Tag: Atari
News Lunar Lander: Beyond Is Atari's Latest Revival of a Classic on PS5, PS4
From the makers of Cris Tales
Publisher Atari has been bringing back lots of old school favourites with modernised reboots, and the latest of these is Lunar Lander: Beyond. The original arcade physics sim had you guiding a space craft to as safe and precise a landing as possible. While that looks to be the main thrust of gameplay in this up-to-date...
News Jeff Minter's Akka Arrh Set for PSVR2 Port This March
Step inside the madness
Atari has announced last year's Akka Arrh from Jeff Minter will be receiving a PSVR2 port this March. The game will now play out in a 3D space rather than the 2D universe of the original version, allowing every element of the vision to come "to life with an intensity and clarity that was once unimaginable". Beyond the March...
News The Brilliant Atari 50 Adds 12 More Games in Free Holiday Update, Available Now
What's old is new again
Atari and Digital Eclipse have just released a major update to Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration. The Holiday Content Update is now available for free to all owners of the game, and adds a dozen extra playable classics to the already impressive collection. The 12 games being added include a bunch of extra 2600 classics,...
News 12 Extra Atari 2600 Games Are on the Way to Atari 50, Even More in Further Updates
All available for free next week
A bonus 12 Atari 2600 games will be added to PS5, PS4 compilation Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration in an update arriving on 5th December 2023. The free patch is just the first in a series of updates planned that will add more classic titles to the experience we named one of 2022's Best PS5, PS4 Remake, Remaster,...
News Atari Ramps Up Retro Ambitions with Digital Eclipse Acquisition
Another feather to its bow
Update: In a FAQ post detailing the acquisition, Digital Eclipse has confirmed it’ll continue to work on other games outside the Atari catalogue. “While we're certainly happy to have greater access to Atari's fantastic library, we still have the freedom to seek out projects with other parties,” a statement notes. It...
News Build Your Own PS5, PS4 Theme Park in RollerCoaster Tycoon Adventures Deluxe Next Month
Out in two weeks' time
Following a reveal a few months ago, it's been revealed RollerCoaster Tycoon Adventures Deluxe from Atari will launch on PS5, PS4 on 1st November 2023. You can catch a new trailer above, which touches on some of the new content and features included in the Deluxe edition; there are more rides to build, new rollercoaster...
News Build Your Dream Theme Park in RollerCoaster Tycoon Adventures Deluxe on PS5, PS4
Featuring more rides, terrain editor
Atari has revealed it's bringing a vastly updated and upgraded version of RollerCoaster Tycoon Adventures to PS5, PS4 later this year. Dubbed RollerCoaster Tycoon Adventures Deluxe, it adds 80 more rides and attractions to the theme park builder to bring the total to 200, along with a terrain editor and optimised...
Mini Review Pixel Ripped 1978 (PSVR2) - Atari Adds Impressively to Newest Nostalgic Treat
A matter of time and place
Gaming heroine Dot is back for her third adventure, and this time, developer ARVORE has gone even further back in time than with Pixel Ripped 1989 or 1995. Now, we travel back to 1978 and bask in the glory of the era of Atari. Not only does the game deify and lampoon all manner of Atari projects, but with 1978, the title...
News PSVR2's Promising Atari Nostalgia Fest Pixel Ripped 1978 Launches Next Month
Insert coin
The intense June release schedule continues unabated, with the Atari tinged virtual reality adventure Pixel Ripped 1978 now gold and ready for release on 15th June. For those of you who haven’t been following this, the PSVR2 game sees you assume the role as a young game designer and programmer, with the skill to travel inside the...
News Pixel Ripped 1978 Will Be a PSVR2 Must Play for Retro Gamers
Work for Atari and break the fourth wall
Pixel Ripped 1978 is conceptually so awesome because it’s marrying contemporary technology like PSVR2 with retro nostalgia. The game, for those who missed the announcement, sees you assume the role of an Atari employee in the late 70s, where you’re tasked with working on some of the iconic publisher’s...
Mini Review Atari Mania (PS5) - WarioWare Inspired Microgame Compilation Isn't Quite Tight Enough
18-Volt would like it
After decades of mismanagement, Atari finally seems to get it. The company is greenlighting a lot of cool retro-themed projects lately, and microgame compilation Atari Mania is the latest in a growing line of great ideas. Inspired enormously by the likes of WarioWare and NES Remix, this minigame mash-up sees you overcoming...
News Atari to Acquire Retro Restoration Specialists Nightdive Studios
"We could think of no better long-term partner"
As the video game industry matures, more and more emphasis is rightfully being placed on preservation and ensuring classics remain playable for future generations. One team that’s built its entire business model around bringing back some of the great releases from yesteryear is Nightdive Studios, and...
