BIG Festival, the largest games festival in Latin America, is preparing to welcome one of the giants in the gaming market. Atari has confirmed its participation in the event, which will take place at São Paulo Expo from June 28th to July 2nd, promising to surprise fans with many new developments. During BIG, Atari will showcase the highly anticipated trailers for the limited edition of Haunted... more.

Developer Jeff Minter of Llamasoft is known for his original, quirky games, including the arcade smash hit, Tempest. Akka Arrh was a canceled, lost game from Jeff Minter’s long repertoire of releases from Atari, that has recently been remastered for modern console systems (including the Atari VCS). The Nintendo Switch version is no different than the other versions currently available on diff... more.

Atari® — one of the world's most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers — is pleased to reveal today Mr. Run and Jump. An action-platformer in the truest sense, Mr. Run and Jump sends players on a neon-infused journey where only quick reflexes and skillful maneuvering will prove successful against treacherous enemies and a trove of fierce challenges. The frenetic new t... more.

Atari — one of the world's most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers — announced today the acquisition of a dozen retro arcade games, including the '80s classics Berzerk and Frenzy. Atari will seek to expand digital and physical distribution of the classic titles, create new games based on the IPs, and explore brand and merchandising collaborations. Berzerk is a to... more.

Independent video game publisher, Numskull Games has announced it has entered a new publishing partnership with Atari to kick off 2023. The partnership will see Numskull Games release a number of physical titles in Europe with exclusive Collectors Editions available in European regions at major retailers and online stores. Beginning with the recently released Akka Arrh led by Jeff Minter, Numskull... more.

Atari — one of the world's most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers — is thrilled to announce today the next addition to the massively popular Atari Recharged series: Caverns of Mars: Recharged. Based on the classic vertical scrolling shooter, Caverns of Mars: Recharged retains its retro charm and once again sees players descend through the subterranean landscape of ... more.

Graviitar Recharged (i.e. Lunar Battle) is another release in Atari’s long-running Recharged series, where the games receive a modern facelift, involving graphical and sound upgrades, along with re-tweaked gameplay. As the commander of the game’s starship, the player must explore a fictional galaxy snd liberate the available worlds from a hostile, alien race, that has taken residence on the ro... more.

It has been years since Atari released a brand-new IP (the Recharged series not withstanding). Kombinera for the Atari VCS is a new puzzle game that sees the player through 300 levels of obstacles and traps, in an effort to combine balls together. There is no story or villains; Kombinera is purely a video game in every sense of the word. When you start the game for the first time, you are sent rig... more.

A bout of cosmic good fortune comes to all Atari VCS owners as the iconic games publisher Atari announces the timed exclusive launch of Gravitar: Recharged, now available on the system.  Ahead of the global multi-platform launch on June 2, 2022, Atari VCS owners can head for the galactic skies in Gravitar: Recharged as a spaceship captain on a mission to find home. Much like the previ... more.

Atari invites you to revisit (or experience for the first time) the golden age of gaming through the retro reimagining Gravitar: Recharged, coming to all platforms on June 2, 2022. Get your key requests in today to prepare an embargoed scored review or share some early preview impressions — or both! You’re again transported to the golden age of gaming in Atari’s sixth installment in ... more.