Atari today announced its 2003 Christmas season line-up, which represents one of the strongest in the Company's history, and features several titles including, hold your breath, one for the GameCube.

Among the 24 titles being released by Atari during the holiday period, several titles already in stores and soon to be released are already outperforming the Company's expectations, based on initial sell-through and pre-orders. These titles include Civilization III: Conquests (PC); titles from the hugely popular Dragon Ball Z (DBZ) franchise, including DBZ: Budokai (GameCube) and DBZ: Budokai 2 (PS2); Dungeons & Dragons Heroes (Xbox); Neverwinter Nights Gold Edition (PC) and Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark (PC); and Temple of Elemental Evil (PC).

The Company reaffirms its guidance for the fiscal 2004 third quarter ended December 31, 2003, and anticipates quarterly net revenue between $215 million and $235 million, and net income between $28 million and $36 million.

So here we have another developer/publisher making some profit again. Unfortunately, Atari doesn't have too many GameCube titles scheduled.

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