Neowin News Feed for: Atari

Atari looking to sell off all of its assets in July

John Callaham — Thu, 23 May 2013 09:42:07 +0100

Atari will try to sell off all of its assets, including the Atari brand name, in a number of separate auctions that will commence sometime in July. Atari is hoping to raise at least $22.2 million. Read more...

Google belatedly celebrates Atari's Breakout launch with Easter Egg

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 14 May 2013 08:46:01 +0100

Google has a surprise for Atari Breakout fans. By going to Google's Image search you can access an Easter Egg that actually let you play Breakout with the search results. Read more...

Atari files for chapter 11 bankruptcy, wants away from its French connection

Brad Sams — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:23:34 +0000

Atari's US operations have filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy with the hope that the company will be able to seperate itself from its French parent and will look to raise money using outside investors. Read more...

Book review: Atari: Business is Fun

Paul Ferson — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:53:34 +0000

Neowin glimpses into the Atari of the 1970s, a company markedly different to that which we know today. We try to discover just how fun business was as part of one of the main companies of the decade. Read more...

Atari giving away cool Xbox 360 Atari 2600 case mod

John Callaham — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:58:33 +0000

Atari is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the launch of Pong by giving away a modified Xbox 360 that looks like an Atari 2600 console, complete with an attached LCD screen. Read more...

Some HTML5 websites updated to work on Windows Phone 8

John Callaham — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:09:45 +0000

Microsoft has announced that some websites that have been optimized for Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 8 have been updated to work on IE10 in Windows Phone 8 as well. Read more...

Microsoft and Atari team up to relive your childhood with HTML5

Brad Sams — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:00:14 +0100

Microsoft and Atari have teamed up to show off the power of HTML5 by bringing some of your childhood games to the web browser. Make the jump to learn more and get your hands dirty on these games. Read more...

Trivia Tuesday: Digital music, from Atari to iTunes

Tyler Holman — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:12:24 +0100

Everyone uses their computer to listen to their favorite tunes, whether it's a PC or an iPhone, but it wasn't always so. Delve into the history of digital music with this week's Trivia Tuesday. Read more...

Paul Steed, industry legend has passed away

Todd Tanner — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 03:16:55 +0100

Paul Steed may well be an unknown name to most, but if you played Quake or Wing Commander, you've seen his work. Sadly he passed away recently. Exactly when is not clear though. Read more...

Happy 40th birthday, Atari [Updated]

Paul Ferson — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:30:36 +0100

Atari has been around since this day in 1972, now. Neowin takes a brief look at the company's history and celebrates its existence, for its huge contribution to this industry. Read more...

Retro Wednesday: E3 1995

Tyler Holman — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:22:08 +0100

Retro Wednesday takes you back in time to visit the very first E3 way back in 1995, showing off Nintendo's Ultra 64 prototype, the Virtual Boy, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Atari Jaguar, and much more. Read more...

Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition getting boxed release?

Tyler Holman — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:26:03 +0100

Overhaul Games' remake of Baldur's Gate - Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition - could be getting a boxed release in addition to its PC/Mac/iOS digital distribution platform. Read more...

Zynga listed as E3 2012 exhibitor; Atari and others skip event

John Callaham — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:31:15 +0000

Zynga is listed for the first time as an exhibitor for June's E3 video game trade show. However, Atari and other major game publishers won't be attending this year. Read more...

Atari sues maker of alleged knockoff game console

John Callaham — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:27:40 +0100

Game publisher Atari has filed a lawsuit against a company that Atari claims is trying to sell a knockoff of its now discontinued Flashback 2 game console. Gamasutra reports that the company in question is... Read more...

E3 2011: Eyes on with Neverwinter's editing tools

John Callaham — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:46:32 +0100

When Atari announced that it had sold off its MMO game developer Cryptic Studios to Perfect World Entertainment earlier this month for $50 million, many were wondering what was going to happen to Neverwinter. The... Read more...

Cryptic Studios acquired by Perfect World for nearly $50 million

John Callaham — Tue, 31 May 2011 15:21:52 +0100

Only a couple of weeks after Atari announced it was in the process of selling its MMO game developer Cryptic Studios, the company announced today that it has indeed sold the Bay Area, California based... Read more...

Atari looking to sell off MMO developer Cryptic Studios

John Callaham — Tue, 17 May 2011 22:35:39 +0100

Atari is now looking for a buyer for its MMO game developer Cryptic Studios. The news came as part of Atari's financial results that were revealed in a press release today. According to the press... Read more...

Test Drive Unlimited 2 dev studio holding one day strike against Atari

John Callaham — Wed, 11 May 2011 15:22:28 +0100

The game development studio behind the recent open world racing game Test Drive Unlimited 2 is holding a one day strike in order to protest actions from its parent company Atari. Gamasutra reports that France-based... Read more...

GoG.com gets new update and offers free game

John Callaham — Thu, 05 May 2011 15:34:27 +0100

The GoG.com web site is getting more and more popular with its selection of classic PC games available for download that are (mostly) under $10 and are all free of any DRM set ups. Today... Read more...

Did Google steal the Android logo from an Atari Lynx game?

Simon Andrews — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:42:02 +0100

An Engadget reader may have uncovered a secret that Google would rather keep under wraps: the origin of the Android logo. While few have questioned the origin of the now-iconic little green robot, instead opting... Read more...