ATARI UK are running a January Sale of their own, suggested by a brief visit to the online ATARI store. Available now til 10th February, 2009, any purchases with a total value exceeding £9.99 will be eligible for a £3 discount – equivalent to a 30% reduction on many titles!
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That Gaming Site Writes: "Since it's release Alone in the Dark has received some pretty harsh criticism regarding the control scheme. Even we here at That Gaming Site admit the controls could use some work! Atari has taunted us with a patch that may never make it to the Xbox 360 and PC versions of the game! Instead of waiting for the day that may never come we have found a way to make your experience with the controls a little more tolerable!"
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Gamedaily.biz writes: "Break out the champagne. After endless losses, Atari has posted a net income of $3.5 million for its first quarter. The release of Alone in the Dark was a big factor.

A couple weeks ago French publisher Infogrames reported its own first quarter fiscal results, revealing a 91 percent rise in sales, which was driven in large part by a "strong recovery" of the U.S. business (i.e. Infogrames' subsidiary Atari). Today, Atari announced its own fiscal results, and Infogrames wasn't kidding: Atari posted a profit of $3.5 million for the quarter, a vast improvement from the net loss of $11.9 million during the same period last year."
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Atari have announced that Alone in the Dark for PS3 will be undergoing improvements, rather than just being a direct port of the Xbox 360 version.
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Videogamer writes: "Atari has revealed it wants more from its major summer release, Alone in the Dark, despite the title placing at No.1 in the Xbox 360 chart and at No.3 in the All Formats chart.

"The positive review scores continue to come in and marketing support is scheduled to run through to the end of August," Atari product manager Ben Walker told MCV. "Our target now is to build upon the start and keep Alone in the Dark selling through-out the summer"

We found Alone in the Dark to be one of the most disappointing games of the year so far, scoring only 6/10 despite much early promise and plenty of good ideas"
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Highlights this week include Battlefield: Bad Company (Xbox 360/PS3), Alone in the Dark (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC) and The Sims 2: IKEA Home Stuff (PC).

Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the week of June 22, 2008 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Sony PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS, and PC!
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Atari has issued a statement to Gamesindustry.biz about the recent reviews of Alone in the Dark. The company said that it's happy with UK reviews of AITD, but refused to comment when asked about the legal rumours that have started appearing on the web.

"We're happy with the review scores in the UK," a spokesperson explained. "We believe the game speaks for itself."
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Ripten's Chad Lakkis writes:

"The past few weeks of videogame publisher drama have been for the most part dedicated to the dispute between Tecmo and their former Rockstar/Director Tomonobu Itagaki, however Tecmo will need to move over and make room for another old school publisher.

German videogame site 4players.de claims to be involved in apparent legal battle with Atari stemming from the sites review of "Alone in the Dark", a multiplatform horror/action game published by Atari in June of 2008.

Keeping in mind that the original article is in German, and it is well beyond the "normal" business hours we would utilize to obtain a comment from Atari, we were able to loosely interpret the following information from the public complaint aired on the German gaming site:"
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There's quite a list of games due for release tomorrow across Europe, check 'em out below. Notable titles include survival horror Alone In The Dark 5 and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
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From XboxOZ360:

"Okay gamers, time to get your friends together for an additional competition from Atari regarding the great Alone In The Dark game due for release early July. You need to form the largest group of friends in Facebook and 'Keep The Home Fires Burning' in order to win some excellent prizes.

The flame of the 'Keep the Fire Burning' competition is being passed on to Facebook following the launch of the original competition on the official Alone in the Dark website www.CentralDark.com. The competition will run until 31 July 2008 with prizes including Xbox 360 and Wii consoles, and Alone in the Dark original soundtrack CDs.

Entrants to the 'Keep the Fire Burning' competition will need to create the largest group of friends for the chance of winning an inferno of prizes."
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XboxOZ360 writes:

Atari today announced that development is complete on the highly anticipated action survival game Alone in the Dark, and the game is on track to ship 3 July in Australia and New Zealand for Xbox 360TM game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PC, Wii and PlayStation® 2. The PLAYSTATION®3 version is scheduled for spring 2008.

