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Champions Online Nemesis Confrontation Begins Next Week

Submitted by Scott Tortorice on Sat, 11/21/2009 - 00:38

Atari, one of the world's most recognized videogame publishers, and Cryptic Studios, developers of City of Heroes, City of Villains, Champions Online and Star Trek Online, are pleased to reveal the Nemesis Confrontation event for Champions Online. On November 24, players will face their greatest Nemeses in a battle to protect our universe from being conquered by an interdimensional evil.

Star Trek Online to Ship Early Next Year

Submitted by Scott Tortorice on Wed, 11/11/2009 - 19:07

Atari and Cryptic Studios announced today the highly anticipated Star Trek Online for PC is set to release on February 2, 2010 in North America and February 5, 2010 across Europe and Australia. This first-of-a-kind massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) will offer space and ground gameplay to fans and players.

"Star Trek Online is poised to become the ultimate Star Trek gaming experience," said Jim Wilson, CEO of Atari, Inc. "Throughout the last four decades, Star Trek has been a mainstay in pop culture, influencing legions of fans through television, film, and more. Star Trek Online opens a whole new chapter and expands upon this incredible universe in 2010."

Champions Online Review

Submitted by Jason Waldrop on Sat, 09/19/2009 - 20:40

What do you get if you mix a solid, well-known developer, add some ideas from other MMOs, toss in elements out of a pen and paper role playing game, and top it all off with a release day patch that mucks everything up? You get a slightly buggy and somewhat unfinished game that is extremely fun to play. The game in question is Champions Online, a super hero themed massively multiplayer online game from developer Cryptic Studios. If the words ‘super hero’ and ‘Cryptic Studios’ sound familiar, it's because Cryptic happens to be the developer of the only successful super hero themed MMO to date, City of Heroes. The challenge that Cryptic faces will be if Champions Online offers gamers something completely original, or if it's just merely City of Heroes 2.0.

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GameTap And Atari Renew And Expand Partnership

Submitted by Scott Tortorice on Wed, 08/26/2009 - 18:53

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Today GameTap announced the expansion of their distribution rights with long-time partner Atari. This new agreement grants GameTap rights to a selection of Atari’s stellar Windows games. The deal also renews GameTap’s rights to distribute Atari’s classic console and arcade catalog. Atari’s games will be available through GameTap’s games-on-demand service and digital retail store.

Atari’s unique heritage brings with it an impressive catalog of titles that span decades of gaming history; combine that history with GameTap’s tradition of chronicling games both old and new and players have a match made in heaven. From Atari’s earliest successes in the arcade, to their most recent PC hits, GameTap celebrates the full breadth of Atari’s legacy.

Champions Online Has Gone Gold

Submitted by Scott Tortorice on Mon, 08/17/2009 - 19:40

Atari and Cryptic Studios are proud to give superhero fans the game they've been craving as Champions Online for PC has gone gold. Based on the award-winning Champions pen-and-paper role-playing games and powered by the groundbreaking Cryptic Engine, Champions Online taps into a rich universe of heroes and villains with unparalleled intrigue and adventure.

Guitar Hero III vs. Rock Band

Submitted by Scott Tortorice on Fri, 01/18/2008 - 00:00

Playing a real instrument is hard, impossibly so for most. That’s why the Rock Gods granted us Guitar Hero III and Rock Band. The question is, which game rocks hardest? If you have a ton of cash and want to save some reading time, getting them both buys you the best of both worlds. For those who can choose only one, there’s a pretty clear winner.

Both games were tested on the Xbox 360 for this review. The main difference between the two consoles is that Rock Band for the PS2 comes with a wireless guitar while the 360 version has a wired version (in fact, all the components in the Rock Band kit are wired).

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