His replacement Jeff Lapin is company's fourth chief executive in the space of three years
Read More »Gardner steps down as Atari CEO
Atari has confirmed that high-profile CEO David Gardner has left the post, with his boots being filled by former COO Jeff Lapin. Gardner remains at the publisher as a member of its board of directors. Lapin becomes Atari’s fourth CEO in just three years. For the last two years, first …
Read More »US: Ghostbusters grabs Google search gong
Search engine leader Google has published its Zeitgeist 2009 report – which lists the Top Ten searches in North America across a number of popular entertainment sectors over the last year – and Atari’s Ghostbusters has emerged as the winner. Google’s report is compiled from the billions of queries people …
Read More »Retro Atari games arrive online
Atari’s online reinvention continues with news that the long-time publisher has released free-to-play browser-based versions of six of its classic retro arcade licenses. The publisher’s re-jigged website currently offers four arcade outings Asteroids, Battlezone, Crystal Castles, Lunar Lander as well as Atari 2600 duo Adventure and Yar’s Revenge. For the …
Read More »Star Trek Online beams down in February
Atari has announced Star Trek Online will released for PC on February 5th in Europe. The new Cryptic-developer MMORPG is set in the famous sci-fi universe and will debut three days after it lands in the US. The game puts every players into the role of a Federation or Klingon …
Read More »Atariâ??s Gardner named in $5.5m Unity fund
Unity engine group gets sizable investment along with two new board directors
Read More »Star Trek Online set for Q1 2010
Star Trek Online will arrive between January and March 2010, Cryptic has told Videogamer. The upcoming MMORPG combines space combat with on-foot battle, and is getting positive previews from the press. Executive producer Craig Zinkievich told Videogamer: "Without giving you the date, which I’m not allowed to give out or …
Read More »Ghostbusters 360 slips in Europe
The Xbox 360 version of Ghostbusters: The Videogame will finally hit Europe on November 6th – a couple of weeks later than expected. SKUs will also be released for PC, DS and Wii, distributed through Namco Bandai Partners. 360 and Wii owners will have had to wait six months since …
Read More »Atari and Turbine lock legal horns
Dungeons & Dragons developer's claims 'frivolous', says publisher
Read More »Tekken 6 to arrive October 30th
Namco Bandai has announced that Tekken 6 will hit UK shelves on Friday October 30th. The publisher has also priced its upcoming Arcade Stick and Collector’s edition packs. The Arcade Stick set, which includes a 100-page art book, copy of the game and a specially-designed wireless Hori fighting stick, will …
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