- High Quality, Varied Line Up Attracts Critics' Praise at 2006 Electronic
Entertainment Expo, Test Drive Unlimited Playable Demo Cleans Up on Xbox
360 Marketplace for E3 Week -
NEW YORK, May 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Following a successful
showing at the 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), Atari, Inc.
(Nasdaq: ATAR) received numerous accolades from key US websites and critics
for its diverse line up. The full list of games on show and playable in
Atari's arcade-style booth included Arthur and the Minimoys PlayStation(R)2
computer entertainment system, PSP(TM) (PlayStation(R)Portable) system,
Nintendo DS(TM), Game Boy(R) Advance and Windows platform, BattleZone PSP
system, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS(R): Tactics(TM) PSP system, Dragon Ball Z(R):
Budokai Tenkaichi 2 PlayStation(R)2 and Wii(TM), Earthworm Jim PSP system,
HOT PXL PSP system, Neverwinter Nights(TM) 2 Windows, Super DBZ(R)
PlayStation(R)2, Test Drive(R) Unlimited Xbox360, PSP system and Windows,
and Age of Elements (working title) PSP system.
Alone in the Dark*, the ground-breaking, upcoming action-survival title
in development by Eden Studios, was shown by appointment only and earned
the Best Adventure Game award from TeamXbox.com.
Away from the show floor, Microsoft's initiative, "E3: Bringing It
Home," brought gamers closer to the E3 experience with an offer of a
weeklong free Xbox Live(R) Gold membership and resulted in phenomenal
consumer response. The Test Drive Unlimited Xbox 360 playable demo was
downloaded close to 200,000 times from Xbox Live(R) Marketplace in one
short week, bringing the demo in third place overall amongst all downloads
during the promotion. Players can view global rankings and give feedback on
the demo exclusively at http://www.testdriveunlimited.com.
Atari's E3 2006 awards and nominations from key US websites are
detailed below.
Alone in the Dark (Xbox 360, PlayStation(R)3 computer entertainment
system, Windows)
Winner Team Xbox E3 2006 "Best Adventure Game" Award.
http://e3.teamxbox.com/2006/awards/
Arthur and the Minimoys (PlayStation(R)2, PSP system, Nintendo DS(TM),
Game Boy(R) Advance and Windows)
Runner-Up for IGN E3 2006 "Best PS2 Surprise" Award.
http://ps2.ign.com/articles/709/709253p7.html
Dungeons & Dragons: Tactics (PSP system)
Runner-Up for IGN E3 2006 "Best PSP Role-Playing Game" Award.
http://psp.ign.com/articles/709/709254p3.html
Runner-Up for IGN E3 2006 "Best PSP Strategy Game" Award.
http://psp.ign.com/articles/709/709254p4.html
Dragonball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 (PlayStation(R)2)
Runner-Up for IGN E3 2006 "Best PS2 Fighting Game" Award.
http://ps2.ign.com/articles/709/709253p2.html
Nominated for 1up E3 2006 "Best Fighting Game" Award.
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3150431
Earthworm Jim (PSP system)
Nominated for IGN E3 2006 "Biggest PSP Surprise" Award.
http://psp.ign.com/articles/709/709254p7.html
Neverwinter Nights 2 (Windows)
Winner GameSpot E3 2006 "Best Role Playing" Award
http://www.gamespot.com/features/6151435/p-17.html
Finalist for GameSpot E3 2006 "Best Stage Demo" Award
http://www.gamespot.com/features/6151435/p-4.html
Runner-Up for IGN E3 2006 "Best PC RPG" Award.
http://pc.ign.com/articles/709/709220p2.html
Nominated for IGN E3 2006 "Best Role-Playing Game" Award.
http://games.ign.com/articles/709/709355p3.html
Nominated for Game Critics E3 2006 "Best RPG" Award
http://www.gamecriticsawards.com/nom.html
Honored for GameDaily E3 2006 Nod Awards
http://www.gamedaily.com/Specials/GameDaily-Nod/?page=7
Super DBZ (PlayStation(R)2)
Runner-Up for IGN E3 2006 "Best PS2 Fighting Game" Award.
http://ps2.ign.com/articles/709/709253p2.html
Honored for GameDaily E3 2006 Nod Awards
http://www.gamedaily.com/Specials/GameDaily-Nod/?page=7
Test Drive Unlimited (Xbox360, PSP system and Windows)
Winner of Game Trailers E3 2006 "Best Racing Game" Award.
http://www.gametrailers.com/e32k6bestof.php
Finalist for GameSpot E3 2006 "Best Racing Game" Award.
http://www.gamespot.com/features/6151435/p-16.html
Runner-Up for Team Xbox "Best Racing Game" Award.
http://e3.teamxbox.com/2006/awards/
Nominated for Game Critics "Best Racing Game" Award.
http://www.gamecriticsawards.com/nom.html
Honored for GameDaily E3 2006 Nod Awards
http://www.gamedaily.com/Specials/GameDaily-Nod/?page=7
Age of Elements (working title) (PSP system)
Nominated for IGN E3 2006 "Best PSP Fighting Game" Award.
http://psp.ign.com/articles/709/709254p1.html
For more information about Atari's entire product line up visit
http://www.atari.com.
About Atari
New York-based Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) develops interactive games
for all platforms and is one of the largest third-party publishers of
interactive entertainment software in the U.S. The Company's 1,000+ titles
include hard- core, genre-defining franchises such as DRIVER(TM), The
Matrix(TM) (Enter The Matrix and The Matrix: Path of Neo), and Test
Drive(R); and mass-market and children's franchises such as Nickelodeon's
Blue's Clues(TM) and Dora the Explorer(TM), and Dragon Ball Z(R). Atari,
Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary of France-based Infogrames
Entertainment SA (Euronext - ISIN: FR-0000052573), the largest interactive
games publisher in Europe. For more information, visit
http://www.atari.com.
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CONTACT:
Andrea Schneider for Atari, Inc.,
+1-212-726-4259
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