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!
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!
Antoine Villette, founder of I Am Alive developer Darkworks, has told VG247 he believes Alone in the Dark can still be great, but only if Atari is prepared to make radical changes to its format.
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.
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.
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
With the Nintendo Wii nowhere to be seen officially as far as India is concerned, the country will soon see its first official Wii game this week. Milestone Interactive, PlayStation India's largest distributor, is testing the demand for import Wiis by bringing select Wii titles to the market, as many wonder if this is a precursor to an official launch in India.
A packed videogame release week ahead. See what's new this week for the PLAYSTATION 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS and Sony PSP.
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!
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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