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Atari Unveils Massive Atari VCS OS Update — Adding New Features and Expanded Developer Support
Atari is excited to announce today that it has released the latest update to the Atari VCS Videogame Computer System, continuing its commitment to steadily adding new and highly-requested features and Quality-of-Life (QoL) improvements to the living room mini-PC. Available to download now for all users, the new update adds online leaderboards, public “Friends” profiles, helpful dashboard notifications, expanded support for game…
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Atari Completes MobyGames Acquisition, Details Plans for the Site’s Continued Support
– Atari® — one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers — has announced that the acquisition of long-standing video game database MobyGames has been completed following a $1.5 million purchase from AntStream. MobyGames is a renowned video game database resource for video game information spanning back to the late 1950s and serves as the authoritative source for information…
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Beloved Classic Atari Arcade Games Join Amazon Luna’s Retro Channel Debut
We’re thrilled to share with you an exciting collaboration filled to the brim with retro goodness. Atari, one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers, today announced a partnership with Amazon Luna as the massively popular cloud-based gaming service launches its all-new Retro Channel. Starting today, subscribers can purchase Luna’s Retro Channel for $4.99 per month and immediately access…
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Atari Reveals Kombinera, a Brand New Puzzle-Platformer Coming this Spring
Atari® — one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers — is excited to announce today a brand new title supporting the company’s renewed mission to publish high-quality, premium games. Joining the ranks among the publisher’s roster of popular original titles, Kombinera is a dazzling neon puzzle-platformer that tests players’ skills and smarts from St. Louis-based Graphite Lab. The…
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Atari’s Hypnotizing Tempest 4000 Comes to Atari VCS and Nintendo Switch this Spring
Atari® — one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers — announced today that Tempest 4000™, the critically-acclaimed sequel to the classic arcade game Tempest®, will launch on Atari VCS and Nintendo Switch on March 22, 2022. Developed by Llamasoft and legendary game designer Jeff Minter, Tempest 4000™ is a visually stunning, action-packed arcade shooter that remains faithful to…
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Atari’s Breakout: Recharged Fires Away onto PC, Consoles, Nintendo Switch, and Atari VCS Today
Atari® — one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers — today invites players to breakout of the mold with the explosive new release of Breakout: Recharged on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4|5, Xbox One,Xbox Series X|S, Atari VCS, and PC (via Steam and Epic Games Store). A remix on the titular brick-breaking tour de force that rocked arcades of yesteryear, Breakout: Recharged takes everything that was beloved about the…
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Atari Asks Fans to Join the Search for the Developer of Aquaventure
Atari’s Atari XP initiative kicked off a community-driven quest to identify the long-lost developer of Aquaventure, an Atari 2600 prototype that’s origins have been shrouded in mystery for over two decades. The details behind the creation of Aquaventure are hazy at best. A prototype of the unreleased game was discovered by a collector at a flea market in Florida in the mid-1990s. Eventually, the game made…
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Atari VCS – Kicking off the New Year with New Releases and Flashbacks
With the holiday season behind us, Atari is thrilled to add some additional post-New Year cheer with the announcement of several brand new games and classic re-releases on the Atari VCS Videogame Computer System, as well as a sneak peek at what’s still to come this month.Retro Meets Modern, Plus Indie FunTo complement the catalog of beloved golden-age classics, the…
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Republic Realm Launches Surprise GFTs with Atari
Republic Realm, one of the most active developers of the metaverse and NFT ecosystem, announced today the launch of the inaugural collection of GFTs in partnership with Atari, one of the world’s most iconic brands. GFTs are NFTs designed for gifting, and they initially appear like wrapped gift boxes but “unwrap” on a specific date to reveal a surprise inside the box.…
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Atari Bringing Classic Flight Simulator Game Collection to Steam, Includes Sid Meier Bundle
Atari®, one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers, today announced the release of five classic flight simulation games on Steam. The collection includes two titles from revered game designer Sid Meier — Solo Flight and F-15 Strike Eagle, along with three other popular titles from the golden age of gaming: Harrier Jump Jet, Dog Fight: 80 Years of Aerial Warfare, and The Ancient…
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