Besides publishing games with Super Saiyans Atari releases games with the Gauls in Europe. For years they have been developing games with Asterix, a popular French comic book character. In fact Atari recently published Asterix at the Olympic Games (pictured), a rather fitting tie in with the series on the Wii.   It looks like [...]

Since Dragon Ball Z came to North America there have been so many Dragon Ball Z games. We get at least one a year and each new hardware cycle the games get closer to the look of the anime. In retrospect the only in Japan NES games don’t even feel close. Eye candy is one [...]

Zen Studios, best known for Pinball FX, moved on to make a video game with Rocky & Bullwinkle. Boris, Natasha, Peabody and Sherman show up for the collection of microgames. Microsoft doesn’t say how long each game is, but the tasks seem really simple. Wario Ware simple. In one game you place hats in order [...]

Most odd training games come from Japan where you can master everything from cooking to the history of the Japanese rail system. Driving Theory Training originates in the United Kingdom and it’s coming out this summer to help anxious teens study for their driver's license test. Atari’s project really is a bunch of tests crammed [...]

Metanet’s gold collecting, robot smashing, jumping ninja game is about to leap into retail stores with help from Atari. Confusingly, there are two versions of N+, one for Xbox Live Arcade and a handheld adaptation from Silverbirch Studios. In this group interview we’re focusing on N+ for the Nintendo DS/PSP. David Geudelekian, the Producer of [...]

For a game that can be immediately viewed as a Lemmings clone, Downstream Panic is actually fairly fun.  Sure, the music and the annoying chipmunk-like voices of the fish get repetitive to the point of me just turning the sound completely off, but I liked guiding mindless fish in water to safety. Unlike Lemmings, where [...]

After Namco Bandai unveiled Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit last month it was pretty much guaranteed we were getting it. Atari wouldn't invest money in keeping the Dragon Ball Z license if they didn't have plans to localize the first PlayStation 3 / Xbox 360 game with Goku. The question was when and the answer [...]

I’m honestly not familiar with Sensible World of Soccer, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t chock full of ads for GamesRadar and CVG when it came out in the ‘90s. The Future Publishing sponsored (seriously, is it?) update also includes online play, updated graphics and the ability to customize teams for 800 Microsoft Points ($10). [...]

Giant monsters are awesome, aren't they? Crashing through cities (most often Tokyo), causing all sorts of havoc and mayhem. There's really few things better than a good monster movie. Strangely, however, giant monsters haven't always translated well into video games. Sure, there have been some good ones, like King of the Monsters 2, but there [...]

I love the Budokai Tenkaichi games. Plain and simple. I know there's constant debates among fans over which series is better, the Budokai series or the Tenkaichi series. Personally I've always preferred the Tenkaichi series. Which is why I was so anxious to get my hands on a copy of BT3 for the Wii. I [...]

Dragon Ball Z comes with a hefty price tag. Atari had to make a $2.7 cash payment to FUNimation and lose $0.8 million in recoupable royalty advance. The total sum of $3.5 million means Atari has the exclusive rights to publish Dragon Ball Z games in the USA until January 2010. Since the Dragon Ball [...]

I haven’t played DBZ: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 on the Wii yet so I can’t verify any if this is true. However, Teknoman sent over an e-mail (thanks!!) with a link to the Atari forums where fans are less than pleased about the strongest selling point, online play. An Atari representative confirmed they are aware of [...]

For a game that strives to capture the B-movie cheese of the original Godzilla movies, Godzilla Unleashed does a fine job, but is that good or bad?   Players can choose from a handful of monsters belonging to the Earth Defense Force with differing stats and attacks at the beginning of the game with other [...]

Asteroids and Asteroids Deluxe just popped up on the Xbox Live Marketplace and they are going to be followed by more Atari remakes soon. Real soon. This holiday season Atari is going to release updated versions of Tempest, Battlezone and Warlords. The latter two include features like online play and support for the Xbox Live [...]