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Greetings ‘Tappers’, I’m sure you’ve noticed we’ve been sprucing up the site a bit lately. I figure now is as good a time as any to give the blog some TLC as well. You can expect regular updates regarding game releases, special deals, and if we’re lucky we’ll get the devs to fill us in on what they’ve been cooking up.

Hot Dish is game number 2 for today’s new releases. Hot Dish is a casual title that bares a some resemblance to another, more maternal, cooking game as well as other time management games like Snowy’s Lunch Rush or Stand O’ Food.

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GameTap’s latest release Still Life 2, is crime drama following the adventures of FBI agent Victoria McPherson. Agent McPherson’s latest case has her chasing down the East Coast Killer, a serial killer who, as the namesake implies, is on a murder spree up and down the United States eastern coast.

Still Life 2

Halloween is just around the corner, and with that in mind American McGee’s Grimm: Master Thief is our featured free game for the next 2 weeks. Master Thief was Grimm series’ special Halloween episode.

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Let’s face it sometimes, nay, most of the time evil is fun. I’m speaking of evil in the gaming world of course, where tough moral choices typically consist of “Should I smash the goblin with this war-hammer? Or burn him alive with a fireball?” and the only consequence of our actions is at worst a loading screen. Our new release, Evil Genius, takes the concept of “evil is fun” and runs with it, crafting a deep strategy game with clever mechanics, slick mid-century art style, and characters plucked from straight out of spy-fiction pulp. While the style and setting is familiar enough in other pop-media, James Bond, The Incredibles, The Venture Brothers, it is relatively untouched, and undeservedly so, in the video game world. I won’t leave you strapped the table, boring you to death with more text, just start downloading.

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“Surprise!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Oh the look on your face GameTap, I bet you thought we forgot all about your birthday. Nooo, we were just holding out until your present got here, go ahead and open it.”



*GameTap opens package*



“Ohh look at that a bunch of 64-bit compatible games, those look like fun don’t they GameTap!”



*GameTap Frowns A Bit*



“Now I know these aren’t your favorites and they weren’t the games you were asking for, but it’s all the store had on such short notice. And don’t worry we went ahead and ordered all your favorites and they’ll be sent over as soon as they’re available.”



*GameTap Smiles*



“Why don’t you go outside and play with your new games, oh, and don’t forget to share them with your friends… for free… for the weekend.”


64-bit Compatible Back Catalog Games Released Today:



Project Snowblind (free this weekend)



Hitman: Contracts (free this weekend)



Tomb Raider: Anniversary (free this weekend)



D.N.A. (free this weekend)



Sacred Gold (free this weekend)



Magic Ball 3 (free this weekend)



Hitman: Blood Money (free this weekend)



Unreal Tournament 2004



Beach Life (free this weekend)



Turtix (free this weekend)



Infernal (free this weekend)



Overlord



Hospital Tycoon



Tomb Raider Legend (free this weekend)

Oh man have we got kick-ass new game this week, Unreal Tournament III Black. The Black edition includes all the original UT3 content plus the Titan Pack expansion. UT 3, like our previous 2 weeks’ releases, is 64-bit compatible, downloads double-plus-fast, and can be expanding with a plethora of maps from the UT modding community. Aside from that it’s Unreal Tournament what more needs to be said, hurry up and get to the download page!

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Several game from Tellegames and Knowledge Adventure will be leaving the GameTap catalog on Thursday, the 22nd of October. Once removed they will no longer be playable so if you’ve got a favorite in this bunch, get to playin’.

• Glacier Patrol ™
  
  JumpStart ® Animal Adventure
  
  JumpStart ® Artist
  
  JumpStart ® Explorers
  
  JumpStart ® Languages
  
  JumpStart 1st Grade ® “Classic”
  
  JumpStart 2nd Grade ® “Classic”
  
  JumpStart Kindergarten ® “Classic”
  
  JumpStart Preschool ® “Classic”
  
  Math Blaster ® Ages 5-7
  
  Math Blaster ® Ages 6-8
  
  Reading Blaster ® Ages 5-7
  
  Reading Blaster ® Ages 6-8
  
  Universal Chaos ™

This week’s new release is Trackmania United Forever, easily one of the most fun racers I’ve ever played. Inspired track designs and cartoon physics allow for driving that has as much in common with Sonic The Hedgehog as it does with actual motor-sports. The slick graphics package scales well to run nicely even on modest hardware while also managing to look respectable on PC’s that can handle all of TMUF’s graphical bells and whistles. The icing on the cake is Trackmania’s robust community features bringing together a truly international audience for competition, events, track creation, custom track sharing, and leaderboards. This release of Trackmania United Forever is compatible with 64-bit operating systems and is available today on GameTap.

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