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Atari celebrates 40 years of Pong with iOS game, Xbox 360 mod

Atari celebrates 40 years of Pong with iOS game, Xbox 360 mod
  • Posted November 30, 2012, 11:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Gaming, Industry News With Video
  • Pong, the famed table-tennis arcade game whose mainstream success spawned a burgeoning video game industry celebrated its 40th anniversary yesterday. To commemorate the occasion, Atari released Pong World for iOS, and is offering a chance for its Facebook fans to…

Atari, Microsoft partner to offer eight classic games in HTML5

Atari, Microsoft partner to offer eight classic games in HTML5
  • Posted August 31, 2012, 7:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in The Web, Gaming With Video
  • As part of plans to celebrate Pong's 40th birthday, Atari and Microsoft have announced a partnership that will see the former's classic titles ported to HTML5 and showcase the latter's Internet Explorer 10 browser, set to ship with Windows 8. To start, eight titles will be featured...

Happy Birthday: Atari turns 40 today

Happy Birthday: Atari turns 40 today
  • Posted June 28, 2012, 2:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
  • If you grew up in the 1970s or 1980s, today might very well have a special significance to you. On June 27, 1972, Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney filed incorporation papers for Atari, a move that many say single-handedly helped…

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