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THQ Signs Up With GameTap
Posted by Mike Fahey at 3:20 AM on July 23, 2008
While Turner Broadcasting's GameTap service gave us a scare awhile back by cutting off it's editorial arm, the game download side of things is still as strong as ever, and growing even strong still as they announce a long-term partnership with THQ to include the publisher's games on the service. This will add existing games like Company of Heroes, Warhammer 40K, Titan Quest and Red Faction to the service, while securing future titles such as Saint's Row 2.
"Our new partnership with GameTap allows both a brand new audience and fans alike to enjoy our titles and franchise games online," said Adrienne Lauer, National Sales Director, Market Development for THQ, "Digital distribution is a great way to extend the reach of our properties and GameTap is an ideal outlet for this effort."
See? GameTap knows what it's doing. The editorial content always seemed unnecessary to me anyway. More games is good! Hit the jump for the full PR.
GAMETAP SIGNS PARTNERSHIP WITH THQ
New deal includes top titles and franchises like Company of Heroes
ATLANTA - July 22, 2008 - GameTap, the first-of-its-kind broadband entertainment network from Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., announced today a long-term partnership with THQ Inc. that includes worldwide subscription play and digital download rights for a wide selection of the publisher's games for Windows PC. Additionally under the new agreement, some THQ games will also be made available for free play on GameTap's ad-supported website www.gametap.com.
"We are excited to be adding THQ's roster of top content to GameTap," said Ricardo Sanchez, vice president of content and creative director for GameTap. "With this new deal, subscribers and website visitors will enjoy great games from THQ, including Company of Heroes and Red Faction."
As part of the new agreement, GameTap will now feature titles from the THQ and ValuSoft catalogues, including critically acclaimed games such as Company of Heroes®, Warhammer® 40K, Red Faction®, Supreme Commander®, Titan Quest™, Saints Row™ 2, PuzzleQuest and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl.
"Our new partnership with GameTap allows both a brand new audience and fans alike to enjoy our titles and franchise games online," said Adrienne Lauer, National Sales Director, Market Development for THQ, "Digital distribution is a great way to extend the reach of our properties and GameTap is an ideal outlet for this effort."
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Locke562
Posted 5:20 AM 23/7/08
Wow, I think it's time to start paying for Gametap again.
Locke562
Zazu_Yen
Posted 5:17 AM 23/7/08
Oh no! PuzzleQuest... there goes my productivity for a while.
I'd been resisting buying it for fear of lost time, but if it's right there on Gametap I don't think I'll be able to hold off any longer.
Zazu_Yen
thebetamax
Posted 5:08 AM 23/7/08
How long until Gametap joins Sony/MS party for console-level service ala Netflix?
thebetamax
Arsenicberyllium
Posted 4:25 AM 23/7/08
@Lazlo: Did you read the thing?
S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Saints Row, and PuzzleQuest.
And Warhammer 40k.
Yeah, they have some good games.
Arsenicberyllium
ShaggE
Posted 4:24 AM 23/7/08
Win!
ShaggE
Lazlo
Posted 4:22 AM 23/7/08
Has THQ come out with anything of late that truly merits excitement? I consider myself fairly up to date with developers and their works, but I can't come up with anything that screams "must-have" from THQ. For some reason this is always what comes to mind when I hear their name: [en.wikipedia.org]
Lazlo
Ghede
Posted 4:20 AM 23/7/08
@NitrousO: Mine too, that is why I supplement it with Wikipedia for small stuff, and Google for big stuff, cross-reference multiple sites, books, and what remains of my memory for the really big stuff.
... Just got a big wave of self-pity right there. Power goes out and I'll start drooling.
Ghede
NitrousO
Posted 4:00 AM 23/7/08
@Ghede: Ah! Codemasters, a strange one to confuse with THQ but then again, my memory sucks as O Chem has taught me.
@slight: Ya, it was the stuff that doesnt work with them that kept me from going 64bit for the moment. My gamebridge wont work on 64 bit (still using to convert the last of our home movies from 8mm and VHS to digital) and neither will me wireless adapter on my main gaming machine (D-link basically said, go buy one of our newer more expensive ones).
NitrousO
slight
Posted 3:55 AM 23/7/08
@NitrousO: 64bit OSs are over-rated IMHO. Unless you need to address more than 4GB of RAM, which most people still don't, or you're a heavy video encoder or something then I still don't think they're worth all the extra hassle of the stuff that still doesn't work with them.
slight
L1GHTN1N
Posted 3:48 AM 23/7/08
Damn, going to have to renew mine for another month or two.
Are they putting Warhammer and Company of Heroes with the expansions, or is it just the main game? I'm hoping it's all the expansions as well, but doesn't mean that they will do so :(.
L1GHTN1N
Ghede
Posted 3:40 AM 23/7/08
@NitrousO: [en.wikipedia.org])
No.
Ghede
PaulMorel
Posted 3:40 AM 23/7/08
Since launch, GameTap has only gotten better. Currently, I spend about half my time playing STEAM games, and half my time playing GameTap games ... and I probably spend less on GameTap.
Soooo worth it. I'm surprised they haven't yet raised the rate from $9.95. After all, I paid $7.44 for the sandwhich I just ate.
PaulMorel
NitrousO
Posted 3:33 AM 23/7/08
@Sylent: Really?! How is that even possible in this age. Im like one of the last holdouts among the gamers I know with a 32bit OS.
NitrousO
Arsenicberyllium
Posted 3:26 AM 23/7/08
Well...That's totally awesome.
Now I love my Gametap subscription even more than i did 5 minutes ago, which was a whole frikkin' lot.
Arsenicberyllium
Sylent
Posted 3:25 AM 23/7/08
It's a shame that Gametap still doesn't work on 64-bit systems.
Sylent
NitrousO
Posted 3:25 AM 23/7/08
Wasn't Overlord a THQ game and wasn't that already on their service?
As soon as STALKER goes live, I expect each and every person with a computer to play it or else! I will be watching D:<
NitrousO
TaggarT6
Posted 3:24 AM 23/7/08
Wow...this is all kinds of awesome.
TaggarT6
Darkest Daze
Posted 10:23 AM 23/7/08
@Sylent: Yep, but I can still play the games, just not through gametap...so guess who loses out on that one. (Hint: Not me)
Darkest Daze
elderwesto
Posted 11:29 AM 23/7/08
Gametap + Steam > PC Gaming Alliance
Any news of Gametap or Steam growing is great news so suck it up if they don't support every hardware config and slow internet access.
I will give you a simple analogy. You don't put a great engine in a crappy car and blame it for poor performance when the air intake is clogged. You also wouldn't add a 12 cylinder gas engine to an electric car and complain that it doesn't work with your car of the future. You get a modern car and a modern engine and combine them for best results.
elderwesto
headcrab
Posted 3:31 AM 23/7/08
@NitrousO: Overlord? I'm pretty sure that was a Codemasters game.
I have no interest in this... most THQ games bore me.
headcrab
SplicedUp
Posted 3:36 AM 23/7/08
Holy shit that's awesome.
SplicedUp
zaagis
Posted 3:31 AM 23/7/08
SAINTS ROW 2 is COMING to PC YEEEEEHOOOOOOO!!!!
zaagis