Atari six-month revenue halves as online income increases

Didn't expect that.

@ GeneralArrow well in the article it says Atari publishes it. Quote from article: Atari owns Cryptic Studios, developer of Star Trek Online and Champions Online, and also publishes Dungeons & Dragons Online. so it does have something to do with DDO and I just said that I like to play it. what's the big deal?

rah ! rah! yakity smakity!!

DDO FTW!

The fact that cryptic's terrible games- which were both downright failures in every regard- is the best atari has to offer I think is the final death call for this company...

I feel bad for Atari. The DBZ games accounted for half of their sales, until they lost the license to Bandai Namco.

@Chief_Kuuni DDO isn't Atari.

I really like DDO great game to play

when a game goes free to play there needs to be a system in place to reward those that supported the developer, like a previous poster wrote without such a system this will encourage users not to support them in the future.

never, never, never, never going to look at a Cryptic game ever again.

"The latter game is currently free to play, as Champions Online will be starting next year. " Well I guess they taught me a lesson on not supporting a game at launch. So much for the cash I dumped into them for a lifetime membership....

Ghostbusters was so awesome.

Champions Online!

Ahh startrek online I stoped playing it 3 or 4 months ago was a pretty good game it's just the dull grind like ground combat that let the game down the space combat on the other hand was ace I'm tempted to go back in and check how its doing

Good to see Atari is improving

"Casual" for a gamer isn't the same thing as it is for the average Joe on the street. Not by a mile. Most companies don't get this, hence the flood of "casual junk" games we get on the internet. Hopefully Atari can realize this and adjust accordingly.

now can you bring us another Riddick game..that would be pretty awesome....

"Looking ahead, Atari said that it will continue its "strategic shift towards online/casual/social gaming, a market segment where Atari intends to benefit from new growth drivers." Like there isn't enough 'casual' junk out there already? If you make quality it doesn't need to be playable by a 5 year old to be a good seller, nor by someone on their cellphone while they wait at a red light. My gods....

Haven't play Champioins for a while but Star Trek Online has improved quite a bit in the last few months.

I miss the gold years with atari games...

The Ghostbuster Game was so good that I felt saddened when it ended. I hope that another one gets made and improves on it's already impressive game.

Blade Kitten was bad and so was Star Trek Online. Ghostbusters was a great game. I still enjoy playing it. The commentary from Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis is hilarious. Can't wait for the 3rd movie to be released.

keep the Ghostbusters game coming then, last game was great, I'd buy another

Champions Online isn't nearly as entertaining as City of Heroes/Villains, mainly because, last I checked, you can't be a villain in CO.

Blade Kitten failed on so many levels which is one cause of money lost and maybe canceling the console release for Champions Online bcuz you lose buyers in turn you drop on sales. They just need something very original to take them back to the top.

Champion's Online is becoming FTP? If so I would probably play it

Nice to see Star Trek Online making a difference! It's so fun!