Atari launches nostalgic NFT collectibles for Pong and Centipede
Atari has launched its Atari Capsule Collection of collectible nonfungible tokens (NFTs), which use blockchain technology to uniquely identify collectibles for Pong and Centipede....
Plex Arcade streaming service launches with classic Atari games
The home-video streaming platform Plex is getting into games with Plex Arcade. This is a new service that Plex members can use to stream...
Fred Chesnais interview: On blockchain bets, Atari hotels, and shipping the VCS console
Under CEO Fred Chesnais, Atari is a company with just 28 employees. That’s pretty small for the oldest brand in video games. But during...
Antstream can stream over 1,200 retro games for $10 a month
Cloud gaming has drawn some big companies, like Nvidia, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, to stream some of the biggest hit games to players. But...
DeepMind’s AI automatically generates reinforcement learning algorithms
In a study published on the preprint server Arxiv.org, DeepMind researchers describe a reinforcement learning algorithm-generating technique that discovers what to predict and how...
Xbox co-creator Rob Wyatt sues Atari for failing to pay him for design of VCS console
Xbox co-creator Rob Wyatt has filed a lawsuit against Atari for failing to pay him for the design work he did in creating the...
DeepMind’s Agent57 beats humans at 57 classic Atari games
In a preprint paper published this week by DeepMind, Google parent company Alphabet’s U.K.-based research division, a team of scientists describe Agent57, which they...
Atari’s Pong Quest turns the classic paddle game into an RPG
Atari is taking a break from building hotels because … well, the world is taking a break from hotels. In the interim, the publisher...
The Sandbox blockchain-based world will feature virtual Atari theme park
Animoca Brands and its subsidiary TSB Gaming said that The Sandbox blockchain-based gaming world will feature a virtual Atari theme park. It’s one more...
Atari acquires Wonder, a hybrid mobile gaming and entertainment platform
Atari is acquiring the assets of Wonder, a gaming company that created a hybrid gaming platform for Android mobile devices. It’s a bittersweet moment...