May 25, 2006
Atari Wins Fans, Honors and Accolades at E3
2006
Test Drive Unlimited Playable Demo Cleans Up
on Xbox 360 Marketplace for E3 Week
Following a successful showing at the 2006
Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), Atari, Inc. received numerous
accolades from key US websites and critics for its diverse line up. The full
list of games on show and playable in Atari’s arcade-style booth included Arthur
and the Minimoys PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable)
system, Nintendo DS™, Game Boy® Advance and Windows platform, BattleZone PSP
system, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS®: Tactics™ PSP system, Dragon Ball Z®: Budokai
Tenkaichi 2 PlayStation®2 and Wii™, Earthworm Jim PSP system, HOT PXL PSP
system, Neverwinter Nights™ 2 Windows, Super DBZ® PlayStation®2, Test Drive®
Unlimited Xbox360, PSP system and Windows, and Age of Elements (working title)
PSP system.
Alone in the Dark, the ground-breaking, upcoming
action-survival title in development by Eden Studios, was shown by appointment
only and earned the Best Adventure Game award from TeamXbox.com.
Away from the show floor, Microsoft’s initiative,
“E3: Bringing It Home,” brought gamers closer to the E3 experience with an offer
of a weeklong free Xbox Live® Gold membership and resulted in phenomenal
consumer response. The Test Drive Unlimited Xbox 360 playable demo was
downloaded close to 200,000 times from Xbox Live® Marketplace in one short week,
bringing the demo in third place overall amongst all downloads during the
promotion. Players can view global rankings and give feedback on the demo
exclusively at
www.testdriveunlimited.com.
