Atari News Articles
Wednesday30th Oct 2024
News Digital Eclipse's 'Tetris Forever' To Include 2 MS-DOS Games
"A lot of work went into being able to make this simple announcement"
If you're a Tetris fan, it's impossible not to be excited for Digital Eclipse's third Gold Master Series title, Tetris Forever. And the retro specialists are continuing to sweeten the deal on this fantastic interactive digital museum, which launches on 12th November. Two more...
Wednesday25th Sep 2024
News Every New Game For Atari 50's New Paid DLC Has Been Revealed
Get ready to go Berzerk
Just the other day, Atari and developer Digital Eclipse announced that a new paid DLC expansion for Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration would be launching, er, tomorrow (that's 26th September 2024). Now, thanks to a reveal YouTube MetalJesusRocks, we now have a complete view of every new game being added to the new content...
Monday23rd Sep 2024
News Atari 50 DLC Adds 19 Games And Launches Later This Week
Enter a wider world
Atari and developer Digital Eclipse have announced that the first paid DLC expansion for Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration will launch later this week on 26th September 2024. Dubbed 'The Wider World of Atari', the DLC will contain 19 additional games alongside a wealth of new documentary material. We won't know exactly which...
Tuesday3rd Sep 2024
News Yars Rising Story Trailer Reveals Boss Characters And Space Bugs
WayForward's new title launches 10th September
Atari has revealed the final story trailer for its upcoming 'Metroidvania' Yars Rising, developed by WayForward Technologies. Launching on 10th September, Yars Rising blends traditional Metroidvania gameplay with classic Yars' Revenge-inspired hacking minigames, in which protagonist Emi 'Yar' Kimura...
Monday26th Aug 2024
News Atari Revives An Iconic Racing Gem With 'Fatal Run 2089' For Switch
Road rage
Publisher Atari has announced that it is reviving a once-iconic racing gem for the Nintendo Switch called Fatal Run 2089. Based on the original Fatal Run for the Atari 2600 and 7800, the game features vehicular combat gameplay as you race across 20 tracks located across 4 distinct global regions. Developed by MNSTR Studio, Fatal Run...
Tuesday13th Aug 2024
News Atari Launches 'Summer Sale', Slashing Up To 80% Off Switch eShop Titles
Tempest 4000! Turok! Akka Arrh!
Summer is in full swing and to celebrate, publisher Atari has launched a generous 'Summer Sale' on its Switch eShop titles, including games from its subsidiary teams Digital Eclipse, Infogrames, and Nightdive Studios. There are some bonadife bangers included here, with some games seeing tasty discounts of 70%, 75%,...
Wednesday26th Jun 2024
News Revived Infogrames Label Acquires 'Surgeon Simulator' Franchise
Atari will see you now
Infogrames, the newly revived publishing label and subsidiary of Atari, has announced that it has acquired the Surgeon Simulator franchise after finalising a deal with tinyBuild Inc. This follows the previous acquisition of Totally Reliable Delivery Service back in April 2024, announced to coincide with Infograme's revival...
Tuesday25th Jun 2024
News Atari 50: Expanded Edition Adds 2 New Timelines And 39 New Games
Available as DLC for current owners
Update [Wed 10th Jul, 2024 17:30 BST]: In the most recent Atari Podcast episode, it was revealed that one of the new games in the upcoming Atari 50 Extended Edition needed to be cut from the line up. This decision apparently occurred on the same day the announcement was sent live. Therefore, there are now 38...
Tuesday18th Jun 2024
News 'Yars Rising' Hacks Its Way Onto Switch This September
Available physically and digitally
Atari and WayForward Technologies have announced that the upcoming Metroidvania Yars Rising will be heading to the Nintendo Switch on 10th September 2024. Initially announced during an Indie World showcase, Yars Rising is a brand new take on the classic Yars franchise, which began all the way back in 1982 with...
Monday10th Jun 2024
News Stealth Metroidvania 'Yars Rising' Gets An Easter-Egg Packed New Trailer
Was that... Computer Space?!
Atari and WayForward have revealed a new trailer for the upcoming stealth Metroidvania Yars Rising, launching on Nintendo Switch later this year. It gives us a nice little glimpse at some of the game's core mechanics, including the ability to upgrade protagonist Emi Kimura's powers, hacking into various systems to...