"'Central Park is hiding a secret. Over the course of one apocalyptic night trapped in Manhattan's vast parkland, hero Edward Carnby must fight the unimaginable to survive and uncover the earth-shattering truth. New York will never be the same again.

Developed by Eden Games, Alone in the Dark for Xbox 360 and PC aims to change what gamers expect from action games with a ground-breaking reinvention of the classic franchise which debuted in 1992 and created the survival horror genre. Continuing the legacy of innovation of that first game, the new Alone in the Dark re-imagines the genre with engrossing cinematic presentation, compelling gameplay challenges and a thrilling narrative story arc..."
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Senior producer Nour Polloni explained that the PS3 version "is not performing as well on PS3" in terms of frame rate, but reassured PS3-owners that it's "not that far off".

Polloni revealed that despite the delay, both the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of Alone in the Dark will contain the same content.
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Here's a compilation of videos from the upcoming Alone In The Dark game, only about one month away from release (6/24/08). One of the unique features of the survival horror game is how videos will be used to set the stage for gameplay. Video clips will be presented when saved games are launched to recap what happened. The game also promises to keep players in suspense with a teaser video when players exit out of the game.

GameStop is offering a free t-shirt and soundtrack with all editions (wiht pre-orders). The Xbox 360 version also gets an additional $10 off.
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GamePro writes: Amid the rising trend of unfinished games, Atari's upcoming Alone in the Dark will let players skip forward to see the ending, provided you complete a "substantial" part of the game first.
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Atari and MILAN RECORDS recently announced the May 24, 2008 release of the soundtrack to the highly anticipated survival-horror game, Alone in the Dark. The score was composed by Olivier Deriviere and performed by, Grammy Award-winning choir The Mystery of Bulgarian Voices.

Regarding the music of Alone in the Dark, Nick Bobetsky, VP Sales and Marketing, MILAN RECORDS said, "For its first release of a video game soundtrack, Milan Records is very proud to be associated with such a classic series as Alone in the Dark. This is an original and powerful soundtrack, which goes beyond what you would normally expect in a video game."
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See a few updates on the gameplay and characters in the upcoming Alone In The Dark. Videos showing scaling a crumbling building (and flying car) and a parking garage escape. A few screenshots as well.

Alone In The Dark will be available on the Xbox 360, Wii, PC, and PS2 on June 24, 2008. A PLAYSTATION 3 release is also coming, although the release date has not been confirmed.
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Now, fans of the original survival horror videogame franchise, Alone in the Dark, can log on to the new, official website [www.centraldark.com/us], and join Edward Carnby in his search to discover just how deep the mysteries of Central Park go. The new website offers an immersive experience for visitors to investigate the graphically impressive and technically advanced world of Alone in the Dark's fully-realized Central Park, and in the process, uncover the incredible level of interaction and depth of gameplay that promises to make Alone in the Dark a game unlike anything before it.
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A downloadable demo for the Xbox 360 edition of Alone in the Dark will not arrive until the title nears launch, according to a forum post from Atari Europe community administrator Tenebra.

Tenebra had previously indicated that a demo was in the planning stages for PC, X360 and PS3, with a debut planned for early May. Claiming they were given incorrect information, the administrator later clarified that an Xbox 360 demo would hit around the game's release, with "no confirmations on other formats."
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VG247:

'Speaking to videogaming247, Atari has just confirmed that Alone in the Dark will hit Europe on June 20 in Europe and June 24 in the US.

The game has been put back from May to ensure the game's as good as it can be.

"The game has been delayed to allow Eden Games - obviously, they're an Atari-owned studio - to polish the game to an even higher standard. Wwe want to ddeliver the best possible experience to gamer, because we have a remarkable product.

"We've been getting an incredible response from the people that have seen it in demos. We'll soon be supplying code to the market."'
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VG247:

"Atari has indicated that confirmation of a solid release date for the stunning-looking Alone in the Dark is likely to happen before the end of March.

"Just May for now, I'm afraid," said an Atari rep, speaking to vidoegaming247 this morning, "but we don't have a specific date I can give you now, unfortunately. In the next month we should have a better idea."

The spokesperson gave an emphatic "yes" when asked if the survival horror game would make its launch. Which is hella good news."
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