Atari has a treat for those of you sitting on a cache of Atari 7800 game cartridges — a new compact recreation of the classic home console complete with backward compatibility. The company has ...

On Sept. 29, Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell will make an appearance at Portland Retro Gaming Expo, participating in a panel ...

Funimation, the anime streaming service that first launched in 2016, is finally shutting down next month, after parent company Sony Pictures Entertainment acquired Crunchyroll in 2022. The move ...

Atari mandated that developers submit games for approval to avoid another deluge of crummy titles. It was a noble effort, but the 7800 arrived the same year as the Nintendo Entertainment System ...

Atari is once again bringing back a past classic for modern gamers. Nearly one year to the day since the company revealed the Atari 2600+, the company has unveiled a faithful recreation of the ...

There must be at least a few retro gamers with lingering nostalgia for the Atari 7800 ... infamously debuted the same year as the Nintendo Entertainment System, so the Japanese game giant quickly ...

With his arrest this week, Sean “Diddy” Combs joins a short list of celebrities prosecuted for sex crimes in the wake of the #MeToo movement ...

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Are you craving a new roguelite game? Well, strangely enough, Atari and Orbit Studio have announced the release of Haunted House, a roguelite horror/stealth game—based on the 1982 classic Atari ...

As a reintroduction to a long forgotten game, Yars Rising is effectively outside the box and would be a great foundation for a sequel that leans further into crafting its own identity. But stuck in ...

The Legal Entertainment authors discuss legal issues affecting the entertainment industry. From developments in intellectual property and contracts to changes in insurance and media law ...

It’s not often that I get to write about a console that’s as old as I am, but here we are. Atari has just announced a renewed ...