Phil Harrison, president of Atari and former head of Sony's Worldwide Studios, has made an U-turn on his attitude towards single-player games.

Having said of Atari, "I don't see that we're going to be making huge-budget, single-player games in the future", Harrison has gone on to qualify his statement.

Speaking in an interview, he said, "I think the single-player, disconnected console game is probably in its dotage. Now, that doesn’t mean that those games aren’t relevant going forwards, but they will be enhanced by community features being embedded in them, or downloadable content becoming an inherent part of the experience, or some kind of user-generated content will be part of the experience."

It looks suspiciously to SPOnG like Phil's had a smack on the wrist. Rather than having fallen off Atari's radar altogether, single-player games are now, “relevant going forwards”. We can see why he might have had to make that about-turn, since Atari's biggest upcoming title, Alone in the Dark, appears to have no online functionality or multi-player mode...

For more on Alone in the Dark, check out SPOnG's dedicated game page.

^{Source: videogaming247}