Atari's U.S. Business Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

Atari's U.S. Business Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

In a bit of news sure to upset those who hopped on the videogame train from the very beginning, Atari S.A., the French company that owns the U.S. branch of Atari announced Monday that its U.S. company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and will look to be either selling or restructuring in the future....  read more

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Wavves' Nathan Williams Announces Video Game

Wavves' Nathan Williams Announces Video Game

As Pitchfork previously reported, Wavves’ Nathan Williams announced that he’s making his own video game. It’s got an old-school atari approach, which will have the feel of games like “Paperboy” or early “Simpsons” games. He also tweeted a screenshot of the game. Here’s what Williams had to say about the upcoming game:  read more

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Champions Online Now Partially Free-to-Play

<em>Champions Online</em> Now Partially Free-to-Play

Atari has announced that the MMORPG Champions Online is now free-to-play. Sort of....  read more

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Atari Game Missile Command Getting Movie Adaptation

Atari Game <em>Missile Command</em> Getting Movie Adaptation

Legendary Atari game Missile Commander will be adapted into a movie by 20th Century Fox, Variety reports. Burk Sharpless and Matt Sazama will write the film, and Peter Chernin and Dylan Clark will produce through Chernin entertainment; Jim Wilson of Atari will executive produce....  read more

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Crystal Castles: Crystal Castles

Crystal Castles: <em>Crystal Castles</em>

Crystal Castles’ second offering trades pleasureful pain for painful pleasure Crystal Castles self-titled debut LP was an album that would send fans of “serious music” for the hills, chased by a barrage of screeching Atari noise, uneven beat explosions and vocalist Alice Glass’ unearthly and oft-horrifying lupine scream. Explosive jigsaw tracks like “xxzxcuzx Me” and “Alice Practice” sounded like each of your brain cells was an alarm clock going off at quarter-second intervals. It was the stuff of tweakers’ daydreams and 8-year-olds’ nightmares....  read more

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Leonardo DiCaprio founding Atari as Nolan Bushnell

Leonardo DiCaprio founding Atari as Nolan Bushnell

The rise and fall of the Atari empire is one of the fabled stories from the early days of video gaming, before games had elaborate orchestral soundtracks or fancy 3-D graphics. Heck, even before they had scrolling screens and a sound chip that could make more nuanced noises than "blip" or "bloop." As fascinating as this all is from a historical standpoint, it's a bit surprisng that this tale is being turned into a feature film with Leonardo DiCaprio as the star....  read more

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