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Over the last couple of years, the video game designer turned psychotherapist Howard Scott Warshaw has repeatedly teased in interviews that was about to return to game development to create a sequel to his hit 1982 Atari 2600 game Yars' Revenge for both the 2600 and the modern machines...

It's not 2022 (though try telling my brain that) so the "anniversary" part isn't wholly accurate anymore, but Atari is launching a new Expanded Edition of game compilation/retrospective Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration anyway. It adds two new timelines and nearly 40 games to the original...

Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is already packed to the rafters with incredible retro games, unique interviews, and rare documentation on the history of Atari, but what if you wanted even more..? Well, the good news is that Atari and Digital Eclipse are releasing a new 'Expanded Edition'...

Atari's Gauntlet arcade hardware has been ported to the Analogue Pocket as a new OpenFPGA core. The core has been ported from the MiSTer FPGA by obsidian-dot-dev. It covers Gauntlet, Gauntlet II and Vindicators Part II. Designed by Ed Logg and originally released in 1985, Gauntlet was a...

Audacity Games — a company formed by Activision co-founder David Crane and designers Garry and Dan Kitchen — announced yesterday that it will be bringing out physical editions of the developer John Van Ryzin's latest game Alien Abduction! for the Atari 2600. Ryzin, as you may already be aware...

Atari has just purchased the Intellivision brand, along with "certain games" from Intellivision Entertainment LLC. Intellivision Entertainment LLC will rebrand and "continue its business of developing and distributing the Amico game console with a license from Atari to continue to distribute...

While it's quite common now for modern video game consoles to come pre-built with the ability to play movies, back in the days of the Atari 2600, the hardware's limitations meant that people never even dreamed about the possibility of being able to watch films on the device. Yet, despite that...

Video games have now been a part of our lives for 50 years, so it stands to reason that they have become powerfully-charged nostalgic touchpoints when it comes to family members who have passed away. A powerful new short film written and directed by Ahseem Yousuf explores the ability of games...

An Atari representative has responded to reports that two titles in its $1000 50th-anniversary box set are defective. The posts on Atari Age read as follows:

The chances are that you might never have heard of the Atari Video Music. Released in 1977, not long before the all-conquering Atari VCS, it was a device that somewhat resembled a hi-fi component, with a shiny oblong metal body sandwiched between two wooden panels. The idea was that you would...

Atari revealed earlier today that it will be resurrecting the Infogrames brand as a new label to publish games "outside the core portfolio of IP associated with the Atari brand". This news was shared via Twitter, as well as in an announcement on the company's website. Just to give you a small...

Back in 2023, Atari released a 50th-anniversary box set which cost $1000 and included 10 Atari VCS / 2600 carts: Adventure, Missile Command, Warlords, Super Breakout, Crystal Castles, Haunted House, Yars' Revenge, Centipede, Asteroids and Gravitar. As you can imagine, with a pack with that kind...

When you're talking about buildings of historic importance, Atari's original Sunnyvale HQ at 1265 Borregas Avenue has to rank right up there. This is where, between 1976 and 1984, Nolan Bushnell's upstart entertainment company created some of its most famous coin-op hits, as well as the iconic...