Atari buffs up their Board of Directors with both online entrepreneur Tom Virden and Atari founder Nolan Bushnell today. We’re talking old Atari here, like Atari 2600 and all of that. He has since started over 20 game companies and is in both the Video Game Hall of Fame and the Consumer Electronics Association Hall of Fame. “I am very excited to be reacquainted with Atari at a time when it is poised to make interesting strides in key growth areas of the games industry,” said Nolan Bushnell....

Kenka Bancho 3is a brawler for the PSP that Atlus just secured the publishing rights for, scheduled for release in 2010. In it, you play as a high school student on a class trip to a Japanese city. Fighting breaks out, hilarity ensues. That’s great — no issues here. The issue is the name: it might not go over so well here in America. Because of this, Atlus looks to their fans for a better name thanKenka Bancho 3....

The good people atNinjaBeeare continuing to show their love and support for Xbox Live Arcade. So far, they’ve releasedOutpost Kaloki XandCloning Clyde, and now, they are venturing into the turn-based strategy genre with their latest game,Band of Bugs. For 800 Microsoft Points, it can be all yours starting this Wednesday at 09.00 GMT. Normally, I would put the game features right here, butBand of Bugshas too many to fit in this confined space, so they can be found after the break....

Søren Kierkegaard once wrote, “I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations – one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it – you will regret both.” Mr. Linde, taking the philospher’s words to heart, left Washington early yesterday to figure out exactly what “it” is, in an effort to either do, ornotdo “it.”...

Rocksteady Studios is already hard at work on the sequel toBatman: Arkham Asylum(I hope to hell they don’t just call it “Batman: Arkham Asylum 2”). But thanks to alistingunearthed by aJoystiq tipsterfrom the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) — yeah, I don’t get it either; I thoughtPEGI would be assuming game rating dutiesin the UK — it looks like a Game of the Year edition ofArkham Asylumis on the way....

Are you “shocked”? We aren’t. 2K Games is proudly proclaiming that their art deco first-person shooterBioShockhas secured the position of all-time top ranked Xbox 360 game on mega-review siteMetacritic. And if that isn’t enough to impress, then you should also know thatBioShockis also the top ranked game across all console platforms. 2K Games also says that the good word aboutBioShockis getting out, and they have proof. The title has set a new record on Xbox LIVE as the fastest downloaded demo to ever each the 1 million mark....

BLAZE has created a a portable game system that packs in some old games. You may expect 16-bit games, but the BLAZEGear goes even farther back, digging into the Sega Master System and Game Gear libraries. No, really! The BLAZEGear handheld will come with 30 games installed to play on its included LCD screen.Alex Kidd in Miracle Land, Kung Fu Kid, Golden Axeand more can be played on the go (two AA batteries), or on your television using the unit’s TV out port....

Well look at us lot! We are back again with our fancy European swagga’, minimalistic design and our stylish accents. This time myself (your European Community manager), Daniel Seto (the token Asian), Daniel Carniero (the not actually German who we call Germany) and Jake (the lovable giant) bring you more Euro-trash ramblings. On top of that we bring you our first ever episode to include our new Skype voicemail feature! Yes, we encourage our listeners to call in and leave us random messages to feature in the episode, and so far so good....

Here is a fresh look atBurnout Crash!, direct from the legion-esque FTP servers that are gamescom. I feel sorry for the virtual citizens of the game’s town. Poor people never stood a chance. As much as I don’t like beingthat guy, I’m going to say it: I still wish this standalone game was presented in the traditionalBurnoutstyle, rather than from an overhead perspective. The transition loses some of the excitement gained from being up close to the mayhem....

Vegas baby! DMV, CTZ, Pedro, and I went off on our own for a while and constantly pointed in four different directions at once for Puppet to film. Despite our starvng stomachs, spirits were as high, and we set out to find some games to play for you guys.Crysissound good? Thought so! But perhaps we have a bit of Vegas sand in our vaginas, because we actually aren’t too impressed. Hit the jump for my write up on our first impressions....

When THQ first announceduDraw, I was pretty skeptical. All I could think was, “There’s no way this can be as good as a Wacom or any other drawing tablet out there.” Well, after playing around with the uDraw GameTablet, my tune has definitely changed. The tablet works great and holds its own with other brands of tablets. Best of all, THQ isn’t just going to introduce a peripheral and abandon it a few months later (Konami’sÂRock Revolution and Sega’sÂSamba De Amigomaracas come to mind)....

[Editor’s note: ThisYearsPink wants to save NBC’sChuck!— CTZ] If you haven’t been watchingNBC’sChuckon Monday nights, you’ve been missing one of the most underrated shows on television. And you’re not the only one.Chuckairs in a tough timeslot and hasn’t garnered the ratings the network requires to make it a shoe-in for the2009 fall lineup. This, naturally, has fans partying up for aSaveChuckcampaign. You’re probably wondering why you should even care, but if you keep reading, you may just find the inspiration to join the cause....

The man who created what would become the Magnavox Odyssey, the very first home videogame console, was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio yesterday. While the gaming system that he developed may be the most significant of his inventions (to us, at any rate), his contributions to electronic gaming don’t end there. Baer is also responsible for the first light gun, which was sold as an expansion to the Odyssey....