News Break the Fourth Wall and Infiltrate Atari in Pixel Ripped 1978 on PSVR2
Behind the lines of pixels
The Pixel Ripped series was one of the unsung heroes of the PSVR’s library, as it fused modern technology with retro gaming, but the newly announced Pixel Ripped 1978 is seriously levelling the franchise up. Backed by Atari, this PSVR2 title will take you back to the peak of the publisher’s popularity, where you’ll...
News Save Atari's History from Obscurity in PS5, PS4 Microgame Mashup Atari Mania
Retro gaming needs your help
First released on Nintendo Switch and now officially coming to PS5 and PS4, the awesome Atari microgame compilation Atari Mania will set a high score on Sony’s systems from 4th April. Inspired by the likes of WarioWare and NES Remix, the title features over 150 madcap challenges inspired by legendary Atari titles. In...
Mini Review Akka Arrh (PS5) – A Psychedelic Curiosity from the Past
What a name
Akka Arrh is a contemporary re-imagining of a scrapped project dating back to the ‘80s. If that’s not an odd enough set-up to hook you, then maybe the rock-solid gameplay can do it instead. Developed by Llamasoft — the team behind the enigmatic Polybius — Akka Arrh is a unique wave shooter that tasks you with killing enemies...
News Caverns of Mars Recharged Brings Back Atari's Classic Vertical Shooter on PS5, PS4
New visuals, more modes, and plenty more
Atari is adding another game to its Recharged range, reviving one more of its forgotten favourites. Caverns of Mars Recharged has just been announced, a modern take on the classic arcade vertical shooter. Caverns of Mars tasks you with descending into dangerous tunnel systems in order to set a bomb at the...
News Jeff Minter Reimagines Atari Arcade Prototype Akka Arrh for PS5, PS4
Based modern Atari
Atari, under new management, is awesome at the moment, isn’t it? In addition to releasing some really worthwhile Recharged reimaginings of some of its biggest hits, it’s also blessed us with arguably the greatest retro compilation ever made in Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration. And now it’s enlisted legendary Tempest...
Review Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration (PS5) - A Warts and All Celebration of an Industry Icon
Insert coin
Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration may very well set the standard for retro compilations moving forwards, and not necessarily because of the content it includes. In truth, a significant number of the 100 or so releases included here are borderline impenetrable – appreciated inclusions, yes, but pretty much unplayable. It’s the way...
News Atari Jaguar Is the Star of Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration on PS5, PS4
Locked for 11th November launch
You’ve played janky old Atari 2600 games on your PlayStation before, so the real star of the upcoming Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is the Atari Jaguar. The reality is, many of you will never have touched the so-called 64-bit system’s calculator controller, so this should prove a real treat for those of...
News These Could Be All the Atari Anniversary Collection Games on PS5, PS4
There's a lot
One of the neat things about owning a PS5 or PS4 these days is that you can legitimately build a fairly large compilation of great retro games, as publishers have been pretty proactive porting old favourites in recent years. One upcoming collection that’s on our radar is Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration, which will include more...
News Atari 50th: The Anniversary Celebration Brings 90 Classics to PS5, PS4 Later This Year
Compilation prize
We hope you're hungry for a retro treat, because Atari's just announced a massive collection heading to modern platforms. Atari 50th: The Anniversary Celebration is a compilation that charts the company's history, and it will include "more than 90 playable games". Going all the way back to the early 1970s, the collection will...
Mini Review Gravitar: Recharged (PS5) - Good Glow Up for Iconic 80s Atari Shooter
It pulls you in
For as infuriating as it is to play today, no one could label Atari’s 1982 intergalactic excursion Gravitar – also known as Lunar Battle – as unambitious. Utilising the same “rotate-and-thrust” control system as the iconic Asteroids, designer Mike Hally – making his debut – added real gameplay depth, allowing you to...
News Arcade Classic PONG Levels Up with RPG Revival
Having a ball
Role-playing mechanics have wheedled their way into pretty much every major franchise, so it’s perhaps no surprise to see the industry’s oldest outing revived as a sprawling adventure. PONG Quest promises “a humorous new RPG reimagining of the flagship arcade classic” in which you’ll assume the role of an intrepid paddle...
News Could Ghostbusters: The Video Game Be Sliming PS4?
Taiwanese ratings board reckons so
If you never played the likeable Ghostbusters: The Video Game on the PlayStation 3, then you may be hyped to hear that the 2009 tie-in could be about to cross streams with the PlayStation 4. A leaked Taiwanese rating for Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered certainly suggests as much, and while the Xbox One is...
