I just logged into Steam to play a quick game of Audiosurf and saw that everyones favorite game publisher Atari has decided to release several of it’s titles for download.

• Act of War: Direct Action
• Act of War: High Treason
• ArmA: Combat Operations
• Atari 80 Classics in 1
• Death to Spies
• Desperados 2: Cooper’s Revenge
• Indigo Prophecy
• RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Platinum
• Tycoon City: New York

I played Act of War: Direct Action around the time of it’s release and remember it being pretty fun.  But, the only game I think I’ll actually pick up is Indigo Prophecy well, until The Witcher is released that is.  It looks like Atari make seriously try and save themselves…

I was browsing around the press site of investors favorite company: Atari, looking for some information on the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons: Tactics PSP game, which not even the main Atari web site has info on… I wasn't really surprised that I didn't find anything - however, I did find some new screens for the upcoming Battlezone remake for the PSP. Battlezone, which was announced back at E3 if I remember correctly, is an updated version of the classic from the 80's. The game puts you in control of a tank and tasks you with blowing stuff up. My kind of game. The four player WiFi and the promise of downloadable content and a level editor make this one to be watched. Fresh yet-to-be-posted-on-IGN screen shots after the cut.

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