Atari has relaunched its website, Atari.com, with free browser-based versions of six classic games. It’s like the early 80s all over again. Read on for Asteroids and more…
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Can’t wait to play 
Activision and Atari have gone on a splurge, announcing a slew of new games due for arrival 2009 and beyond. In the pipe are an Infinity Ward-developed sequel to their award-winning Call Of Duty high-point Modern Warfare, more Dungeons & Dragons games including a sequel to Baldur’s Gate and a Tony Hawk you won’t play “with a controller in your hands”, according to an Activision rep.
Gill and Ken Murdoch, aged 54 and 66 from Scotland: “did not even know what ‘peer to peer’ was”. That didn’t stop lawyers acting on behalf of Atari of accusing them of illegally sharing the game Race 07: Official WTTC Game and threatening the Murdochs with court unless they paid £500 in compensation.
It’s lunchtime already. Stop what you’re doing. Grab a sandwich and settle down for a recap of everything gadget-shaped you’ve missed this morning.
The iPhone has made a splash in the gaming world since the launch of the app store. It’s already been claimed by Sega America president Simon Jeffery that it’s as powerful as a Dreamcast console, and now Atari’s president (and former PlayStation boss) Phil Harrison says it’s a model of “handheld innovation”.