Atari blasts back from the past with new game plan

[dsullo]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081211/...deogames_atari

Interesting short article - basically the name ATARI lives on and hopefully will regain it luster of past.

[PapaStu]

Too bad Atari hasn't been gone. They were just uber shitty, thanks to horrible use of franchises and even worse management on behalf of Atari and Infograms (their most recent parent)

Also shimmying this to modern gaming, since this is Atari's future, not their past.


**shimmy**

[Misto]

Great, more movie games and MMOs...

That's pretty much all I got out of the article.

[Slate]

Great, more movie games and MMOs...

That's pretty much all I got out of the article.

Indeed, Although Ghostbusters and Star Trek Online both have my interest.

[Misto]

Indeed, Although Ghostbusters and Star Trek Online both have my interest.

Yea, depending on how they look closer to release, those would probably be the only ones I would consider buying.

[XYXZYZ]

From reading that article, it sounds like Atari is more of a corporate investment firm than a game studio, trying to buy a good name rather than build one. Atari made great games because they hired engineers with great imaginations and LEFT THEM ALONE. Pleasing a bunch of ignorant shareholders wasn't a higher priority than making good games; they had a "no marketing guys in the programmer area" policy, and as soon as they crossed that line the quality suffered.

I think if it's a good name they want, rather than a big figure on the investor returns, then need to downsize, "start over", you know? Just focus on making one or two titles for XBLA or something, make them as good as they can, and work from there.

"I think Phil Harrison and Paulina Bozek (head of Atari's London Studio) will be instrumental in building a mass market library, which will help the publisher compete in today's market," said Pidgeon.

Sounds like quantity over quality, to me.

[Nebagram]

I have to admit I'm really excited by Ghostbusters, even if experience has taught me not to believe a damn word Phil Harrison says.

[DigitalSpace]

The real Atari died with the Jaguar, and the Atari of today is just another third party company with a big name.

[Zap!]

Yet no word of the Flashback 3.

[zektor]

Crap, crap, and more crap.

It is sad. Really sad.

<goes back and hugs Atari consoles>

[j_factor]

Yet no word of the Flashback 3.

Yeah, and that's weird. Wasn't the Flashback 2, like, really successful?

[FrakAttack]

Still waiting for Yars' Return.

[Ze_ro]

The real Atari died with the Jaguar, and the Atari of today is just another third party company with a big name.

I'd argue that Atari died the moment Nolan Bushnell left, since Time Warner and the Tramiels only hurt the company, but whatever.

Anyways, I'm actually really excited about The Witcher, Tekken 6, and Ghostbusters. The future looks bright for Atari for the first time in a long, long while.

--Zero