Posted on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:52:00 PST -
Techradar reports that one of the bigger reveals to come out of Atari's London press event today was a new Wii game helmed by Q Entertainment's Tetsuya Mizuguchi. The scant details that have been uncovered about this mystery Wii project thus far are that it's tentatively titled QJ, and that the gameplay will unsurprisingly involve music.
Also emerging from the partnership between these two companies is a nifty Q Entertainment soundtrack boxed set, which Atari will distribute. The compilation -- called Q3, or Cubed -- is set to feature tracks from some of Mizuguchi's finest, including Rez HD, Every Extend Extra Extreme, and Lumines Live. Pricing and release date information for the soundtrack collection are still unknown.
Could this mark the beginning of Atari's resurgence? After falling on tough times, the publisher has started to pull out of their financial slump over the last year. With any luck, this new Mizuguchi IP -- along with the recently acquired publishing rights for Ghostbusters -- might be enough to put the ailing company back in a more favorable position.
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