It is a good day for old-school Atari fanboys and girls. Today, the widely recognized third-party video game publisher and distributor announced that it has reached an agreement with Valve, a leading provider of video games online through their Steam Engine, that will allow for a wide variety of Atari games to start appearing on Steam as early as today.

Some of the games that everyone in North America can add to their Steam games library include:

Act of War: Direct Action- A real-time strategy game that engages the players in a modern warfare setting having them control counterterrorist forces.

Act of War: High Treason- An extremely realistic and tactical real-time strategy game.

Atari 80 Classics in 1 - the ultimate collection of the original games that inspired millions of gamers from around the world.
Death to Spies – A third-person stealth game that squares the players in a World War II setting in the middle of a military intelligence operation.

Desperados 2: Cooper’s Revenge – A real time shooter set in Western times with immersive worlds and graphics.
Indigo Prophecy – A supernatural mystery/adventure game that offers thrills and comes with a dark twist.

Rollercoaster Tycoon 3: Platinum - combines the roller coaster theme park fun of the Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 with included expansion packs Soaked! and Wild!

Tycoon City: New York - a tycoon simulation game that just happens to be set in one of the busiest States in the United States, New York.

Also to note, The Witcher, Neverwinter Nights 2, and the Expansion pack Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer, will be made available to Steam users in the weeks that follow.

“We’re proud to welcome to Steam a company that has become synonymous with video games,” commented Jason Holtman, director of business development at Valve. “Atari cemented video games into the consciousness of modern culture and continues to produce a unique mix of games that appeal to a variety of audiences, as represented by the line-up heading to Steam.”

Merely a week after his unexpected resignation as head of Sony Computer Entertainment’s studios, Phil Harrison is right back in the industry, joining the ranks of Infogrames, the parent company of Atari for all of you old school gamers out there. In his new position, he will answer directly to the new CEO of Infogrames, David Gardner.

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