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'Ghostbusters' tops video game sales chart
Published July 3, 2009, 4:15 pm, New Orleans Times-Picayune
Charm of original cast and deft cinematic plotting put 'Ghostbusters: The Video Game' atop the sales chart.
Source Code of Several Atari 7800 Games Released
Published July 3, 2009, 3:36 pm, Slashdot
jadoon88 writes to share a series of old Atari 7800 games that have been unofficially open sourced. "Remember Dig Dug or Centipede or Robotron? They used to be favorites when Atari's 7800 series was still around. Since the era of those consoles is over, and a different world of interactive reality gaming has taken over, Atari has unofficially released source code of over 15 games for the coders ...
Test Drive Unlimited 2 rumoured
Published July 3, 2009, 9:18 am, Ferrago
Eden racing sequel spied online Atari could well be back in the racing genre, with supposedly leaked Test Drive Unlimited 2 art surfacing on a forum (thanks Gamersyde ). It is unclear if this artwork is genuine, but if it is then it seems likely that Eden are once again at the helm, as they were for the 2007 original. The first Test Drive Unlimited was released for the Xbox 360 and PC, although ...
1979 Asteroids video game being made into a movie
Published July 3, 2009, 8:48 am, Geek.com
Universal Studios has secured the rights to take the classic Atari video game Asteroids to the big screen following a four-studio bidding war. While no official storyline exists for Asteroids, it will be up to writer Matthew Lopez to create a convincing story around the relatively simplistic “shoot the asteroids” video game concept. The relatively simple [...]
What's Next: Obama gives 'Einstein' the go-ahead, while China gives 'Green Dam' a thumbs-down
Published July 3, 2009, 6:50 am, BetaNews
Plus: If you put up a Web site and name it after you and you're a federal judge, you might not want a bunch of weird nudity hanging around on it.
Asteroids Approach
Published July 3, 2009, 6:16 am, IGN Movies
Asteroids could be landing on a cinema screen near you soon, with Universal announcing plans to make a film version of the classic Atari videogame.
Dragon Ball License Acquired by Namco Bandai
Published July 3, 2009, 6:16 am, Gamers.com
Among Atari's woes of the past few years was the conflict with FUNimation over the rights to the Dragon Ball franchise in the U.S.
Universal to Exploit "Asteroids" Next
Published July 3, 2009, 6:06 am, TheCelebrityCafe.com
The intrepid voyage of the S. S. Triangle.
South Park's Guide to Gaming
Published July 3, 2009, 5:49 am, IGN TV
South Park (TV) We look at South Park's take on videogames over the years.
An Asteroids movie? Yep
Published July 3, 2009, 5:03 am, Big Download Blog
Filed under: Culture , Action There are only a few games with less of a story than Asteroids . The classic sci-fi shooter from Atari is bascially you shooting stuff that are supposed to be rocks in space with an icon that's supposed to be a laser-armed space ship. Pac-Man has more of a plot. Yet, the Hollywood Reporter states that several studios were actually in a recent bidding war to get the ...
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