In case anyone missed yesterday's good news it looks like Atari are holding off releasing PS3 games until 2007. Anyone who has had the misfortune to play an Atari game in the last 12-18 months will tell you what a creative (and thus financial) mess that company is in. Test Drive Unlimited is the only glimmer of excitement on the horizon. Don't believe me? Here's what Atari CEO Bruno Bonnell said when asked by GamsIndustry.biz about this year's releases.
We have the Arthur franchise, which is a major motion picture out between December and January. For the PSP there's Hot Pxl, which takes full advantage of the Wi-Fi capabilities of PSP, not to mention DBZ on Wii... I think we have very strong titles, and we intend to passionately occupy some of the top positions during the Christmas period.
Excited by that? Thought not. Luckily he didn't specify whether his "top position" target was 17th or 18th in the Xbox 360 charts. For those of us old enough to remember Atari the first time round the current state of the "brand" is enough to make you weep.
