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A Time Travel Adventure, Starring You: Atari Offering Free Plays Of Classic Games

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:57:00 +0000

Imagine, if you will, being a gamer in the 1980s. In order to play anything , you would have had to have exchanged currency for every single play of every single game. And the games in your local arcade wouldn't have been easy, either. Those old school cabinets were scientifically designed to suck quarters from you with quickness; to achieve even a base level of competence at Defender , you're talking at least 15 bucks... and don't even get me started about games like 720 Degrees , that had the nerve to charge two quarters a play... or those rip-off arcades that used tokens instead of coins so they could make the gamer exchange rate three-plays for a dollar. Thank god our long national nightmare is over. Imagine going back in time 30 years to a typical arcade and finding a dude in a painter's cap and a Pac-Man Fever shirt and and being like, "Yo, 1980s Gamer Dude: In The Future, you can play arcade games like Asteroids , Crystal Castles , and home console games like ...

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Gallery: Star Trek Online Gallery

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:36:00 +0000

One of the greatest joys MMOs can offer to the player is the variety of experiences one can achieve. The latest screens for Star Trek Online illustrate the contrast between the deep space combat gameplay and the ol' reliable kind that you find on foot. Atari and Cryptic Studios' MMO arrives February 2, 2010.

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Gaming Network Playfire Raises $2.1M From Atomico, Atari's Gardner, Others

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:43:00 +0000

Playfire, a multiplatform gaming social network, has raised $2.1 million from several gaming and tech notables, including investment firm Atomico Ventures and Atari CEO David Gardner. The site allows gamers to register the titles they own for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, or other platforms, and interact with other gamers. It was founded in 2007 by Kieran O'Neill, a self-described "serial web entrepreneur" who sold the online video HolyLemon.com that same year, and also co-founded ...

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PC | Star Trek Online engaging Feb. 2 - Report

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:03:13 +0000

Cryptic Studios' MMORPG based on iconic sci-fi franchise will warp onto PCs before Valentine's Day. Cryptic Studios is on a tight turnaround schedule. Having been acquired by Atari in December 2008, the studio released Champions Online --its first massively multiplayer online game since 2005's City of Villains--in September for the PC. (An Xbox 360 edition of the superhero game is also planned.) With rumors circulating of the San Francisco Bay Area studio readying a Neverwinter Nights MMO role-playing game for 2011 , Cryptic is also at work on Star Trek Online for a launch early next year. Hint: Engaging Klingons in asteroid fields can have dire consequences. Now, Star Trek Online's release date has reportedly came into focus, as Atari and Cryptic Studios have confirmed to Eurogamer that the PC game's servers will go live on February 2 in North America and February 5 in Europe. Cryptic Studios announced that it had ...

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News: Star Trek Online out in February

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Cryptic has its Kirk and eats it. Cryptic and Atari have confirmed that their MMO Star Trek Online will be released for PC on 2nd February 2010 in North America, and 5th February in Europe. The confirmation follows Amazon.com and GameStop listing the 2nd February date on their pre-order pages earlier in the week. "It's definitely early 2010," executive produce Craig Zinkievich told us last month, and it turns out he wasn't kidding. Despite his comments, February will be earlier than many expected. Read more... > >

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