Breakout Beyond gets release date and new trailer from Atari
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Atari and Choice Provisions have now shared the release date for Breakout Beyond. The game, a new take on the brick-breaking classic from the developer of Bit.Trip, lands on Nintendo Switch on March 25, 2025.
This is a pretty quick turnaround from announcement to launch. Atari just announced Breakout Beyond less than a month ago, and now we know that it’s only a few weeks out.
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I, Robot announced for Nintendo Switch, new take 1984 Atari game
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Publisher Atari and developer Llamasoft today announced I, Robot and it’s coming to Nintendo Switch. A release is planned for Spring 2025.
I, Robot is Jeff Minter’s reinvention of the classic 1984 Atari arcade shooter of the same name. The game has players taking control of a robot that’s chosen to defy its creators and escape its confinement by navigating across a 3D kaleidoscopic visualizer.
Learn more about it in the following overview:
Atari reveals Breakout Beyond for Nintendo Switch, from Bit.Trip dev Choice Provisions
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Today, Atari unveiled Breakout Beyond in partnership with developer Choice Provisions, the developer behind the Bit.Trip series. It’s due on Nintendo Switch out later in 2025.
Breakout Beyond is a new reimagining of the series that invites players to break on through to the other side. The game features a whole new sideways perspective, 72 levels, and support for two-player co-op.
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RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic update adds touch screen controls, more
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Atari just announced a new touch screen update for RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic.
Players can now quickly access and adjust menus, place pathways and scenery, and construct roller coasters with this new option. There’s more to the patch as well. The team also added in the ability to modify cursor speeds and other visualization settings, as well as expanded tutorials to help new players adapt from mouse and keyboard to gamepad controls.
Accolade Sports Collection launches on Nintendo Switch this month [update: new trailer]
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January 19: The previously-announced Accolade Sports Collection has a release date. According to an eShop listing. it launches on January 30, 2025.
Accolade Sports Collection is a part of the QUByte Classics line. Five different games are included in the package.
Find the lineup of titles and other information in the following overview:
RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic confirms physical release on Nintendo Switch
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Atari shared the news today that it will produce a physical release for RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic on Nintendo Switch. It will be available on April 25, 2025.
RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic just launched digitally earlier in the month. This one combines the best features from two of the original games in the series: RollerCoaster Tycoon and RollerCoaster Tycoon 2.
RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic launch trailer
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Atari is celebrating the new Nintendo Switch version of RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic with the latest trailer. The game made it to the console this week.
For those that need a refresher on what to expect, read the following overview:
RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic coming to Nintendo Switch
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Today, Atari announced that it’s putting RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic on Nintendo Switch. The game will be available on December 5, 2024.
RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic combines the best features from two of the original games in the series, RollerCoaster Tycoon and RollerCoaster Tycoon 2. Players will be able to once again design and build roller coasters and rides.
Lots of additional details can be found in the following overview:
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Atari 50 reveals The First Console War DLC
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Atari and Digital Eclipse are shipping The First Console War DLC for Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration next week, the two companies announced today. It will be available on November 8, in concert with the physical release of Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration Expanded Edition.
The DLC brings along 19 additional playable games and eight video segments that tell the story of Atari’s first major rivalry in the console market. Players can look forward to a deep dive into the video game console market’s landscape of the era, which covers how and why Mattel made the decision to create games for its biggest competitor. Video interviews with M Network programmer Jane Terjung, video game historians Leonard Hermand and Mike Mika, and more are included.
Here’s the full lineup of games:
Accolade Sports Collection announced for Switch
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The QUByte Classics line is expanding with a new release, as Accolade Sports Collection was unveiled for Switch today. It’s being developed in partnership with Atari.
Accolade Sports Collection features five games from the early 90s. The package includes Summer Challenge, Winter Challenge, Hardball 1&2, and Hoops Shut Up and Jam. Players will be able to easily select from the different titles available, and there’ll be support for save states, filters options, manuals, and more.
