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Champions Online: One Million Heroes Strong And Growing

3:40AM Mike Fahey | According to developer Cryptic Studios, Super Crecente is just one of more than a million superhero characters created since the launch of the massively multiplayer Champions Online. More »
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New Star Trek Online Screens, Fresh Off The Replicator

1:20AM Mike Fahey | The closed beta test for Star Trek Online is currently underway, and here’s a look at what you’re missing if you aren’t in it. More »
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Everyone Plays Champions Online Free Next Weekend

8:00AM Mike Fahey | Why spend next weekend going out dressed up in costumes and getting drunk when you can stay home, put on a costume and get drunk while playing in Champions Online’s free play weekend? More »
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Atari Randomly Makes A Facebook Photo App

7:20AM Mike Fahey | Atari jumps on the Facebook bandwagon, carrying a knapsack full of kitschy stickers so you can personalise your photos with Atari Photo Sauce. More »
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Atari To Release Project Runway Game, Make It Work

6:40AM Michael McWhertor | Fashionable reality show Project Runway will be fitted for a video game release next spring, courtesy of publisher Atari, with the first licensed title planned for a Wii release. More »
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The PSP Ain’t Afraid Of No Ghosts In November

12:40AM Mike Fahey | After performing admirably on just about every system imaginable, Atari is finally ready to bring Ghostbusters: The Video Game to the PlayStation Portable and PSPgo next month. More »
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Star Trek Online Hides Clothes In Star Trek Blu-ray

7:30AM Mike Fahey | Star Trek fans who buy the Blu-ray version of The Original Series’ third season will find themselves in the Admiralty when Star Trek Online launches next year. More »
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Atari Gets A New Money Man

11:00AM Owen Good | Atari found its new chief financial officer from TheLadders.com. Not that they went literally advertising on the service, which promises careers paying more than $US100,000 annually. They got the guy who was its veep for finance. More »
Culture

First Video Game Ever Sold Is Being Sold

9:00AM Owen Good | Two arcade cabinets for Nolan Bushnell’s Computer Space, regarded as the first commercially sold video game ever, have been listed on eBay. The games, which predated Pong by about a year, are currently going for $US1500 and $US2500. More »
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European Ghostbusters Release Slips Again

11:00PM Luke Plunkett | Thanks to a messy, silly publishing deal between Atari and Sony, Ghostbusters is only out in PAL territories on PS3 and PS2. All other versions have had to wait. And now, will be waiting even longer. More »