Atari coming out pretty strong for 2009

[Queasy]

Interesting to see Atari trying to revive themselves under former Sony exec Phil Harrison.

On top of the titles listed in the subtitle, Atari wants to bring back Baldur's Gate, D&D, and the Test Drive series.

Ghostbusters - June 2009 for PS3 and 360. Trailer. Coming out for the Wii too but it is supposed be different. Kotaku - What's different on the Wii. DS as well.

Tekken 6 - Fall 2009 for PS3 and 360

Chronicles of Riddick - remake of original Chronicles of Riddick with 10 hours of additional single-player content and multiplayer. Spring 2009 for PS3 and 360. Trailer. TeamXbox Preview

Ready 2 Rumble boxing for the Wii in Spring 2009. The good news, is that Ready 2 Rumble boxing is back. The bad news is that it looks like they screwed the characters by going with caricatures of famous people to the point that it looks more like Celebrity Deathmatch. Trailers.

I mentioned The Witcher earlier in this thread

Atari also bringing Baldur's Gate, Dungeons & Dragons, and Test Drive back. Probably after 2009 though.

Publisher Atari is planning to resurrect several of its beloved franchises, including Baldur's Gate, Dungeons & Dragons and Test Drive--just not in the next year.

"You will hear more from these but not today, because we're focused on 2009," said Phil Harrison, president of Atari owner Infogrames, according to Eurogamer.

PC entries in the Baldur's Gate series have been traditionally developed by BioWare, which is now owned by rival publisher EA. The last Baldur's Gate release on PC, the Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal expansion, arrived in 2001. BioWare is currently plotting its returning to the realm of PC fantasy-RPGs with next year's Dragon Age.

The Baldur's Gate series has also hit consoles, beginning with PlayStation 2 in 2001 and followed by an Xbox and GameCube release in 2002. All three were developed by Snowblind Studios. Black Isle then helmed a 2004 sequel for PS2 and Xbox.

As for Test Drive, the racing series has laid dormant since Test Drive Unlimited, which hit Xbox 360 in 2006 and then hit PC, PlayStation 2 and PSP in 2007. The PC and 360 editions were developed by Eden Games, with Melbourne House handling the others.

 

[R Nilla]

Looking forward to The Witcher, and still hoping that Ghostbusters won't be complete garbage.

Test Drive Unlimited is actually a pretty solid game. The physics aren't great but I really enjoyed it. Hopefully the next one is a similar open world experience.

 

[Kabob]

Tekken 6 should do well, especailly since Xbox owners have been left out thus far. Chronicles of Riddick was a fantastic game on the PC (never played the Xbox version), wonder how this one will do?

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: kabob983
Tekken 6 should do well, especailly since Xbox owners have been left out thus far. Chronicles of Riddick was a fantastic game on the PC (never played the Xbox version), wonder how this one will do?

Riddick on the Xbox was fantastic as well. One of the best looking and best playing games. The fact that they are rebuilding it with even better graphics and basically adding a sequel on the same disk makes this probably one of the best games for the money in 2009 (assuming it doesn't come out completely broken).

 

[Kabob]

Yeah, I was totally unprepared for how good CoR: EFBB was, although my one big gripe with it is I just don't think it was long enough. Hopefully this will clear that up.

 

[gorcorps]

I've played the original Riddick game quite a bit on the PC, but I'll definitely be getting the new one when it's released for the 360. It doesn't matter if the new content sucks for some reason, the old game with new graphics is still going to be great.

 

[teb468]

I'm scared for Baldur's Gate if they are going to try and do it like the originals. If its supposed to be like the console versions, I won't care as much.