Hot PXL

Atari today announced their new releasedates for december 2006 and 2007. Most interesting is probably Alone in the Dark 4, the game is coming for Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and good old Playstation 2 in March 2007. Complete releaselist: 04.12.06 - Blade Dancer (PSP, RPG) 07.12.06 - Point Blank (NDS, Shooter) 14.12.06 - Totally Spies 2 (NDS, Family) 14.12.06 - Thrillville (PS2/PSP, Simulation) Dezember 2006 - Metal Slug Anthology (PSP, Shooter) 11.01.07 - The King of Fighters XI (PS2, Fighting) 18.01.07 - Arthur &The Minimoys (PS2/PSP/NDS/GBA, Action/Adventure) 18.01.07 - Metal Slug 1 (GBA, Shooter) 25.01.07 - SNK VS Capcom Card Figthers (NDS, Trading Card Spiel) 25.01.07 - Vegas Casino (NDS, Family) 25.01.07 - Actua Pool (NDS, Action) 31.01.07 - Samurai Shodown (PS2, Fighting) Januar 2007 - King of Fighters Maximum Impact 2 inkl. Movie DVD (PS2, Fighting) Januar 2007 - Metal Slug Anthology (Wii, Action) 08.02.07 - Battle Zone (PSP, Action) 15.02.07 - Test Drive Unlimited (PS2/PSP, Rennspiel) 22.02.07 - Hot PXL (PSP, Arcade) 08.03.07 - Bullet Witch (Xbox 360, Action) 22.03.07 - Dungeon & Dragons Tactics (PSP, RPG) 22.03.07 - Tamagotchi Connexion Corner Shop 2 (NDS, Simulation) 29.03.07 - Gunpey (PSP/NDS, Action) März 2007 - Alone in the Dark 7 (PS3/PS2/Xbox 360, Action/Adventure)

Wednesday 4 October 2006 A new set of screens have escaped from the style labs of upcoming PSP minigame collection HOT PXL - for the full effect, make sure you flick between them every five seconds or so. If Nintendo's Wario Ware was a celebration of gaming being gloriously geeky, HOT PXL wants it to be so cool it hurts, mixing modern-day street art and culture with flashbacks to the shaky lines and, yes, hot pixels of '70s Atari arcade games. From what we've played it actually works far

Wednesday 16 August 2006 'Street culture' is getting squished down into tons of microgames in Hot PXL, due for a PSP release in November. Have a look at this new trailer (click the movies tab above) to see just how it works. Hot PXL's compilation of microgames is themed around today's street culture of DJing, breakdancing and buying trainers, and comes across as a sort of hip Wario Ware. The final package will have over 200 games, 10 bosses, two-player mode and an original soundtrack from our

We've managed to get hold of some brand new shots of Atari's hip Wario Ware wannabe, Hot Pxl, which squishes over 200 bite-sized tests of skill and reflexes in to one PSP game. The game has a central character called Djon who is a skater and therefore 'cool'. Gamers must guide him through a colourful pixelated world of micro challenges that draw inspiration from digital and street culture as well as Atari's own videogame heritage. The game has a unique style that's described as 'hip urban'

Decades ago, Atari was a bulwark of innovation in the video-game industry, churning out dozens of creative-but-simple games that hooked a generation of kids. With the announcement of HOT PXL, an oh-so-hip compilation of minigames in the vein of Nintendo's WarioWare games, the company could be going back to its