New Atari Games Revealed

Thanks to HomeLANFed for the news that several new Atari games have been revealed on the official site. These include the action title "Chronos", and the much anticipated Civilization IV.

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You sure about that?

[Orne]

Because i just clicked on Show All (after visiting Atari's page linked in the article), and Civilization IV is no longer in the list. Perhaps someone noticed, and retracted the listings.

The internet, it is fleeting...

"offical" statement from Atari

[pjgunst]

There truly is a Civ 4, but we are not announcing anything definitive about it just yet. The majority of Firaxis's programmers at this point are focused on the Sid Meier's Pirates! release this November. But a team has been working on Civ 4 for sometime already.

We'll have more information available in 2005, including features, screenshots, and some sort of launch date.

Best,
Jeff Foley
Sr. Brand Manager
Atari

Re:"offical" statement from Atari

[pjgunst]

always forget to refer to my sources: http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.ph p?s=d9cc8b2fb7f30464c464300cdb8d5f43&threadid=4084 92

quickly scanned the forum for more info... but they seem reluctant to comment on users wishes for Civ4.
Thanks Sid for the great games, been playing them ever since Civ1 was released.

Re:I've been saying for the longest time

[Scrameustache]

The original Atari folded for good in the mid to late 90s.

80's, actually, this is like the 5th fompany or so to use the name. Highly recognised name brand, people feel confident about it, more than about "infogramme" anyway.

Sneaky? You betcha!

Re:I've been saying for the longest time

[chrispyman]

No, Atari never had anything to do with Pacman at all. Namco was the company that made the original Pacman, and the licensed out their US distribution to Bally Midway. Atari did have a few US distribution licenses with Namco, most notably with Pole Position and Dig Dug.