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So you may have noticed a lack updates lately. Sorry about that, we had a bit of a clog in pipeline that was just cleared out to today (apparently Zangief was shaving in the shower, gross). The good news is I’ve got a fresh list of upcoming titles packed to gills with top-notch games, too many to list here. In addition to the new games each week we’ll be releasing at least 2 existing titles re-encoded for 64-bit compatibility. These old games have been added to the upcoming list denoted by “BC”, enough about that though, hit that jump and feast your eyes on what’s coming out in the next few weeks.






Encoding - Scientists deliver the new born game and it’s hauled off to the “Encryption Crypt” where dark priests practice their black arts and incantations, sealing the game’s contents with an ancient rune.



In Testing - The encrypted game is then sent to GameTap HQ via a series of tubes, where it is poked and molested behind closed doors by our friendly and diligent test monkeys.



Ready - The testers and publishers judge the game, always staring, always judging with their cold, uncaring eyes… and with their stamp of approval the game anxiously awaits its big debut.



Coming X.XX.XX - Mark your calendars, the date is set and our little bundle of joy is definitely on its way… err, we’re pretty sure it is, well it’s probably coming on that day.




BC - Back catalog 64-Bit conversions, these are existing titles that we are re-encoding to our new 64-Bit OS compatible encryption scheme.



All new titles are being encrypted with 64-Bit compatibility unless otherwise noted.




Encoding

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Double Agent



Rainbow 6 Vegas



Shaun White Snowboarding



Damnation



Far Cry 2



The Witcher



Frontlines: Fuel Of War



Company Of Heroes: Gold



Neverwinter Nights 2

Battlestations: Midway - BC



Beach Life - BC



Civ IV - BC



DNA - BC



Deus Ex - BC



Dracula Origin - BC



Hitman: Contracts - BC



Hitman: Blood Money - BC



Hospital Tycoon - BC



Infernal - BC



Magic Ball 3 - BC



Overlord - BC



Prey - BC



Project Snowblind - BC



Rayman 3 - BC



Restaurant Empire - BC



Sacred Gold - BC



Shadowgrounds - BC



Stronghold Crusader Extreme - BC



Tomb Raider Anniversary - BC



Tomb Raider Legend - BC



Total Overdose - BC



Turtix - BC

Evil Genius



Still Life 2

Trackmania United Forever - 10.15.09



Unreal Tournament III - 10.22.09

Trine is our featured new game this week.  Trine is a modern take on classic platforming action, with traditional 2D gameplay in gorgeous 3D engine. To play Trine just make sure you have the latest DirectX & PhysX drivers installed. Not only is Trine a completely kick-ass game it is also the first title to feature GameTap’s new encryption scheme allowing 64-Bit OS users to get in on the action as well as much faster download speeds.

Play Trine On GameTap

Treasures Of Montezuma is out today, not much to say other than it is a match-3 game, and good one at that.

Play Treasures Of Montezuma On GameTap

Today’s update to GameTap re-introduces save states to all of our browser games, i.e. Arcade, DOS, and Console games (not Saturn or Dreamcast). To save or load a game just hit escape and follow the on screen instructions. Sheesh, first full-screen browser games, then save states, next thing you know GameTap will have 64-bit support for Windows games… ahem.

It’s that time of the month again to take a shower, change your sheets, put on some clean undies, empty the litter box and swap out some free games. Today we’ll be adding the following games to GameTap’s free game selection:

• Jagged Alliance 2



• King of the Monsters 2



• Psychonauts



• Cuban Missile Crisis



• Earthworm Jim

Heroes Of Might & Magic V: Gold is this week’s addition to the GameTap library. This bundle includes the original HoMM5 as well as the expansions Tribes Of The East and Hammers Of Fate.

Heroes Of Might & Magic V: Gold

Treasures Of Montezuma is headed to GameTap next week, take a look at this solid match-3 game in the trailer above. If all goes as planned ToM will be released along side a big super secret game, no peeking!

This week’s featured free game is Shiny Entertainment’s imaginative strategy game Sacrifice. Sacrifice’s #10 spot in the highest rated RTS games of all time (according to gamerankings.com) is a testament to Shiny’s bold design choices, and the game’s staying power. You can play Sacrifice for free on GameTap for the next 2 weeks.

Play Sacrifice For Free On GameTap

Rayman Raving Rabbids (RRR), this week’s new release, is a bit of a departure from Rayman’s excursions as an action-platformer. The kidnapping of Rayman and his friends by the lunatic rabbits Rabbids serves as a catalyst for this collection of mini-games that range from the ridiculous to the absurd. Events such as a cow-tosses, dance-offs, competition eating, and cow milking are just the tip of the iceberg . Rayman Raviing Rabbids is available today to GameTap premium subscribers.

Play Rayman Raving Rabbids On GameTap

Heroes Of Might & Magic V: Gold arrives on GT next week, here’s a little trailer for your hungry peepers^