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Atari took time this week to highlight three indie games that will be making their way over to their new console, the Atari VCS We've been hearing a lot about the additions coming to the console like streaming services and game libraries you can access online, but not a ton about actual games that will[...]

Liquid Media Group announced today they have signed a brand new distribution agreement with Atari revolving around their new console According to the brief tidbits presented about the deal, it will bring SlipStream, Liquid's video-on-demand distribution platform, to the Atari VCS as a downloadable app for people to view content through the console SlipStream primarily[...]

Do you remember when they found that entire landfill full of the Atari E.T game a few years ago? Well, they missed some Widely regarded as one of the worst games of all-time, and for sure one of the causes of the Atari's downfall, a truly unique collector's item is up for auction today at[...]

Plus several Atari and Capcom Legacy Edition cabinets, and a brand new Pong Pub Style table in which you and three others can face off against each other in the classic game You can read more about the multi-game cabinets below and check out some new images. A look at the 4-Player version of X-Men on[...]

RepliCade revealed this week a new playable, limited edition, 12-inch-tall replica arcade cabinet of Atari's legendary classic Asteroids Much like other replica arcade cabinets they have made in the past, this is about as authentic as you can get as they have recreated two variants of the models you would find when they were brand[...]

The Atari VCS will be getting Google Chrome added to the OS as it will be the built-in browser for the upcoming console The reveal came this morning from the company as they will integrate the browser as part of the search options and browsing method, as well as other aspects of Google's system of[...]

Atari has finally started announcing original titles that will be released for the Atari VCS and they've started with a new platformer Developed by Burgos Games and utilizing the Game Jolt service, the first game officially revealed for the console is called Neko Ghost, Jump! This is a fun 3D platformer in which we finally[...]

This morning, Atari revealed a list of 100 games from their vault that have been optimized for the Atari VCS and its two controllers All 100 games are classic titles from the company's past, many of them released as arcade hits before they came to come consoles They will be released in two different packs[...]

Atari are gearing up for the holiday season with all their new items, as they revealed today the Mini Pong Jr As you can see here, this is a small tabletop version of the game that is about the size of a Nintendo Wii U, in which both players can play the classic title like[...]

This morning, Atari and GSD Group decided to show off more images for the proposed Atari Hotel set to be in Las Vegas Back at the start of the year, the announcement was made that they would be doing a special line of hotels with the company's branding, which would both look slightly futuristic while[...]

Atari has announced another partnership with an online platform as they will be bringing Ultra to the Atari VCS If you're not familiar with the service, it's basically a one-stop-shop for gamers to browse indie titles as well as games exclusive to the platform for people who don't have the cash or don't feel like[...]

Atari has announced another new partnership for the Atari VCS as Plex will be coming to the new gaming platform As we slowly wind toward the official release of the console this November, we've been seeing the company make more moves toward including third-party services that allow players to either access digital material and load[...]

This week, we got a little bit more info on what's to come with the Atari VCS as a whole as one of the people behind it did a Q&A In an interview with Medium, Chief Operating Officer Michael Arzt explains more about what the company is aiming for with it, including what it is[...]

This morning, Atari announced another new partnership for the Atari VCS as Game Jolt will be bringing their library to the console Much like the announcement last week that the company made regarding AirConsole, Game Jolt will be bringing over their service as well as their large collection of indie titles to the system The[...]

For those of you wondering what the library for the Atari VCS might look like at launch, a new partnership with AirConsole just increased it This morning, Atari announced they have formed a new partnership with N-Dream AG to bring over their library of games to the new console If you're not familiar with AirConsole,[...]

One of the cooler Disney items offered in this latest round of Heritage Auctions, a nice graded copy of the old Sorcerer's Apprentice game for Atari, is sitting at auction and ending today Currently, this cartridge is sitting at a cool $360, which for something like this should be right up Disney collectors alley This[...]

Atari decided to show off a little of what the Atari VCS can do this week with a brand new trailer for Missile Command: Recharged The company revealed this week that the game will be one of the launch titles for their upcoming gaming console, and to show off both the game and the console's[...]

Atari will be bringing back one of their classic titles for a modern audience as Missile Command: Recharged will drop next week The company originally released the game on iOS and Android as a free-to-play game with in-app purchases and saw some success on mobile Now they're moving it over to both Steam on PC and Nintendo[...]

Atari released a new game out of the blue today on Steam as players can now try out PONG Quest, developed by Chequered Ink Ltd Taking inspiration from the classic video game, players will embark on what is essentially an RPG action-adventure game You'll be playing a roleplaying adventure featuring several immersive customization options, dozens[...]

It looks like the Atari VCS will be able to do cross-platforming gaming after the company announces a new partnership with Wonder The company announced a new partnership today that will bring the WonderOS to their upcoming console, which will allow for cross-platform works Meaning, for example, if Epic Games releases Fortnite on this console,[...]

Of all the things we expected Atari to tell us they might be working on in 2020, a chain of hotels with their own logo and branding was not on the list This morning the company announced the company had penned a new deal with GSD Group, which is an innovation and strategy agency led[...]

Some cool news from the world of Atari as the publisher has expanded the collection of games in the Atari Vault library to 150 titles Developed by Code Mystics, the game was launched back in early 2016 to present a digital library of classic titles from all of the company's systems This new DLC pack[...]

There have been some retro games lost to time for every console, and a holy grail from the Atari 2600 has always been Pursuit Of The Pink Panther Originally conceived in 1983 under the original title, Adventures of the Pink Panther, the game was based on the cartoon character More specifically, the cartoon show that[...]

Atari announced today that they have officially put the Atari VCS into pre-production ahead of the first wave of backer-supported shipments in December The word came down from an article on Medium, where they give a breakdown of the construction of the modules and how they've been designed It's an interesting look at how these[...]

Some interesting retro gaming news today as Atari have signed an exclusive partnership with Arcade1Up for future arcade cabinets The two companies had already been working together on the latter's special 4' tall retro cabinets that store four games in one It appears Atari was so happy with the results, they decided to pen a[...]

For over a year we've wanted to see what exactly would be going on with the Atari VCS in person, and during E3 2019, we finally got the chance For some reason, Atari decided they didn't want to be on the E3 floor either and only held private meetings to check out a fully functional[...]

Six Flags and Atari have announced a licensing partnership so that real-world Six Flags rides will be featured in Atari's RollerCoaster Tycoon Touch The Six Flags content will include several world record-breaking roller coasters and attractions, as well as popular restaurants, retail stores, and signature landmarks. So now, RollerCoaster Tycoon players can manage their own dream version of[...]

This morning, Atari made the announcement that they were partnering with PowerA to create peripherals for the Atari VCS leading up to its launch Medium had the complete exclusive today in which they detailed the two different controllers being made for the console The first being the classic joystick we all love and remember, only[...]

Atari and Nightdive Studios have rebooted the late-90s PC horror shooter Blood for a new generation with Blood: Fresh Supply If you're not familiar with the game, it was released back in 1997 as a much more gory and frightening version of classic shooters of the time like DOOM and Quake, which include an insane[...]

Atari's Akka Arrh was in the last category, until this month Ars Technica is reporting that the long lost arcade game has been ported online as a ROM for anyone to emulate and play freely Why is that such a big deal? Of all the games in the Atari library, Akka Arrh is probably one[...]