Week of July 2, 2006

We've posted three new high-res images of El Matador and twenty(!) new super high-res images of Timeshift. Do enjoy!

El Matador for the PC

Timeshift for the PC and Xbox 360

Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) today announced the Company has signed a deal with Playlogic Entertainment to distribute the new action-adventure role-playing game Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales throughout Europe, the US and Asia. Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales dares gamers to become the mightiest and most dreaded pirate of the sea. The game is scheduled for release for the Windows platform in September 2006.

Developed by Russian developer Akella, the creators of Sea Dogs, Age of Sail II, and Pirates of the Caribbean, Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales invites players to experience all the swashbuckling excitement and reckless adventuring of a pirate’s life on the Caribbean Sea during the 17th century.

“Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales is an exciting title to add to our PC line-up,” said Rick Mehler, Director of Marketing, Atari, Inc. “Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales provides a deep role playing experience that encourages development of captain, crew, ships, towns, fighting abilities, weapons and more. With a chest full of features, Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales is a treasure of a game.”

“We are very excited that Atari is our distribution partner for Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales,” said Stefan Layer, Vice President and Chief Marketing & Sales Officer, Playlogic. “Atari has an excellent worldwide distribution network, a highly motivated team and the right marketing approach. We are looking forward to working with them.”

In Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales, players take the role of reckless fortune-hunter Blaze or alternatively his red-headed daredevil stepsister Beatrice, and sail the rough seas in a tall ship with a loyal crew of vicious cutthroats and fierce corsairs. As players navigate through the Caribbean Sea, they will encounter massive naval battles and sword fights, take on challenging quests, conquer and manage colonies, trade goods and plunder merchant convoys to make fortunes.

Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales features a wealth of gaming treasures such as 16 different sail ships, varying weather conditions, day and night cycles, multiplayer battles with up to 16 opponents and multiplayer modes including Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Defend the Convoy and Capture the Fort.

For more information on Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales, visit www.ageofpiratesthegame.com. For more information about Atari’s entire product line up visit www.atari.com

Monte Cristo today released further details and eight new images of their RPG Silverfall.

Dreamcatcher sent along eight new images of Genesis Rising: The Universal Crusade, a real-time strategy game in the works from Metamorf Studios.

Schanz Games updated the website for Grotesque- Heroes Hunted, their RPG with an "ironic undertone and absorbing story line." The website has three new images from the game.

We've posted three new images of Sword of the Stars, the 4X strategy game from Kerberos Productions, the makers of Homeworld: Cataclysm.

Ascaron, pulbisher of the upcoming western-themed Call of Juarez for the PC, released eleven new screenshots of the game, all in high-rez glory.

Adventure gamers rejoice, for there is a new title coming to the PlayStation 2 in October. Rule of Rose, a pyschological suspence adventure from Sony Computer Entertainment, will make it's way to the console. We've got eight new images and some details about the game.