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• Atari acquires MMO developer Cryptic Studios

  Strategy Eye - 2008-12-10

  Atari is acquiring massively multiplayer games MMO developer Cryptic Studios through its parent company Infogrames for an undisclosed amount. Cryptic is known for its contribution to successful MMOs such as City of Heroes. The deal will see Infogrames acquire Cryptic's intellectual property, technology and games in progress. This latest...

  Tags: Developer, Atari Inc., Games, Intellectual Property, Mergers & Acquisitions, Personal Technology, Research & Development, Business Operations, Investment, Finance, Atari, Cryptic Studios, Marie Laigneau

• Gaming Roundup: NatGeo; Music Mogul; Square Enix; Brash Gets Sued; Infogrames/Atari; Top 5 Of 08

  Content Next - 2008-11-19

  —National Geographic gets in game : National Geographic Ventures, the for-profit unit of National Geographic Society is launching a gaming division, and its first title is a free download called Herod's Lost Tomb. The game is accessible via PC, Mac and iPhone, with forthcoming titles being developed for the...

  Tags: National Geographic, Music, Atari Inc., Nintendo Wii, THR, Games, Personal Technology, Tameka Kee, Sony Corp.

• Backyard Football® '09 Kicks Off to North American Retailers

  - 2008-10-21

  - #1 Kids Football Videogame Releases With All-New Features - NEW YORK, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Touchdown! Atari, Inc. announced today the release of Backyard Football '09, the newest installment of the best-selling youth football videogame franchise of all time, for WiiTM, Nintendo DSTM, PlaystationR2 computer entertainment system...

  Tags: Atari Inc., Company, football, Games, NFL, Nintendo Co. Ltd.

• Leonardo DiCaprio lined up to play video game mogul

  - 2008-06-09

  LOS ANGELES AFP — Leonardo DiCaprio is set to play pioneering video game entrepreneur Nolan Bushnell in a biopic about the Atari co-founder's life, it was reported Monday. Daily Variety said screen heart-throb DiCaprio had been attached to produce as well as star in the film about Bushnell, one...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Atari Inc., Games, MARKETING, video

• Revival Of The Videogame Industry: A Nintendo Story

  BNET - 2007-01-04

  Few years back, there were many great videogame consoles released in the U.S., many of them introduced ground breaking games that are considered simple, classic, and fun such as Pac-Man, Pong, Galaga, and Missile Command which are made for videogame consoles like Atari 2600, the Vectrex, Odyssey and Odyssey II,...

  Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., Console, Atari Inc., Associated Content

• Free Stock Profiler.US Subscriptions Offered to Investors.

  - 2006-10-31

  M2 PRESSWIRE-31 October 2006-StockProfiler.US: Free Stock Profiler.US Subscriptions Offered to InvestorsC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:30102006 New York, NY - Selectica (NASDAQ: SLTC); Atari, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATAR); Kintera Inc. (NASDAQ:KNTA); Magic Software Enterprises (NASDAQ: MGIC); Trintech Group Plc (NASDAQ: TTPA); Jacada...

  Tags: Atari Inc., FINANCE, Jacada Ltd., Kintera Inc., Magic Software Enterprises Ltd., Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., SALES, Selectica Inc., stock

• Stocks on the Rise.

  - 2005-06-14

  M2 PRESSWIRE-14 June 2005-WallStreetGrapevine: Stocks on the RiseC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:14062005 Wall Street, NYC--Today, wallstreetgrapevine.com, named; Savi Media Group Inc. (OTC BB: SVMI), Electronic Arts Inc. (Nasdaq NM: ERTS), Atari Inc. (Nasdaq NM: ATAR), and Gold Kist Inc. (Nasdaq NM:...

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• Stock Movers of Note 06/08.

  - 2005-06-08

  M2 PRESSWIRE-8 June 2005-StreetInsider.com: Stock Movers of Note 06/08C1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:08062005 Streetinsider.com's Stock Movers of Note: Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR), ImClone Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: IMCL), SAFLINK Corporation (Nasdaq: SFLK), ArvinMeritor, Inc. (NYSE: ARM), American Ecology Corporation (Nasdaq: ECOL),...

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• Coming Soon: Sorrent Previews 2005 Lineup at E3; Leading Mobile Entertainment Publisher Shows off Original Titles and Licensed Games from Atari, PopCap Games, BitMap Brothers, Cartoon Network, FOX Sports, Twentieth Century Fox

  - 2005-05-16

  LOS ANGELES -- At the 11th annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), to be held May 18-20 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Sorrent, Inc., a leading creator and global publisher of mobile entertainment, will showcase upcoming titles for the second half of 2005. "With E3 right around the corner,...

  Tags: 20th Century Fox, Atari Inc., Games, MARKETING, mobile, network

• Coming Soon: Sorrent previews 2005 lineup at E3; Leading mobile entertainment publisher shows off original titles and licensed games from Atari, PopCap Games, BitMap Brothers, Cartoon Network, FOX Sports, Twentieth Century Fox.

