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The Metamorphosis Of Atari
1:00AM Brian Crecente | A little more than a year ago Atari snatched up Sony’s Phil Harrison and went into a hibernation of sorts, cocooning itself away from the media as it and parent company Infogrames worked to reinvent itself. More »
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Phil Harrison No Longer President Of Atari
6:20PM Luke Plunkett | Last year, in a major coup for the fledgling company, Atari managed to hire former Sony Worldwide Studios boss Phil Harrison to serve as President. Now? Now he’s no longer President. More »
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10:20AM Michael McWhertor | The history of Sony’s original PlayStation is largely well known to gamers, born of a disagreement with Nintendo, who it once partnered with to provide a CD-ROM drive for the Super Nintendo. More »
Edge Explores The Genesis Of The PlayStation
10:20AM Michael McWhertor | The history of Sony’s original PlayStation is largely well known to gamers, born of a disagreement with Nintendo, who it once partnered with to provide a CD-ROM drive for the Super Nintendo. More »
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Phil Harrison: Why Was God Of War II On PS2, And Not PS3?
10:00PM Luke Plunkett | With the PS2 now in its last days, we can safely look back and say that, yes, God of War II was the machine’s swansong. But it could have been oh so different! More »
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Phil Harrison Originally Wanted To Found His Own Company
11:00PM Luke Plunkett | Phil Harrison, the game industry’s gentlest, most sharply-dressed giant, worked at Sony for 15 years. Then he left. While he ended up joining Atari, turns out the original plan was to start his own company. More »
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What Is Tetsuya Mizuguchi Doing These Days?
6:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Well, not much with N3: Ninety-Nine Nights II, apparently! According to the upcoming issue of Famitsu, Tetsuya Mizuguchi (
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Ghostbusters: Harrison Wants To Prove Activision Wrong
3:20AM Mike Fahey | Atari’s plucky bald president Phil Harrison would to show the world that Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick made a big mistake in dropping the Ghostbusters game from the company’s lineup. More »
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Phil Harrison Is ‘Pretty Confident’ Young Generation Won’t Buy Physical Media
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | One day, Atari’s Phil Harrison believes, physical game media will be no more. No more DVDs, CDs, and no more video games in plastic boxes. Phil’s take: “There’s a generation of kids being born today and probably already alive who I’m pretty confident will never buy a physical media product. They will never buy a DVD, they will never buy a CD, and they will never buy a game in a box.” More »
Atari Combats Resale WIth Expandable Experiences
2:20AM Mike Fahey | With game companies all over the world depressed about the impact used game resales have on the industry, Atari offers up a simple solution – make games people don’t want to let go of. More »
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