Monday20th May 2024
News Atari's First 'Sprint' Game In Three Decades Launches On Switch Next Month
Step up to the podium
Atari has announced that NeoSprint, the first 'Sprint' entry since 1987's Championship Sprint (well, technically 1989's Badlands), will be racing onto the Switch eShop next month on 27th June, 2024. As detailed in the newly released trailer, the game will feature modernised visuals with an updated isometric view of the action...
Tuesday23rd Apr 2024
News Atari Is Reviving The 'Infogrames' Publishing Label
The armadillo returns
Atari has announced that it is reviving the dormant publishing label Infogrames, once famous for publishing games such as Hogs of War, Heart of Darkness, Alone in the Dark, and many more. Though once one of the most recognisable publishers in Europe, the Infogrames name was ditched in favour of the Atari brand in 2009...
Wednesday17th Apr 2024
News Atari And WayForward Join Forces For A New 'Yars' Metroidvania
All rise!
Publisher Atari and developer WayForward have announced Yars Rising, a new Metroidvania based on the classic Atari franchise Yars. The original Yars' Revenge released back in 1982 for the Atari 2600 and was very much a basic (albeit incredibly addictive) shooter in which an insect-like creature called Yar would go up against an evil being...
Wednesday3rd Apr 2024
News Atari's Arcade-Inspired Racer 'NeoSprint' Speeds Onto Switch This Year
Fast and curious
Atari has today announced that its arcade-inspired racing game NeoSprint will be speeding off the early access start line and heading to Switch later this year. This single-screen racer borrows a lot from Atari's Sprint arcade series with its top-down perspective (here a little more isometric, but you get the picture) and a focus...
Tuesday23rd Jan 2024
News Atari's 'Mr. Run And Jump' And 'Kombinera' Get The Physical Dual-Pack Treatment
Launching next month
Atari and Numskull Games have announced the upcoming physical release of Mr. Run and Jump and Kombinera, which will be a 2-in-1 'Adrenaline Pack'. Launching February 23rd, 2024, the dual pack will also contain a unique postcard based on the games, along with an exclusive sticker celebrating the Atari brand. Both games included...
Monday22nd Jan 2024
News Over 50 Years After The Original, Pong's Sequel Gets A Switch Release Date
Piddle-paddle
Atari has announced that qomp 2, the long-awaited sequel to the iconic Pong (and the first qomp, of course), will launch on the Nintendo Switch eShop on February 20th, 2024. Of course, since Pong's launch back in 1972, the game has had countless spin-offs and knock-offs alike, but Atari states that qomp 2 is an 'artful' sequel that...
Wednesday17th Jan 2024
News Atari Goes Celestial In New 'Lunar Lander Beyond' Narrative Trailer
Touching down Spring 2024
Publisher Atari and developer Dreams Uncorporated have revealed a brand-new narrative trailer for the upcoming Lunar Lander Beyond, a revival of the classic 1979 arcade title. It's all very dramatic stuff, with distress calls, rescue missions, and mass evacuations, but at its core, the gameplay itself looks to retain the...
Thursday30th Nov 2023
News 'Atari 50' Is Getting More Games Via Free Updates, 12 Dropping Next Week
More prototypes, homebrew, and official 2600 games incoming
Atari has announced that the stupendous compilation Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration will be getting even more games via several free content updates. The first of these is launching next week on December 5th, 2023, and will bring 12 Atari 2600 titles to the collection, comprised of...
News Atari Reiterates Firm's Focus On Retro, Isn't Looking To Compete With Nintendo
'What can we do better than anyone else in the world?'
After years of meandering messages and threats of bankruptcies, Atari SA looks to be finally turning the corner with a renewed focus on retro. If this wasn't clear enough with the launch of the magnificent Atari 50 compilation in 2022 and the recent release of the emulation-based Atari 2600+...
Tuesday31st Oct 2023
News Atari Acquires Retro Specialist Digital Eclipse
"The future is bright and unwritten"
In what will no doubt prove to be one of the more, shall we say, sensible acquisitions in the games industry, Digital Eclipse has announced that it is officially joining Atari after its stellar work on Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration. Founded in 1992, Digital Eclipse is well known for its expertise in the...
