of court and Habro has said that it now has all the rights to the intellectual property.The suit was initially launched way back in 2009 when Wizards of the Co... |
16 August 2011
10:04 GMT |
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Atari has a free iOS application for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad owners called Atari's Greatest Hits, which comes with one of the world’s first arcade games (PONG) and, more recently, the option to buy cheap game packs from within the app.
“Atari’s Greatest Hits brings the best of retro gami... |
7 April 2011
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Ibiza can be beautiful, especially late in the afternoon, when shadows lengthen and night sneaks in, almost begging the player to slow down a bit and take in the sight, maybe step out of the car with the misses and take a few pictures that will later wind up on Facebook and draw a lot of gasping comments. That's... |
20 February 2011
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Star Trek Online, the MMO based around the well-known television universe, has faced an uphill struggle ever since it was released and met with mixed reactions from gamers, but it seems that the developers have big plans for 2011. Their plans, revealed via a pretty lengthy Questions & Answers session on the officia... |
14 January 2011
13:31 GMT |
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Atari, as the publisher, has said that their racing title Test Drive Unlimited 2 is set to be released on the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 from Sony and on the PC will be released on February 8, 2011.Initially the racing game, which is being developed by Eden Games, was set to come out during September ... |
26 November 2010
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Atari, as the publisher, and Cryptic Studios, as the developer, have announced that their superhero based MMO Champions Online is set to become free to play for all those interested beginning with the first quarter of 2011, following the lead of other titles like Lord of the Rings Online.The base game will be offered... |
27 October 2010
04:20 GMT |
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Publisher Atari and developer Cryptic Studios have announced that they are working on Neverwinter, a new fantasy based role playing game that is set to arrive on the PC, dispelling rumors that talked about the two companies working on yet another MMO based on a popular intellectual property.Jack Emmert, the current l... |
27 August 2010
16:31 GMT |
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The leader of developer Cryptic Studios has admitted that his company needs to improve their creation process for the upcoming cooperative role playing game based on the Neverwinter universe, after the criticism they have faced over the lack of launch polish for MMOs Champions Online and Star Trek Online.The new Neve... |
25 August 2010
16:41 GMT |
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Developer Cryptic Studios and publisher Atari have officially announced that they are working on a new Neverwinter video games which is to be focused on cooperative play and will arrive on the PC at some point in 2011, just as well known author R.A. Salvatore puts together a new fiction series that will tell the stor... |
24 August 2010
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Publisher Atari and developer Eden Games have announced that Test Drive Unlimited 2 has been delayed. The title will now ship at the beginning of 2011. The reason for this postponement is that the Eden needs more time to finish the multiplayer component of this new installment in the Test Drive series. Atari has deci... |
12 August 2010
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Statements from Atari representatives and registrations for a variety of sites suggests that a new video game set in the Neverwinter Nights Dungeons & Dragons universe is in development and could be officially announced soon.Publisher Atari has managed to revive interest in Dungeons & Dragon Online by making the gam... |
11 August 2010
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Atari has reported an impressive fall of 65 percent in its sales for the first quarter of its fiscal year, with sales going to 25 million dollars. Despite the slow down the company has reported that it is no longer losing money and has even managed to make a small profit while continuing with its strategy of getting ... |
28 July 2010
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Publisher Atari has posted financial results for the fiscal year, which ended on March 31, managing to cut its losses from 221.9 million Euros, about 272.4 million dollars, during the previous year, to just over 19 million Euros.The company even succeeded in posting a small profit, of 3.8 million, during the second h... |
27 May 2010
13:31 GMT |
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Atari has announced that it plans to a lunch a new racing game, called Test Drive Unlimited 2. The title is set to arrive on the PC, the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and the PlayStation 3 from Sony at some point during the coming year. It will be created by Eden Games.Atari is saying that Test Drive Unlimited 2 will be ba... |
8 March 2010
