NEW YORK, June 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Atari® – one of the most emblematic consumer brands in the world and producers of interactive entertainment – presented today Atari 50: The anniversary celebration, an interactive gaming experience that will hit PCs and consoles this November. Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is a solid interactive story of Atari and the creative people who started the video game industry, told through a combination of classic and modern games, videos and unreleased interviews.
“We can’t think of a better way to celebrate our golden anniversary than to share decades of fun, innovation and talent with our fans around the world through this truly remarkable collection,” said the CEO of ‘Atari, Wade Rosen. “To say it’s an honor to bring this collection to life is an understatement. I speak on behalf of everyone at Atari when I say we are thrilled to share this new Atari experience with the world as a celebration of our 50th anniversary.
Much more than a collection of games, Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is a true interactive story of the iconic publisher and a celebration of the small Silicon Valley team that combined their creativity, curiosity and passion, resulting in what would be Atari. . Through an interactive linear timeline, players access a collection of more than 90 video games organized by era, as well as various files and assets, including early development sketches, hardware diagrams, internal notes, images, videos, and more. ” artifacts “, much of which have never been accessible to the public. Behind each game are the stories of Atari, what happened in the company, what happened to the creation of the games and the hardware they ran on, told by the people who were there.
Unlike any other existing video game collection, Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration emulates eight different Atari hardware platforms in a single package, a true feat of the Digital Eclipse development team. The collection includes titles drawn from five decades: a library of published works depicting the evolution of game development and Atari games that influenced what would become the video game industry as we know it today.
The main features of Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration include:
- Artifacts: access to a rich collection of discovered photos, sketches, early marketing materials and even classic console layouts discovering relevant points of the Atari interactive timeline, all this places the game library of Atari in a historical context.
- Video Games by Era: Explore Atari’s timeline and unlock games over decades as you learn each other’s backgrounds, including their beginnings, and the talented people behind the projects on six platforms: Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, Atari ST, Atari Jaguar, and Atari Lynx.
- Bonus Games: Unlocked by overcoming challenges and discovering certain artifacts, bonus games include dozens of “never completed” games recently completed in the 1980s, new experimental versions of classic titles, and combinations that combine beloved titles. of the time in a single. , fluid experience.
- Expert knowledge through storytelling: the collection is equipped with a handful of never-before-seen interviews with Atari’s leadership, past and present, as well as other prolific names in the gaming industry; complemented, of course, by the video game developers who helped make Atari an industry icon.
- Reimagined and Revised: The Digital Eclipse team created five new games for the collection that reimagined some of the most beloved Atari classics or played with classic game themes such as Haunted House, Neo Breakout, Yars’ Revenge , Vctr Sctr and the famous never. -Airworld finished.
Developed Digital eclipseAtari 50: The Anniversary Celebration will be available in November 2022 on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Series X | S, PlayStation 4 | 5 and Windows PC via Steam and Epic Games Store.
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About Atari
Atari is an interactive entertainment company and an iconic brand of the gaming industry that transcends generations and audiences. The company is recognized worldwide for its licensed products, interactive entertainment and cross-platform. Atari owns and / or manages a portfolio of more than 200 unique games and franchises, including world-renowned brands such as Asteroids®, Centipede®, Missile Command®, Pong® and RollerCoaster Tycoon®. Atari has offices in New York and Paris. Visit us online at www.Atari.com.
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