Wednesday18th Oct 2023
News Rollercoaster Tycoon Adventures Deluxe Speeds Onto Switch Next Month
Let's ride
After being revealed back in the hazy days of this summer, Atari has today announced that the deluxe edition of the rollercoaster park management sim, RollerCoaster Tycoon Adventures Deluxe, will be speeding its way onto Switch digitally on 1st November and physically just two days later on 3rd November. There's a brand-new trailer for...
Monday18th Sep 2023
Exclusive Atari's Roguelite Revival Of Haunted House Creeps Onto Switch Next Month
Back from the dead
In 1982, Atari released its first survival-horror game, Haunted House, on the 2600. Over 40 years on, the game is getting revived on Switch as a stealth-horror roguelite, with the studio today announcing that the fresh take on Haunted House will creep onto consoles on 12th October. This one will see you navigating the shifting...
Friday4th Aug 2023
News Atari's Quantum: Recharged Brings The Classic Arcade Shooter Back Onto Switch This Month
Circle the date
Joining the likes of Asteroids and Yars, Atari has today announced the release date for the latest game in its line of 'Recharged' titles, Quantum: Recharged, which will be flying onto the Switch on 17th August. The revival of this 40-year-old arcade shooter was initially announced back i
Thursday22nd Jun 2023
Exclusive RollerCoaster Tycoon Adventures Deluxe Rides Onto Switch Later This Year
Keep your arms and legs inside the vehicle
Atari has today announced that an updated version of theme park sim RollerCoaster Tycoon Adventures will be looping its way back around to Switch later this year in a new deluxe form. RollerCoaster Tycoon Adventures Deluxe adds 80 brand-new rides and attractions, bringing the grand total up to a nice round...
Monday19th Jun 2023
News Atari's Neo-Retro Platformer, Mr. Run And Jump, Hops Onto Switch Next Month
Stick (man) the landing
Atari has today announced that its upcoming neon adventure-platformer Mr. Run and Jump will be coming to Switch on 25th July. Revealed just last month, the game is a frantic platformer set in a neon-drenched world that immediately had us thinking of VVVVVV with its tight, spike-dodging gameplay. Mr. Run and Jump is developed...
Tuesday9th May 2023
News Atari's Neon Action-Platformer, Mr. Run And Jump, Leaps Onto Switch This Summer
VVVVVVibes
Atari has today announced that it is bringing Graphite Lab and Heavy Horse Games' Mr. Run and Jump to Switch later on this year. This is an action-platformer that seems to put the stress on 'action' (and on 'platformer', now that we think about it). You will play as the titular Mr. Run and Jump, a fluorescent stick man who embarks on a...
Thursday30th Mar 2023
News Atari's 'Akka Arrh' Gets A Europe-Only SE Physical Release With Mini Arcade Cabs
Papercraft cabs coming to Switch, PS4, PS5
Jeff Minter's modern reworking of Atari's Akka Arrh — originally a prototype that never saw release until its official debut as part of the Atari 50 collection — is set to get a Europe-only Special Edition physical release on Switch, PS4, and PS5 courtesy of Numskull Games. Limited Run Games has a...
Thursday23rd Mar 2023
News Atari Enters Agreement To Acquire Night Dive Studios
Retro revival
In some breaking news, the famous video game company Atari has officially entered into an agreement to acquire developer and publisher Night Dive Studios - known best for reviving classic games such as System Shock, Quake and Doom 64 on modern platforms. Atari will acquire "100% of Night Dive Studios" with hopes to "enrich" its own...
Tuesday7th Mar 2023
Video Jeff Minter On How He Brought Atari's Lost Shooter 'Akka Arrh' Up To Date
A physical edition is coming this week, too
Akka Arrh was, for a long time, one of Atari's long-lost treasures, an arcade shooter that was scrapped back in the '80s. After making its return in Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration, legendary game designer Jeff Minter and his studio Llamasoft brought an updated version to consoles in the form of a...
Wednesday1st Feb 2023
News Atari And Jeff Minter's Psychedelic Shmup 'Akka Arrh' Lands Release Date
Launching later this month
Atari has revealed that Akka Arrh, the company's once-lost psychedelic shooter, is launching on Switch on 21st February. This rerelease is being worked on by legendary British game designer Jeff Minter, who is helping to upgrade this "complete" version with his sense of humour and distinctive visual style. His company...