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If you're a Star Trek fanatic, then you should already know that the ST Online beta is already up and running, with beta keys disappearing from every available distributor faster than you can grab one. In order to turn gamers into dedicated STO players, Atari has decided to release special, one-year and lifetime... |
18 January 2010
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Hasbro, the big toymaker manufacturer and creator, and videogame publisher Atari are going to court over a disputed licensing agreement related to Dungeons & Dragons, one of the best known fantasy franchises and the setting for a variety of role playing computer games.Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast, the subsidiary i... |
18 December 2009
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Few slices of the gaming industry pie-chart are as competitive as the MMO ones. Ever since World of Warcraft proved that it could recruit an army for itself, every other developer has been wanting one too. As such, it's no wonder that Cryptic Studios and Atari have not only announced special incentives meant to ... |
8 December 2009
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Cryptic's last massively multiplayer online role-playing game, Champions Online, has had people grinding for just over two months, but that won't stop the developer from working overdrive on its next MMORPG. Star Trek Online is announced for release on February 2, 2010, and its developers have now announced... |
23 November 2009
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Jack Thompson may be well known by gamers everywhere. Still he is not famous, but infamous. The former lawyer is once again making headlines in the legal section. This time he is suing Facebook, a social network that greatly grew in popularity in the past few years. The accusation is pretty straightforward, but the c... |
2 October 2009
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Season 3 of Star Trek: The Original Series becomes available on Blu-ray in December. But that’s not all that this release will bring to Star War fans. For those who also enjoy a good online raid in some futuristic dungeon, the box offers a limited edition extra bonus. The box set will contain a unique code made... |
29 September 2009
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In Godzilla Unleashed: Double Smash, a giant meteor hits the Earth, an insidious plan of Space Godzilla. The player can assume the role of two monsters from the movie, from a total pallet of ten, given the choice to change them in-game. This can be Godzilla, Mothra, Destroyah, or others. The purpose of the title is t... |
24 September 2009
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In Godzilla Unleashed: Double Smash, a giant meteor hits the Earth, an insidious plan of Space Godzilla. The player can assume the role of two monsters from the movie, from a total pallet of ten, given the choice to change them in-game. This can be Godzilla, Mothra, Destroyah, or others. The purpose of the title is t... |
23 September 2009
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We have reported on the legal action that Turbine, the creator of Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach, has taken against publisher Atari, claiming that it has actively undermined its game in order to be ready to promote another D&D-based MMO, probably the Cryptic created Neverwinter Nights Online. Now, Atari has of... |
4 September 2009
02:37 GMT |
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Turbine, a development studio best known for creating The Lord of the Rings Online, is saying that it has sued publisher Atari claiming that it breached contract by reducing the support for MMO Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach so that Atari could produce and publish a D&D MMO project that it developed internally... |
28 August 2009
14:31 GMT |
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Publisher Atari has announced that the first quarter of the current financial year has seen it get a revenue increase of 30%, reaching 77.78 million dollars on the strength of the sales that have been generated by Ghostbusters: The Video Game and Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena.The company has released ... |
29 July 2009
03:48 GMT |
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Champions Online is poised to be released in less than two months and the developers at Cryptic have announced what players need, both in terms of software and hardware, in order to run the MMO. The game itself might be centered on superheroes and their exploits in a fictional world but the real world demands on comp... |
9 July 2009
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Atari, as the publisher, and Cryptic Studios, as the developer, are said to be working on a MMO based on the Neverwinter Nights franchise. The tentative release date is for sometime in 2011 and, apparently, the title is one of the big bets that Atari is taking in order to insure its survival as a videogame company.Th... |
11 June 2009
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Cryptic Studios, which is now wholly owned by Atari, has announced that its superhero MMO Champions Online has been delayed and now has a release date set for September 1 2009. The game was initially scheduled to come out on the PC on July 14, which is also the national day of France (someone is bound to find a conne... |
19 May 2009
04:27 GMT |