News THQ Nordic's Spending Spree Expands to Alone in the Dark
It Carnby true
THQ Nordic is a company with a lot of cash, and it’s buying every dormant intellectual property it can get its greedy little hands on. Next up: survival horror Alone in the Dark, which it’s clawed away from the clutches of Atari Europe for an undisclosed fee. The company also picked up real-time strategy series Act of War, which...
What's past is prologue
Back when Atari’s attorneys rocked up on Jeff Minter’s farm and issued one of his prize llamas with a cease and desist letter, it seemed unlikely that Tempest 4000 would ever release on consoles. The eccentric industry veteran had planned on porting the PS Vita’s agonisingly underappreciated TxK to the PlayStation 4,...
News Tempest 4000 Rated for Release on the PS4
Don't be a-llama-ed
Game development icon Jeff Minter’s public spat with Atari had a very happy ending: he’s been allowed to make Tempest 4000 for the PlayStation 4. And it looks like the title’s release is imminent, seeing as it’s just racked up a PEGI rating, suggesting that it’s (almost) ready to go. The game – which looks exactly as...
News Tube-Shooting Psychadelica Returns with Tempest 4000
Jeff Minter and Atari make up
Not too long ago, Atari and legendary llama loving game maker Jeff Minter locked horns over TxK – the PlayStation Vita’s spiritual successor to Tempest 2000 which was blocked from release on the PlayStation 4. Now the publisher appears to have made the peace with the creator, announcing that Minter's own Llamasoft...
News Quantic Dream Classic Fahrenheit Covers Up a Murder from 9th August
Knife to know
Want to witness the origins of Quantic Dream's innovative interactive drama? Fahrenheit (also known as Indigo Prophecy in the United States) will launch on the PlayStation 4 as a PlayStation 2 Classic starting 9th August in North America and 10th August in Europe. We've no idea why there's an additional day delay in the Old World, but...
News Blimey: Test Drive Unlimited 2 Developers Go On Strike
We're sure there are cases of game developers going on strike in the past, but certainly none that immediately spring to mind
That's exactly what's happened at Eden Games though, as the Test Drive Unlimited 2 developer has gone on strike, blaming its parent company, Atari, for "mismanagement". Eden Games is currently facing lay-offs of...
News Test Drive Unlimited 2 Players To Get Free DLC, Hot Cocoa As An Apology For Borked Launch
Confession: we lied about the hot cocoa bit
The free DLC is totally on, though. Test Drive Unlimited 2's launch hasn't exactly been what you might call "smooth sailing". The game's been plagued by huge game-breaking glitches and frequent server outages, but with a patch on the horizon, the future's looking a little brighter. To make up for...
News UK Sales Charts: Test Drive Unlimited 2 Takes Pole Position
The only notable new release last week has rushed to the top spot of the UK sales charts
Test Drive Unlimited 2 saw enough sales to beat Dead Space 2 into second position. The Eden Games developed racer mixes an unusual blend of racing with social networking. The XBOX 360 SKU saw the most sales, with the original Test Drive Unlimited being a big hit...
Well sort of anyway
Test Drive Unlimited 2 is a strange beast. It's not just about burning rubber and crashing cars, it's about socialising in an enormous open-world too. The game boasts pseudo-MMO components that allow you to get your The Sims on and start creating characters, customising wardrobes and go dancing. It's an unusual marriage, but one...
News Ghostbusters: Sanctum Of Slime Gets March Release Date
Atari's just sent word that their upcoming PSN co-op title, Ghostbusters: Sanctum Of Slime, will launch on the PlayStation Network this coming March 22nd
The game replaces the original Ghostbusters squad with characters first introduced in 2009's PS3 release, Ghostbusters: The Video Game.
News The UnderGarden's Coming To The PlayStation Network This Winter
As developers Vitamin G quirkily put it on the PlayStation Blog, "Congratulations
Youve hit rank 50 in another first-person shooter. Now its time for something completely different. Welcome to The UnderGarden." The UnderGarden is an experimental co-operative PlayStation Network title from Atari and Vitamin G. According to the developers,...
News Ghostbusters: Sanctum Of Slime Slops Its Way Onto PlayStation 3 Next Spring
If you've ever thought that the PlayStation 3 needs more Ghostbusters games, then Atari's Ghostbusters: Sanctum Of Slime has totally got your back
The PlayStation Network follow-up to 2009's Ghostbusters: The Video Game is being developed by Wanako, and features online (and local) four-player top-down ghost guzzling.Unfortunately the game will not...
News Test Drive Unlimited 2 Ferrari Trailer Is Like A Porn Movie
Do you like Ferraris? Atari does
Check out this trailer for Test Drive Unlimited 2 - the slow piano music, the sweeping shots of the car's body. It's sensual, erotic. It's also kinda dumb. We prefer these racing game trailers to have blistering drum and bass music and cars jumping over hills.
