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The 'Ludicrous Gibs' Gaming Trope Explained
While most gaming tropes help to structure a game and make it marketable, the 'ludicrous gibs' trope is a little more abrasive, unnecessary, and fun.
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Gamer’s Collection of Atari Games Gets Infested By Huge Colony of Ants
A colony of ants takes up residence in a collection of classic Atari games, and the gamer manages to get a picture of the strange occurrence.
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Atari Halts VCS Production, Plans To Focus on ‘Complementary’ Hardware
Atari announces that it is suspending contracts with Atari VCS console manufacturers and plans to focus on complementary hardware in the future.
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Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration's Jaguar Emulator was Built From Scratch
Chris Kohler of Digital Eclipse speaks with Game ZXC about how classic Jaguar games became playable in Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration.
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Digital Eclipse Wants Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration to Offer Players More Than Just Nostalgia
Chris Kohler of Digital Eclipse tells Game ZXC what players can do in Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration beyond experiencing the classics.
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Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration Features 90+ Classic Games and an Interactive Museum
Atari and Digital Eclipse's Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is officially out, offering gamers an interactive timeline of retro games.
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Atari Jaguar Games Coming to Modern Platforms
Atari reveals the upcoming Atari 50: The Anniversary Collection in November will, for the first time, include Atari Jaguar games.
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15 Best Games Launched On Atari ST
The Atari ST possessed quite a few memorable games in its repertoire. These are some of the best and most famous of the bunch.
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LEGO Reveals Incredibly Nostalgic Atari 2600 Set
LEGO's newest classic console kit features the Atari 2600, with the miniature toy console coming with a controller, games, and more.
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10 Video Games That Promote Food & Drink
These food and drink brands were designed to make gamers hungry for more as they featured in different video games over the past decades.
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New Atari Collection Launching With Over 90 Games
Atari and Digital Eclipse team up to celebrate the brand's fiftieth anniversary with a collection of more than ninety retro Atari titles.
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The Story of Van Tran - The Woman Who Made the First Video Game with a Female Protagonist
After over a decade of searching, video game historians finally found the game designer of the first-ever game with a named female protagonist.
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LEGO Atari Set Leaks Online
Details leak about a special LEGO set of the Atari 2600 console to release later this year in celebration of Atari's 50th anniversary.
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7 Facts About The 1983 Video Game Crash
With how huge console gaming is today, it's hard to believe that it nearly died out 40 years ago.
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10 Consoles That Predate The NES (& Their Best Games)
Before Nintendo changed the home gaming market with the NES, there was Atari, Intellivision, and more.
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Atari Combines NFTs with Lootboxes for its 50th Anniversary
As Atari reaches 50 years in business, its recent announcement to combine NFTs and lootboxes has resulted in a lot of negative criticism.
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Long-Lost Atari Jaguar Game Finally Unearthed
An obscure arcade game that runs on Atari Jaguar hardware has finally been preserved over 25 years since its supposed release.
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Atari Files Trademark Renewal For Defunct Studio Ocean
Atari Europe files a trademark application in the European Union for Ocean, a dormant software development studio owned by the company.
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Classic Putt-Putt and Freddi Fish Games Are Coming to the Switch
1990’s point-and-click puzzle adventure games developed by Humongous Entertainment are on their way to Nintendo Switch soon according to trailers.
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Xbox Game Pass Subscribers Should Play Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition Before It's Gone
Xbox Game Pass will be removing some games from its service soon, and among those, Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition is not to be missed.