Alone in the Dark gone Gold

Atari survival title has gone gold; coming to a store near you on 20th/24th June.

Atari today announced that development is complete on the highly anticipated action survival game Alone in the Dark, and the game is on track to ship 20 June in Europe and 24 June in North America for Xbox 360 game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PC, Wii and PlayStation 2 . The PLAYSTATION 3 version is scheduled for autumn 2008.

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Atari, Inc. Appoints Jim Wilson Chief Executive Officer and President

Atari, the financially frail publisher, has announced it has appointed a new CEO and president. Press release below:

Atari, Inc. , an interactive entertainment company, announced today the appointment of Jim Wilson as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and President, effective immediately. Mr. Wilson is assuming the responsibilities of CEO which have been overseen by Curtis G. Solsvig III, Atari, Inc.’s Chief Restructuring Officer since October 2007. Read more

Phil Harrison Appointed as President of Infogrames and joins board of directors

Infogrames Entertainment announces today the appointment of Phil Harrison as President and Directeur Général Délégué of Infogrames Entertainment, reporting to David Gardner. Phil Harrison also joins the Board of Directors With the recent appointment of David Gardner as CEO, Phil and David will together form the basis of a transformational leadership team at Infogrames that will grow the Atari brand into a leading online game company.

Phil Harrison will oversee the Studios and content development for the group. Phil will be in charge of boosting the Group’s publishing activities, notably through reinforcing its franchise portfolio of products, developing its new packaged and online games, and strengthening its internal and external studio capability through attracting world-class design and development talent to the organisation.

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