News Test Drive Unlimited 2 Says "Sayonara" To 2010, "Hola" To 2011
Atari's pushed their upcoming MMO racing game, Test Drive Unlimited 2, out of its release window in 2010 in order to give the game's multiplayer more polish
It's now due to release in 2011. The game's beta, which was due in a few weeks, has also been delayed. Atari's revealed they'll announce a new start-point for the beta soon. Atari had some good...
News Test Drive Unlimited 2 Brings Massively Open Online Racing Back To Playstation 3
It's been a long time since the Eden Studios introduced the world to its conceptual Massive Open Online Racing universe
This fall, it returns with Test Drive Unlimited 2. The game will feature dynamic day/night cycles, vehicle damage and weather effects, aswell as a whole new progressive online world.
News Phil Harrison - Come Back To Sony, We Miss You Man!
Good news: Phil Harrison has left Atari
Bad news: Phil Harrison probably won't be returning to Sony. The former Sony worldwide studios man (now replaced by Shuhei Yoshida) left Sony in 2008 to join Atari. Phil was a key member of each of the Playstation hardware family's launches, even demonstrating the Playstation 3 hardware with the famous ducks...
News Try To Be Excited: The Witcher 2 Is Coming To Consoles Aswell
CD Projekt's confirmed during a spring conference today that The Witcher 2's coming to consoles aswell as the PC
A lot of people are super excited about this. The original game was supposed to be coming to consoles too, but the project was canned during some studio changes and cut-backs. The game was formally announced this week and is due for...
News Ghostbusters Hit The Playstation Portable This November
Remember the Ghostbusters video game? Well now you can experience it all over again - except this time, in your pocket
That's right, Ghostbusters: The Video Game is coming to the PSP. And going by this trailer posted on Joystiq, it's going to be a pretty faithful recreation of the game on Playstation 3.
News Ghostbusters Gets PS3 Graphics Patch, Fixes Resolution
Remember just before Ghostbusters: The Video Game came out on the Playstation 3? Yeah, there was a bit of an uproar regarding the graphics
That's not a problem now though, because developers Terminal Reality have issued a patch to fix the problems:"Both single and multiplayer modes have been updated. In single player mode, fixes include an...
News Ghostbusters: The Video Game Sells Big In The US
Thankfully for Atari, a company in pretty dire need of a successful game, Ghostbusters: The Video Game has gone on to sell over one million copies in the US across all platforms
That's a massive big deal for Atari so well done to them. The game was pretty good too.
News Ghostbusters On Playstation 3 Debuts At Number 4 On The British Sales Charts
Despite complaints over its graphical capabilities, the European Sony timed-exclusive Ghostbusters: The Video Game has managed to chart at number 4 on the British sales charts
It's interesting because more often than not multiplatform games sell better on the XBOX 360, leaving PS3 versions further down the charts. Alas, all this proves is that...
News Developer Explains Ghostbusters: The Video Game Graphical Deficiencies
We played through and reviewed Ghostbusters: The Video Game last week
Honestly, we thought graphically it looked fine. Far from the succulent kind of visuals you come to expect from Playstation 3 exclusives these days, but fine. Hence why when Lens Of Truth broke the news of sub-standard graphics in the PS3 version (when compared to the XBOX 360) we...
News Sony's Ghostbuster's "Jerk Deal" Not Such A "Jerk Deal", Atari Brand Leave Europe Entirely
Many Europeans were seriously pissed at Sony for claiming the rights to publish Ghostbusters as an exclusive in Europe
Seems like said people will have to eat humble pie as Atari cease to exist in Europe as of this morning. Hoping to beefed up its business resume, Distribution Partners is handling all Namco Bandai releases in Europe, Asia, Australia...
News New Ghostbusters Trailer Highlights Multiplayer Aswell As General Gameplay
In the past few weeks we've really been starting to get hyped for upcoming Ghostbusters game
Not only does the formula lend itself perfectly to a video game, but the fact that Dan Aykroyd has worked on the script compounds our excitement. In fact, we simply can't wait to give it a go. The above new trailer highlights some co-op footage from the game...
Oh man; video games - this is why we love them
This is insane news. The Ghostbusters game - which was planned as a multiplatform game - has passed publisher's hands like, well, like Swine flu really - starting out at Vivendi, moving to Atari and now - weeks before the June 19th release - ending clasped between Sony's mitts. In this mornings press...
News Ghostbusters Intro Is Two Parts Amazing, One Part Intentionally Terrible
Stop what you are doing
There is something everyone must do right at this moment. And that's to watch the opening cinematic of the upcoming Ghostbusters game. We're actually not sure if anything could be more amazing.