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It seems that publisher and distributor Atari will not be exhibiting its videogames at the E3 trade show, which is set to take place between June 2 and 4 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.A spokesperson for Atari has talked to Joystiq and apparently said that “other selling and marketing initiatives” a... |
15 May 2009
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Hollywood has a very fruitful relationship with the gaming industry, as the two branches of the entertainment industry have collaborated on several occasions, either on game-based movies or on movie-based games. The latest big franchise to get a video game adaptation is Ghostbusters, the classic movie series that ha... |
7 May 2009
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Atari has announced that it plans to release the first adventure pack for Neverwinter Nights 2. It is called Mysteries of Westgate and set to arrive on Wednesday, April 29. All the players who are interested in new content for the excellent Neverwinter Nights 2 can get it from the Atari Store for just 10 dollars.At t... |
22 April 2009
04:43 GMT |
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Video games have been in a great relationship with Hollywood movies for quite some time, as they have often provided great stories for movies and movies, in exchange, provide even greater stories, which can be developed into video games by companies in the field. Such is the case with Atari's Ghostbusters video... |
14 April 2009
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Hollywood is making its presence felt quite severely in the gaming industry these days, as more and more movies have video game tie-ins ready for launch once the flicks hit the theaters and cinemas around the world. But, every once in a while, movies that are cult classics or extremely popular get the video ga... |
25 March 2009
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It's been another week packed with games, even if we're still in the very early stages of 2009. Let's take a look back and see what was important and even somewhat funny in the last few days.With dismay, I found out on Monday that the judge whom I praised last week was not so enlightened about videogam... |
24 January 2009
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Barack Obama won the office of President of the United States in part by learning to talk so that youngsters could listen and understand. He used his web site as a hub for both organizing supporters and attracting donations. He launched ads in Burnout Paradise, proving that he knows the power of the videogame medium,... |
23 January 2009
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Atari, who emerged as the publisher of Ghosbusters: The Video Game after the downfall of Sierra games following the merger of Activision and Blizzard, is announcing that the title now has a clear release date. It will arrive in North America on June 16 and in the rest of the world on June 19. The idea for the dates i... |
12 January 2009
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The space-themed MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) genre is definitely seeing an ascending trend in terms of titles that are aimed at it. Although there are a couple of games that dominate the market, like EVE Online, that doesn't stop other game developers from making titles and marketing ... |
29 December 2008
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Infogrames, the parent company of Atari, is forming a new distribution division, which is to be called Distribution Partners for now, and has named Jackie Fromion, a veteran of the videogames industry who worked within Electronic Arts, as the head of the new entity.Jackie Fromion headed the European operations of Yop... |
23 December 2008
03:59 GMT |
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Atari, which has been quite present in the news lately, acquiring the rights to publish Sam & Max and talking about the future of Baldur’s Gate, announces having acquired developer Cryptic Studios.Cryptic is a respected development studio. It has created City of Heroes and City of Villains for NCsoft, although ... |
11 December 2008
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Atari has been making a lot of announcements lately. It seems that the company is pretty interested in getting in the music game market, creating a project called QJ, thought to be a competitor to the already launched Wii Music.Atari is also joining forces with Traveller's Tales in order to bring the second seas... |
4 December 2008
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Q Entertainment, as developer, and Atari, as publisher, are sending word that they plan to develop and release a music simulation title for the Nintendo Wii, called QJ, although the name is temporary and subject to change as development goes on. The lead designer on the project is Tetsuya Mizuguchi, who has created s... |
3 December 2008
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Ghostbusters has been one of the most influential movie franchises in the 1980s with its tongue in cheek approach to action and ghostly encounters. The two movies had a pretty impressive lineup of actors, from the likes of Dan Aykroyd or Bill Murray, and they generated a cult phenomenon that gained a massive amount o... |
3 December 2008
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