GameTap Reaches Across the Globe with Free-to-Play Version
June 04 2007 - 10:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
GameTap Digital Store Opens for Business ATLANTA, June 4
/PRNewswire/ -- Gamers who visit GameTap.com can now stay to
play-for free. The first-of-its-kind broadband entertainment
network from Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.) has
launched a free-to-play, ad- supported service that is accessible
to more players-expanding beyond North America to reach a global
audience. GameTap also announced the debut of its digital store,
featuring a large library of titles from vintage to brand new.
"We've opened the door even wider-so that practically anyone with a
broadband connection can give GameTap a spin," said Stuart Snyder,
Turner's executive vice president and chief operating officer of
Animation, Young Adults & Kids Media. "We want people to sample
not just the massive library of GameTap titles, but the adrenalin
rush that attracted over 20 million game plays last year." The free
service provides access to a rotating sample of GameTap's library
of more than 900 video games, including Metal Slug, Joust,
Robotron: 2084, Rampage, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend, Scrapland,
King of Fighters, Bust-A- Move, and Space Invaders. Games can be
played on a drop-in basis, with even broader access to PC,
Dreamcast and Saturn titles for players who register. No credit
card or financial commitment is required. Visitors also have free
access to hundreds of GameTap TV streaming videos, including
interview segments with My Chemical Romance, Akon, Evanescence,
Fall Out Boy, and many others. The full-strength, all-you-can-play
version of GameTap remains available to subscribers in the United
States and Canada with unlimited access to more than 900 games,
including GameTap Originals like Sam & Max: Season 1 and Myst
Online: Uru Live, as well as GameTap Indies titles and a host of
other hits like Panzer Dragoon, Deus Ex, Galaga, Civilization III,
and Street Fighter Alpha 3. Paid members can also view GameTap TV's
web-based content and select programs from Cartoon Network/Adult
Swim. The service is completely ad-free during game sessions and is
available for as low as $6.95 a month. A Mac version will be
released later this summer. Today also marks the grand opening of
GameTap's digital online retail store, selling the best video game
titles for digital download. With more than 450 titles, the store
offers both classic games and new releases - including Lara Croft
Tomb Raider: Anniversary, which is available for purchase June 5th,
the same day it hits retail shelves. Examples of other titles
available for purchase now include Space Empires IV Deluxe,
Civilization IV, Psychonauts, and Resident Evil 3. GameTap
(GameTap.com), a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., is
the leader in digital game distribution and broadband
entertainment. Launched in 2005, GameTap delivers more than 900
authentic versions of the greatest console, computer and arcade
games, including original and exclusive episodic titles such as
Myst Online: Uru Live, Sam & Max: Season 1, Galactic Command -
Echo Squad, and American McGee's Grimm. Visitors to GameTap.com can
play free games on its ad-supported website, purchase top PC and
catalog titles from its digital retail storefront, and tune into
GameTap TV's original programming that includes Retrospective
documentaries and new ReVisioned animated series. GameTap paid
members receive unlimited access to its massive library titles,
community and multiplayer features, original games, and content.
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.), a Time Warner
company, is a major producer of news and entertainment products
around the world and the leading provider of programming for the
basic cable industry. DATASOURCE: GameTap CONTACT: Wendy Rutherford
of TBS Inc., +1-404-827-5097, or , or Clint Bagley of Access
Communications, +1-415-844-6250, or , both for GameTap Web site:
http://www.gametap.com/ http://www.turner.com/
Copyright