  - 2005-05-16

  M2 PRESSWIRE-16 May 2005-Sorrent: Coming Soon: Sorrent previews 2005 lineup at E3; Leading mobile entertainment publisher shows off original titles and licensed games from Atari, PopCap Games, BitMap Brothers, Cartoon Network, FOX Sports, Twentieth Century FoxC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:16052005 ...

  Tags: 20th Century Fox, Atari Inc., entertainment, Games, MARKETING, mobile, network

• Stock Watch Alert for Tuesday: CNOC, MSPD, ATAR.

  - 2005-01-25

  M2 PRESSWIRE-25 January 2005-PennyPicks.com: Stock Watch Alert for Tuesday: CNOC, MSPD, ATARC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01252005 SARASOTA, Fla. - Chimera Technology Corp. (Pink Sheets: CNOC), Mindspeed Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: MSPD), Atari Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) Aggressive stock traders and investors,...

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• Focus Stocks August 18, 2004: XYNY, BESR, ATAR, SYY, FCX, PLYCF.

  - 2004-08-18

  M2 PRESSWIRE-18 August 2004-InvestSource Inc.: Focus Stocks August 18, 2004: XYNY, BESR, ATAR, SYY, FCX, PLYCFC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:08182004 Stocks in the News: Xynergy Corp. (OTC: XYNY), Bentley Sports Incorporated (OTC: BESR) Atari Incorporated (NASDAQ: ATAR), Sysco Corporation (NYSE:...

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• DRIV3R Launches as Best-Selling Game in The UK

  - 2004-06-30

  NEW YORK -- Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) announced today that DRIV3R has topped the charts in the UK, ranking #1 in its first full week on sale. (Source: Chart Track) Released in the UK on June 22, 2004 for the PlayStationR2 computer entertainment system and the XboxTM video game...

  Tags: Atari Inc., Games, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., U.K.

• It's All Fun and Games

  - 2003-08-18

  In the beginning, Nolan Bushnell created Atari, and it was good. So good that it made its inventor, now 60, into a cult figure for video-game enthusiasts. In advance of his scheduled appearance at last weekend's Classic Gaming Expo in Las Vegas, the man who gave us Pong, Breakout and...

  Tags: Atari Inc., Games, Newsweek

• A registered nurse in the next seat

  - 2001-03-05

  DALLAS NYT -- American Airlines has begun a program to help sick people who are able to fly but might need a nurse's help. Under the plan, offered on only a few flights now, the patient is accompanied by a registered nurse from American's roster for an hourly fee of...

  Tags: American Airlines, Atari Inc., Games, MARKETING, nurse, patient

• Comments and quotes

  - 2000-03-01

  The following comments are chosen to amuse, stimulate and arouse our readers. In keeping with the column's theme, I would like to quote John Bartlett, from his book of Familiar Quotations, "The object of this work is to show, to some extent, the obligations our language owes to various authors...

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• Ted Hoff, Previously of SEGA and Time Warner Interactive, Joins ClickMovie.com as COO

  - 1999-12-07

  SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 7, 1999-- ClickMovie.com, the leader in movie-on-demand technology, announced today that entertainment and electronics industry veteran, Ted Hoff has joined their parent company, Tranz-Send Broadcasting Network Inc., as its chief operating officer. Hoff joins the Tranz-Send management team as the company prepares to launch the...

  Tags: Atari Inc., Branding, Business Wire, entertainment, MARKETING, Sega Corp., Time Warner Inc.

• Interactive Network, Inc. Announces Chief Technical Officer

  - 1999-06-24

  BELMONT, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 24, 1999-- Bruce W. Bauer, president and CEO of Interactive Network, Inc. (OTC BB:INNN) announced the hiring of Dr. Robert Brown as the company's chief technical officer CTO under a multi-year incentives agreement. "This is a very important step forward for our Company," said Bauer....

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• Jefferies & Co. raises rating on Atari Corp

  - 1996-02-14

  LOS ANGELES--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 14, 1996--Analyst Lee Isgur of Jefferies & Co. Inc. raised his rating on Atari Corp. ATC to ACCUMULATE from Hold due to Atari's announced merger with JTS Corp. and the likelihood that Atari's growth in 1996 will accelerate dramatically.CONTACT: Jefferies & Co. Inc.Lee Isgur, 415/263-1417

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• Interactive entertainment industry experts team up at Aristo International Corporation: Nolan Bushnell, Michael Katz, William Cravens, Bobby Orbach

  - 1995-11-20

  NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 20, 1995--Aristo International Corp. (NASDAQ Small Cap-ATSP) is proud to announce its association with these players in interactive entertainment industry.NOLAN BUSHNELL Inventor of PONG. Founder of ATARI. Founder of CHUCK E. CHEESE. Founder of E2000, the latest in interactive location based entertainment.MICHAEL KATZ Former president...

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• CEO: Mr. James Wilson