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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
09:29 GMT |
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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
18:11 GMT |
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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
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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
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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
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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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The RPG (Role Playing Game) genre for the PC hasn't been mind-blowing lately, as a lot of eagerly anticipated titles, like Sacred 2 or Fallout 3 have also appeared at the same time on consoles like the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360. But one major title has appeared only for the PC, The Witcher, which was met with a ... |
1 December 2008
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Infogrames, the France-based publisher that owns the Atari brand, is announcing that its revenue grew in the first half of 2008 by more than 44%, which seems to indicate that the restructuring of the US activities of the company is working. The company is still bleeding money, but losses have narrowed as re... |
18 November 2008
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Atari and the Wizards of the Coast are announcing that Storms of Zehir, the second expansion to Neverwinter Nights 2, is now code complete and ready to be multiplied for the official release.This second expansion will allow players to create a complete party from scratch, rolling all the characters themselves, withou... |
4 November 2008
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1C Company, as developer, and Atari, as publisher, are announcing that players can now get their hands on the 1.6.5 patch for King's Bounty: The Legend, a role playing game set in a fantasy world based on the old classic which inspired the Heroes of Might and Magic series. The patch boasts a huge array of improv... |
22 October 2008
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We reported some time ago that with the PlayStation 3 version of the Alone in the Dark title, Atari addressed all of the bugs and improved a lot of things in the game. Well, the company recently came up with a statement in which it said that, because of the vast array of improvements and patches, this version would b... |
13 October 2008
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It doesn't take a rocket scientist to acknowledge the capabilities of the iPhone after holding it in the palm of your hand for as little as two minutes. With the introduction of the iTunes App Store, Apple hit another home run by offering the world's most diverse and advanced mobile application venue. Atari... |
25 September 2008
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Atari are barely making profit these days. The launch of Alone in the Dark was supposed to fix that. But the versions developed for the Xbox 360 and the PC, launched in June were full of bugs and glitches, which drove away a lot of customers. That made critics really tarnish the name of the game, most of t... |
19 September 2008
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CD Projekt and publisher Atari are getting ready to release The Witcher: Enhanced Edition, a new version of the game released last year; it is supposed to enhance the playing experience and deliver a better game to the player. The update will be free for those who already have the game and a standalone package will a... |
12 September 2008
04:33 GMT |
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Eden Studios, the developers of Alone in the Dark, say that they are working on a big patch for the Xbox 360 version of the title with the aim of making the game more playable and less troubled by problems. They also say that the PlayStation 3 version of the game will be heavily re-done so that most of the bugs would... |
25 August 2008
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The sentimentalists will definitely be very happy to hear that Atari and Namco Bandai are bringing Dragon Ball: Origins for Nintendo DS to European shores. The original action adventure game will be released in December 2008, probably right before Christmas, for a big boost in sales (not that a Dragon Ball really nee... |
19 August 2008
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Following the recently signed deal with Atari, Empire Interactive has started to work hard on its ongoing projects to make sure they will hit the stores before the holiday season. The first title that went gold is Animal Paradise, a Nintendo DS exclusive that will be available for purchase on the 23rd of September. T... |
19 August 2008
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Fans of the tactical flight genre will be delighted to hear that Atari and Red Mile Entertainment are planning to add a new title to their "Heroes" franchise. Dubbed Heroes over Europe, the game will be released in 2009 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles, as well as PC systems.The sequel to the appreciated World... |
18 August 2008
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Companies are starting to team up in order to maximize their revenue and offer their product to as many potential customers as possible - something that is, after all, completely natural. Atari and Empire are the latest companies to sign a multi-year distribution agreement, adding a host of titles to Atari's lin... |
15 August 2008
15:16 GMT |
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There's a huge list somewhere out there of cooking games that have tried to copy the success of Cooking Mama. Moreover, even Cooking Mama has announced sequels and spin-offs aimed at different consoles and meant to bring in more revenue from this particular type of casual game. It goes without saying that, unles... |
29 July 2008
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Apparently unaffected by the critical beating Alone in the Dark is enduring since launch, Atari announces the development of a new racing simulation called RACE Pro (no official explanation for the caps in the first word). The title is aimed exclusively at the Xbox 360 gaming console from Microsoft and studio SimBin,... |
14 July 2008
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Centipede and Millipede, two of Atari's best loved arcade classics, are now available tobe downloaded and played through the Xbox 360's Internet service, Xbox Live Arcade.Centipede challenges gamers to defend their villages against an onslaught of centipedes, spiders, army ants and more. However, XBLA also ... |
10 July 2008
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Alone in the Dark is probably the biggest title we will see from Atari this year and many think that it also represents a lifeline for a sinking company. This game is a chance for them to turn the tables, but it is slowly turning into a real nightmare. We reported back in the winter of 2007 that Atari was having some... |
23 June 2008
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Infogrames is announcing "good" financial results throughout the entire duration of last year. The "good" part should be taken with a bit of context, though. Before that, the company was in dire financial straits, with some being positive that a bankruptcy filing was actually in the works. So, the "good" results actu... |
18 June 2008
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As the trend of creating movies based on games and games based on movies is becoming an integral part of both the movie and the videogame business, some people are just about ready to take it all to the next level.With a Prince of Persia movie starring Jake Gyllehall, and with a BioShock feature directed by Gore Verb... |
11 June 2008
15:56 GMT |
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If you are too young and if you have never played all the great games from the '90s, or if just want to reminisce of the good times, then you should look no further than Atari Classics Evolved. This is a collection of oldies for the PSP that will never get old and it features a lot titles, both in their original... |
27 May 2008
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The Leaf Village is, once again (and definitely not for the last time) in danger and you will have to save the day while enjoying a great game. Atari has just announced the release of Namco Bandai's latest Naruto title, which is coming as a PS3 exclusive in Europe this November. The ninja experience in Naruto ha... |
7 May 2008
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Infogrames keeps on making the headlines, only months after David Gardner, ex-Electronic Arts, and Phil Harisson, ex-Sony, were put in charge of the company. Even as an offer to acquire all outstanding stock of American Atari, Inc. is still pending, the France-based company confirmed that it was behind an offer made ... |
30 April 2008
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With the Xbox 360 and PC versions of the new Alone in the Dark title coming this June on the 20th, Atari decided it was time to publish the final fact sheet, so everybody knows what to expect from the action blockbuster game. And, even though most of the details released by Atari are just offering more information re... |
29 April 2008
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Electronic Arts has announced that it is developing a Monopoly game for the Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation 2 game consoles, for mobile devices and for its online casual games portal called Pogo. The game will be released sometime during fall and is based on the Monopoly Here & Now: The World Edition revision of the b... |
24 April 2008
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Atari has announced the release of their tennis simulation game in Europe, for the Xbox 360 console. Smash Court Tennis 3 will hit the stands this June and it will bring to all the fans the excitement of playing a tennis match in the company of superstars like Roger Federer or Maria Sharapova. Developed by Namco Band... |
23 April 2008
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