I guess the joke is that modern game design turns everything into an RPG, but this is a little ridiculous, right?

Opening up eight themed hotels across the United States, one has to wonder if Atari has just accepted that making games just isn’t for them any more.

The next acquisition on THQ Nordic’s plate? None other than Alone In The Dark, a video game series based on a highly successful Uwe Boll movie. I think, my memory is fuzzy on this one. Released all the way back in 1992, the original Alone In The Dark was a masterpiece of its time, utilising new 3D models in two dimensional environments to paint a picture of suspense and chills.

Imagine you spent over three decades collecting everything. If you did just that, then you might have a library of games and consoles that rivals that of New Jersey resident and video game author Bill Loguidice, who has decided to sell a massive chunk of history in an upcoming interactive entertainment auction.

At E3 this year, Atari announced that it would be returning to the hardware business, with a brand new console. They've now revealed that it's a mini Linux Pc.

The Atari Speakerhat is a baseball-style cap with high-fidelity stereo speakers and microphone that can connect instantly to any Bluetooth-enabled device. I have a hat. I have a speaker! UGH! Speakerhat!

Atari is back in the hardware business with a new machine that's set to play retro games and current ones. It sure is sexy, but will it be any good?

The company that kicked off mainstream console gaming will soon be re-entering the console hadrware business. Yes, Really. No, they're probably not trying to take on Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft.