Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration “The Wider World Of Atari” DLC Launches September 26th 2024

Publisher Atari and developer Digital Eclipse have announced a new DLC for Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration.

The DLC is titled “The Wider World Of Atari”, and will add 19 additional games and 8 new video segments. It will be released on September 26th 2024. The 19 games will be revealed by Youtuber MetalJesusRocks a day earlier on Septemebr 25th.

“The Wider World of Atari” includes 19 playable games and eight video segments in a completely new timeline, and takes a series of deep dives into stories from Atari history, showing how Atari continued to influence creators and fans over the decades.

Here’s what to expect in the new downloadable content expansion:

• Unusual and underappreciated Atari 2600 innovations as well as hidden gems from the 1980s.
• A spotlight on the artist Evelyn Seto, who helped create Atari’s iconic logo.
• The community’s quest for unreleased prototypes and the preservation of gaming history.
• Archival and contemporary interviews from employees, fans, and homebrew developers.

“The Wider World of Atari” includes new interviews, vintage ads, historical artifacts, and more have all been researched and presented with Digital Eclipse’s signature style. Highlights from the new timeline include unusual and underappreciated innovations and hidden gems from the late 1980s; a spotlight on the artist Evelyn Seto, who helped create the iconic “Fuji” Atari logo; Pong creator Al Alcorn explaining the birth of Breakout; and an exploration of the fan base’s role in discovering unreleased prototypes, creating “homebrew” games, and preserving Atari history.

A second DLC, titled “The First Console War,” has also been confirmed to launch on November 8th 2024 alongside a Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration Expanded Edition physical release.

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