Looks like Amazon was right, after all. According to a press release sent out this morning, Atari is in fact planning on releasing the next Ready 2 Rumble installment. Or, in their words, the “hilarious Ready 2 Rumble franchise is flexing its muscles, and planning a major, star-studded return.” Right.
Continue reading...Friday, November 7, 2008
Who ya gonna call? Atari, of course. Following their acquisition of The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena from Activision Blizzard last week, Atari has today announced that they will be publishing Ghostbusters as well in 2009. With a story "penned by original Ghostbusters writers Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd," the original film stars' faces and voices [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 30, 2008
In July, gamers learned that you can't make the largest video game software publisher in the world without breaking a few eggs. Namely, 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena, Ghostbusters and Brutal Legend, the four high-profile titles which, for whatever reason, Activision Blizzard decided not to retain after their [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Last month, we spoke to a pair of gentlemen putting in tremendous amounts of work to make The Witcher: Enhanced Edition into a perfect game -- work which they would then give away for free in the form of a tremendous patch. Though primarily excited by the new bar the team was setting for post-release [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 9, 2008
Polish developer CD Projekt RED isolated themselves for months in order to perfect their PC fantasy RPG The Witcher -- after the title had already sold 600,000 copies. Now, they're finally coming in from the cold, and ready to explain where they found the motivation to relocalize and rework their magnum opus... without charging gamers a single grosz.
Continue reading...Monday, June 16, 2008
Good/Bad news, Atari investors: For the fourth fiscal quarter of 2008, and for the year-end of March 31, Atari lost/made significantly less money than last year. This is an encouraging/disappointing report for optimists/pessimists who were hoping to see a change in the company's downfall/resurgence. Treat yourself to a steak/instant noodles! Atari will not be holding a [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Your daily smörgåsbord of the very best gaming has to offer. Updated on the fly: Enthusiast: Microsoft shows off Xbox 360 RPG lineup in Tokyo, including The Last Remnant, Infinite Undiscovery and Star Ocean 4 -- take your pick of straight/sarcastic liveblogs (IGN, 1UP) Star Ocean 4 arrives 2009 as potential Xbox 360 exclusive; trailer and a few details [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 9, 2008
Your daily smörgåsbord of the very best gaming has to offer. Updated on the fly: Enthusiast: Call of Duty 5 subtitled World at War, detailed in OXM; set in WWII Pacific theatre; features online co-op over Xbox LIVE (Official Xbox Magazine via CVG) iPhone gets first original game in September, an action-adventure named Kroll (Joystiq) Crytek clarifies "no more PC [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 16, 2008
Two months after former Sony Computer Entertainment, Worldwide Studios president Phil Harrison left in a potentially ill-advised attempt to right the sinking schooner Atari, Sony has appointed his replacement: long-time PlayStation veteran Shuhei Yoshida. Effective immediately, Yoshida will be responsible for managing development at Sony's diverse collection of 16 worldwide studios.
Continue reading...Friday, May 9, 2008
Atari, Inc., just announced that it received notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market that it is delisting Atari from the exchange as of May 9, 2008. For those playing at home, that's today. So any of you who had all of your money invested in Atari are probably crying salty tears, but I highly doubt [...]
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