Atari and Del Taco Offer Fans Limited Edition Cups & Early Free Access To Star Trek(TM) Online

Atari and Del Taco Offer Fans Limited Edition Cups & Early Free Access To Star Trek(TM) Online

NEW YORK, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Atari, Inc., one of the world's most recognized videogame publishers, and Del Taco, the nation's No. 2 Mexican quick serve chain, announced today a special promotion allowing eager fans early access to the highly anticipated MMO, Star Trek Online. Created by acclaimed developers Cryptic Studios(TM), Star Trek Online for PC is set to release on February 2, 2010 in North America.

Customers who purchase a Macho-sized drink at Del Taco will receive a free limited edition Star Trek collector's cup and a free trial of the Star Trek Online while supplies last. Each collector's cup will have an individual peel code that can be redeemed for a 48-hour free trial of Star Trek Online at http://www.startrekonline.com/deltaco. Customers can redeem up to four codes and receive 48-hours of gameplay with each code. As an added bonus, customers that redeem the maximum four codes will receive an extra 48-hours of access to the game for a total of 10 full days.

Additionally, if consumers choose to purchase the game after their free trial, they will receive a free Type-8 Shuttle "pet" add-on for their Starship, available exclusively from Del Taco.

"Early response to Star Trek Online has been tremendous," said Jim Wilson, CEO and President, Atari, Inc. "Our partnership with Del Taco brings this unique sci-fi massively open online game to an even broader mainstream audience as well as avid Star Trek fans."

"We're excited to be partnering with Atari and the Star Trek franchise," said John Cappasola, vice president of marketing at Del Taco. "We think our customers are going to enjoy the collectible cups as well as the opportunity to get a free trial of the Star Trek Online game.

In Star Trek Online, the Star Trek universe will appear for the first time on a truly massive scale. In this massively multiplayer online game, players can pioneer their own destiny as captain of a Federation ship or become a Klingon Warlord and expand the Empire to the far reaches of the galaxy. Players will visit iconic locations from the popular Star Trek fiction, travel to unexplored star systems and contact new alien species. Every moment spent playing Star Trek Online will feel like a new Star Trek episode in which you are the hero. Immerse yourself in the future of the Trek universe as it moves into the 25th century -- a time of shifting alliances and new discoveries. As the Captain of your very own ship, it's up to you to lead your crew on missions that span the galaxy.

Star Trek Online is a licensed product from CBS Consumer Products. For more information, please visit: www.startrekonline.com

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Del Taco (www.deltaco.com) is a leading national Mexican quick-serve chain with more than 500 restaurants in 18 states.

ABOUT ATARI, SA

Atari group is a global creator, producer and publisher of interactive entertainment for interactive game platforms that include PC, online, consoles from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony and advanced smart phones (i.e. iPhone). Divisions of Atari, SA include Cryptic Studios, Atari London Studio, Eden Studios, Atari Interactive, Inc. and Atari, Inc.

Atari benefits from its global brand and an extensive catalogue of popular games based on classic owned game franchises (Asteroids, Centipede, Missile Command, Lunar Lander), original owned franchises (Test Drive, Backyard Sports, Deer Hunter), MMO games from Cryptic Studios (Star Trek Online, Champions Online) and third party franchises (Ghostbusters, Project Runway, Dungeons and Dragons).

For more information please visit www.atari.com

© 2010 Atari Europe SASU. All rights reserved.
Atari word mark and logo are trademarks owned by Atari Interactive, Inc.

© 2010 Paramount Pictures Corporation. TM, ® & © 2010 CBS Studios Inc. STAR TREK and related marks and logos are trademarks of CBS Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved.

About Cryptic Studios

Based in Los Gatos, CA, Cryptic Studios is a leading developer of massively multiplayer online games committed to delivering the next level of MMO game play. Cryptic develops AAA titles for PC and consoles, including Star Trek Online and Champions Online. For more information on Cryptic Studios, please visit the official website at: www.crypticstudios.com.

Source: Atari, Inc.

CONTACT: Alissa Bell of Atari, +1-212-726-4217, alissa.bell@atari.com;
or Debra Duffy of Dan Klores Communications/Atari, +1-212-981-5219,
debra_duffy@dkcnews.com; or Barbara Caruso of Del Taco, +1-714-841-6777,
carusocom@aol.com

Web Site: http://www.atari.com/

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