Sony's PlayStation Home service may still be months from release, but it's already sooo 5 minutes ago. Or at least Atari says its upcoming online game creation project will make it seem that way.
Atari Online Entertainment senior VP Chris Bergstresser slapped Sony with his virtual glove in a MCV report this morning, saying that Atari's as-of-now PC-only game creation portal would "give people the tools to do whatever the hell they want." (Presumably you'll be able to keep that sort of strong language out of your games.)
The Berginator also said that he appreciated Phil Harrison's Game 3.0 keynote, claiming that it lent legitimacy to Atari's upcoming effort, which "goes further" than Sony's offerings like Home and LittleBigPlanet. Oh, snap!
The unnamed service is due out in summer and is currently US-only. Further details are scant enough to make this just another Web 2.0/Game 3.0 promise on the pile for now, rather than a contender for the user-generated content throne.
Reader Comments (12)
Posted: Apr 5th 2007 11:12AM (Unverified) said
Well unless i see something concrete and is better than LBG i wont believe him.
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Posted: Apr 5th 2007 11:36AM (Unverified) said
Hmm, I can't see if it will work that Atari is making "PSHome" wannabe because Atari is a publisher company, therefore they should stick the idea like Steam, Second Life or MMO gaming or even LBP.
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Posted: Apr 5th 2007 12:14PM (Unverified) said
Love the picture.
Atari is so 15 years ago. I thought they went into the black-market-baby business in like '96.
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Atari is so 15 years ago. I thought they went into the black-market-baby business in like '96.
Posted: Apr 6th 2007 5:03AM (Unverified) said
I know those two guys also, its Steve and Randal. What's their pix doing there?
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Posted: Apr 5th 2007 9:31PM (Unverified) said
I told randy about it and he was confused about what he had to do with atari. He thought it was cool though.
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Posted: Apr 5th 2007 10:20PM (Unverified) said
In case he's curious, it's because I included the stuff about Atari calling Sony's product out, the virtual glove, etc.
And swords are rad.
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And swords are rad.
Posted: Apr 6th 2007 12:09AM (Unverified) said
Don't worry, he thought being included was awesome.
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Posted: Jun 26th 2007 2:13AM (Unverified) said
Alright, I'm interested now. If they can put out a game for The Duelists I will DEFINATLY be one of the first in line to play it.
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