Atari

08.24.10
The Georgia Game Developers Association (GGDA) announced that Nolan Bushnell, founder of the video game industry, will deliver the keynote address at the fourth annual Southern Interactive Entertainment and Game Expo (SIEGE). Scheduled for Oct. 1 – 3, 2010, at the Crowne Plaza NW Atlanta hotel, SIEGE focuses on the fast-growing game design industry in the South. Bushnell recently served as a keynote speaker for the Ayzenberg A-List Summit in Napa Valley, California. The founder of Atari talked about the past, present and future of videogames in this exclusive video interview.
07.27.10

Atari and renowned MMO developer Cryptic Studios announced the availability of Season Two: Ancient Enemies, the latest content update for the Star Trek Online universe. Season Two: Ancient Enemies is available at no additional cost to current Star Trek Online players. Actor Zachary Quinto , who will reprise his role as Spock in Star Trek II, talks about the new MMO game, which he also stars in.

06.12.10

Just in time for E3 2010, German videogame publisher Gameforge has inked a worldwide licensing agreement with CBS Consumer Products to publish free-to-play (F2P) browser games based on the legendary science-fiction franchise Star Trek. Acquiring the Star Trek license marks the start of Gameforge’s global expansion, as the online game publisher begins development to bring the Star Trek universe to life in browser-based properties, beginning in 2011. The first games under the international licensing agreement will take players into the deep reaches of space in the Star Trek Classic timeline as well as the tumultuous and vibrant timeline of Star Trek Deep Space Nine.

02.25.10

Atari is bringing back a franchise that helped catapult the company into an international household name with the 30th anniversary edition of Missile Command. The new version has been updated and reimagined by OMGPOP, operator of the omgpop.com website. Housed in a mini-site dedicated to the game, the remixed Missile Command captures the original iconic DNA of the 1980’s phenomenon, and adds compelling new dimensions and attitude – highlighted by the entirely online multiplayer gameplay, a first for the franchise. Missile Command is free to play and available at www.missilecommand.com.

02.18.10

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Hollywood director J.J. Abrams has gone where no man has gone before, with his 2009 "Star Trek" movie blasting the sci-fi franchise back into the spotlight and online, uniting new and older generation fans.

01.27.10

Atari and Syfy have entered into an exclusive partnership to promote the new massively multiplayer online (MMO) game Star Trek Online, which ships for the PC on February 2, 2010.  The new game features the voice work of Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto from the recent Star Trek movie by J.J. Abrams.

01.22.10

Videogame publisher Atari and Del Taco, the nation’s No. 2 Mexican fast food chain, have partnered on a special promotion allowing eager fans early access to the highly anticipated massively multiplayer online game, Star Trek Online. Created by Cryptic Studios, Star Trek Online for PC is set to release on February 2, 2010 in North America and will feature the voice acting of both Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy as the two Spocks. 

01.15.10

Game publisher Atari and acclaimed MMO developer Cryptic Studios announced pre-launch promotions and subscription pricing for the highly anticipated PC MMORPG, Star Trek Online. Beginning today, and for a limited time only, fans and gamers can purchase special Lifetime and 12-month memberships of Star Trek Online. These limited time promotional offers expire on February 2, 2010, when Star Trek Online launches in North America.

01.12.10

Gamers can beam up with Star Trek Online early. Atari and acclaimed MMO developer Cryptic Studios announced that Star Trek Online for PC has entered open beta, bringing fans one step closer to playing in the final frontier.  The open beta runs through January 26, 2010. Fans with valid open beta keys can explore the Star Trek universe and play the first-of-a-kind massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG).

12.22.09

Leonard Nimoy is reprising the role of Spock one last time. After helping to jumpstart the new film franchise this year with J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek reboot, Nimoy will be heard as Spock in the 2010 release of Star Trek Online. Atari and acclaimed MMO developer Cryptic Studios announced that Leonard Nimoy, the actor who originated the legendary and beloved Star Trek character of Spock more than 40 years ago, has joined the cast of Star Trek Online, the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) ever set in the Star Trek universe.

 

12.21.09

While Hollywood and the rest of the world continue to grieve the loss of actress Brittany Murphy at the age of 32, she lives on virtually beyond her body of films. The late actress can be heard in a pair of videogames.

12.12.09

We are coming to you live from SpikeTV's Video Game Awards 2009 in Los Angeles with host Jo Garcia, Playboy's 2008 Cybergirl of the Year. She's hot and our coverage will be hot so stay tuned here as we beam to you live video reports from the VGAs as we interview the top developers and, of course, celebrities on the Red Carpet, Backstage and in the Green Room. It all starts at 8pm Eastern Time.

12.08.09

Atari has partnered with The Weinstein Company, executive producers of the award-winning reality series Project Runway, to bring the game to Wii on March 2, 2010. The new game, which is being developed by Tornado Studios, will focus on the recent sixth season of the show.

08.31.09

Vin Diesel is hot again. After his breakout success with The Fast and the Furious and a surprise hit with The Pacifier, Diesel’s last few films, including Find Me Guilty and Babylon A.D., crashed and burned at the box office. But Fast and Furious refueled his star power at the same time that his second two videogames hit store shelves – The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena and The Wheelman. Diesel was the first Hollywood actor to open up his own videogame company, Tigon Studios, and he’s had success with all three releases thus far, which is unusual even for a non-Hollywood game endeavor. The actor talks about his passion for videogames in this exclusive interview.