On Christmas Day 1982, I unwrapped my very first video game console, an Atari 2600. Although it was released in 1977, it was new to me, and I'm pretty sure the reason my parents got it for me was ...

Nostalgia for so-called “retro games” has been kicking around since the late ’90s, so it might seem shocking that the best-selling home video game for much of the 1980s didn’t get an official ...

Just eight months after Gemini 2.5 launched, Google has upgraded its AI models once again with the release of Gemini 3. Gemini 3 officially began rolling out widely on November 18, and even this early ...

Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is a fascinating journey through the history of Atari, but that timeline couldn't be truly rounded without the inclusion of some Namco classics like Pac-Man and ...

Namco has created some of the most iconic and influential games in video game history, and many of them get ported to modern consoles to this day. This particular release is a bit different, however, ...

Nearly two years after it was first announced the Atari Gamestation Go will launch in October 2025 for $180. Nearly two years after it was first announced the Atari Gamestation Go will launch in ...

Atari and My Arcade are back with new hardware, which isn’t a weird phrase to say in 2025 anymore. The company is following up its recent 2600+ and 7800+ hardware, as well as tributes to its computing ...

Atari has acquired all intellectual property rights to Ubisoft titles Cold Fear, I Am Alive, Child of Eden, Grow Home, and Grow Up, the companies announced. Atari plans to re-release these titles ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Decades ago, Atari games were some of the first titles to leap from arcades to home consoles. Now, a small selection of Atari's re-imagined classics ...

ImportError: No module named 'ale_py' This is probably an installation error. Try: pip install pufferlib[AtariEnv]. Note that some environments have non-python ...

The thing that AI models apparently fear the most? A game console released nearly fifty years ago. We are referring, of course, to the inimitable Atari 2600. Last month, the iconic system embarrassed ...

ChatGPT volunteered to play a 1977-vintage Atari 2600 to a game of chess and came to regret it after the eight-bit chess engine from the age of Disco Fever and the introduction of the Force did better ...