In the history of video gaming, Atari's Breakout is arguably second only to Pong - the Atari title that preceded and influenced it. And for such a basic game, the story of its creation is genuinely ...

Utterly obsessed with gaming, anime, and manga for the past 25 years, Carley attended Florida State University, graduating with a degree in Japanese in 2012. A professional Japanese/English translator ...

In the early 1980s, Atari could do no wrong. They created the arcade and home video game market, and had over an 80 percent share of the latter. By the year 2000, they were an afterthought. A cool ...

I’ve always had a soft spot for the Breakout and Arkanoid games. Smashing bricks with a paddle-shaped spaceship is very satisfying, and watching decimating combos unfold with multiball attacks on said ...

Atari and developer Choice Provisions (the studio behind Bit.Trip) announced Breakout Beyond, a reimagining of the classic game series. The game is coming to PC and console later this year. It’s been ...

Proving that truly no IP is safe from modern reboot culture, Atari’s Breakout is back. The upcoming version of the simple 1976 brick-smashing hit rotates the playing field by 90 degrees and adds ...

Breakout Beyond brings back the classic brick-busting arcade classic and puts a twist on it with new gameplay, progression, and features. Atari is returning to the classic Breakout series for its next ...

PortalOne, which touts itself as “the world’s first hybrid games platform,” has extended its partnership with Atari by today adding Breakout to its unique service–and you’ll be able to duke it out ...

PortalOne has turned multiplayer games into game shows, and now it’s enabling players to see if they can beat Atari cofounder Nolan Bushnell at Atari’s Breakout. In this hybrid game-show platform, ...