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Posted on February 26th, 2009 By theredeye

This week only, those unfortunate folks lacking a GameTap Gold subscription may play Diablo-like action-RPG Sacred Gold for free! You’ve got until Thursday, March 5 until the game becomes subscription-only again.
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Posted on February 26th, 2009 By theredeye

Video games! Video games! Yay!
We have three new games today, boys and girls. The first one is super exciting to old farts like me, give it up for The Incredible Machine! Next, from our friends in Shanghai, let’s have a warm welcome for American McGee’s Grimm - Mulan! And finally, a great new take on [...]

Posted on February 25th, 2009 By theredeye

The latest transmission from GameTap secret agent LittlestCthulhu reveals the first look at what may be a brand new GameTap.com. The image is low-res and hard to read, but our intelligence indicates that “Lil_C” has managed to infiltrate our design department during a solo sneaking mission and take a snapshot of a work-in-progress layout.
Unfortunately we [...]

Posted on February 20th, 2009 By theredeye

I lied, I have one more game to announce! THQ and GameTap have partnered to bring off-road racing sim MX Vs. ATV Unleashed to GameTap. Screenshots, trailers and more are available at the official site.
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Posted on February 20th, 2009 By theredeye

One final game announcement for this week (whew!) - GameTap and JoWood have partnered to bring extreme snowboarding sim FreakOut - Extreme Freeride to our GameTap Gold subscribers. The game is currently in our testing lab, and assuming no surprise bugs emerge, should be out shortly. As always, keep an eye on the coming soon [...]

Posted on February 20th, 2009 By theredeye

GameTap is proud to announce that Beyond the Sword - the second and final expansion to Sid Meier’s Civilization IV - is coming soon for our GameTap Gold subscribers. Civ IV is consistently among our top ten most-played games, and we’re thrilled to bring the final expansion on board to offer the definitive Civ IV [...]

Posted on February 20th, 2009 By theredeye

Joining the original Full Spectrum Warrior for our GameTap Gold subscribers is sequel Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers. The game is currently undergoing our rigorous testing process, but should be out fairly soon. Details on the game can be found on THQ’s official Ten Hammers website.
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Posted on February 20th, 2009 By theredeye

Newly added to the list of upcoming games for GameTap Gold subscribers is point and click adventure Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun. Players take on the role of famous literary detective Hercule Poirot in this adaptation of the 1941 crime novel. The game will be available starting on Thursday, March 5.
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Posted on February 19th, 2009 By theredeye

Hot off the wire - and courtesy of my former employer Gamasutra - comes news that Grimm creator and Spicy Horse-er American McGee will be returning to the franchise that made him famous with a follow-up to American McGee’s Alice. The announcement came yesterday courtesy of a talk by EA CEO John Riccitellio at the [...]

Posted on February 19th, 2009 By theredeye

To give new players a better idea of what GameTap has to offer, we’ll be refining our selection of free sampler games starting Thursday, February 26. Popular titles like Psychonauts, Metal Slug and Tomb Raider: Legend will be returning to the line-up, along with a handful of games that have never been offered for free [...]