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Atari set to release iCade style iPad controller
Retro cool inbound 7 September 2011 14:44 GMT TweetAtari appears to have jumped on the "appcessories" bandwagon, launching its own special iPad controller.
The peripheral was accidentally leaked via an Atari Greatest Hits iPad app update, which included support for the Atari Arcade Duo Powered...
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Atari's Greatest Hits for iPhone and iPad debuts
UPDATED: 100 classic games available globally 7 April 2011 13:42 GMT TweetAtari has released an app for the iPhone and iPad that is packed to the gills with classic games from yesteryear. And while it was only available in New Zealand initially, it's now gone global.
Atari’s Greatest Hits promises to bring...
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Test Drive Unlimited 2 review
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...or World of Carcraft, as we like to call it
11 February 2011 14:39 GMT
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Let's get the bad news over with. Given that it's been a good 5 years since the release of Test Drive Unlimited, it's hugely disappointing that the sequel arrives feeling so unpolished in key areas, so dated in others, and with the major issue that...
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New Halo game: Out now (Atari 2600 version)
Programmer reinvents massively popular FPS title 3 August 2010 15:10 GMT TweetIf you can't wait until 14 September to get your new Halo adventure fix, and you can't be bothered to play in the online tournament to win the chance to kill Rio Ferdinand (on the game, not in real life), then Ed Fries may have just come up with the...
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VIDEO: Could Test Drive Unlimited 2 be the most boy racer-centric game ever?
Atari reveals trailer for massively multi-player racing sequel 4 May 2010 17:42 GMT TweetWe love a bit of Test Drive Unlimited, with its massively multi-player maps and car-collecting focus. And we love chasing down 13-year-olds in Wisconsin and beating them in a head-to-head pedal-to-the-metal face off, but there's always been something...
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Retro Thing launches classic USB joystick
"I've got blisters on my fingers" 29 January 2010 10:20 GMT TweetRetro Thing has worked with Legacy Engineering to create the Clear Classic USB Joystick, an Atari 2600-esque effort aimed at the PC and Mac market.
The joystick combines the classic style with transparent plastic and contains a blue LED... -
Five game-changing console controllers
See what we did there? 5 November 2009 18:55 GMT TweetEver since games consoles came into our front rooms, both the hardware and software developers have looked for new ways to make their titles stand out from the crowd. One sure fire method is to reinvent the interface or design one with just your game...
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Atari offers "Photo Sauce" Facebook app
Drag and drop digital stickers 22 October 2009 11:23 GMT TweetAtari has launched a new social networking app - Atari Photo Sauce. This new application lets Facebook users "express themselves" by dragging and dropping digital stickers across their pics.
The stickers include "cute graphics, irreverent... -
Universal buys film rights to "Asteroids"
Yes, the 1979 Atari title 3 July 2009 12:01 GMT TweetReuters is reporting that movie producer Universal has just acquired the movie rights to 1979's arcade smash hit "Asteroids", following a four-studio bidding war.
Matthew Lopez, the chap behind "Race to Witch Mountain", will be writing the... -
Firebox offers Atari tee
Retro-gaming garment 5 May 2009 14:24 GMT TweetIf you can remember when popular games consoles boasted fake wood veneers, than you're the target market for this new tee.
Firebox is offering Atari t-shirts for retro-gamers that want to publicly display their affection for the gaming great.... -
Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena - Xbox 360 review
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Can Riddick stand the test of time?
28 April 2009 16:00 GMT
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Chances are you’re well aware of the Riddick universe. If not from the classic Xbox title Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay, then the films starring self confessed video game addict Vin Diesel.
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Bush shoe attack hits the casual gaming world
Play the game here... 17 December 2008 12:31 GMT TweetYou've seen the YouTube video, now play the game. The shoe-throwing attack of Iraqi journalist Muntadar al-Zaidi on President Bush at the weekend has been made into an online Flash game by developer T-Enterprise.
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Time Magazine lists top 10 games of 2008
GTA IV comes top of the pile 9 December 2008 18:03 GMT TweetTime Magazine has named Grand Theft Auto IV as the best game of 2008.
In it's list of the top ten games of the year, the magazine described GTA IV as "a grade-A shoot-'em-up that doubles as an interactive novel and triples as a sly critique... -
THQ signs two famous actors to voice Wii game
Dennis Hopper and Billy Bob Thornton get onboard 9 December 2008 16:26 GMT TweetTHQ has pulled out the big guns and signed up two famous actors for its new Wii game.
Equally potty Dennis Hopper and Billy Bob Thornton are both set to provide voices for Deadly Creatures - an action adventure game with a twist that is due... -
Halo Wars dated worldwide
Spread over three dates 9 December 2008 16:01 GMT TweetMicrosoft has confirmed release dates for its highly-anticipated strategy game Halo Wars, and the prediction of a February release date wasn't far wrong.
Halo Wars will be released in Japan and Asia first, on 26 February. Europe will follow...
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