Gametap has Dawn of War Gold

[J Arcane]

As of today. (http://angledwhiteboards.com/2008/12/18/new-this-week-paused-game-edition/)

Sounds like their buyout with Metaboli is finally starting to pay off. THat is a way higher calibre of game than I'm used to seeing on Gametap.

The week before was apparently S.T.A.L.K.E.R., which apparently some people like too.

[Smoof]

DoW has been on Gametap since 12/12 or so.

[J Arcane]

THe 18th actually. I didn't pay attention to the dates on the blog to realize they haven't done a new release since, and I haven't been watchign it for some time.

EDIT: Apparently too, Angled Whiteboards isn't being updated anymore. THe actual new releases this week are Syberia and Zombie Shooter.

Also, DoW: Dark Crusade is apparently coming to GT soon as well.

[mesh]

great, oh wait, gametap still doesn't work on 64 bit systems, useless.

[KingGorilla]

Yeah 64 bit systems are pretty useless right now.

But I wonder if Metaboli will get more new content onto Gametap. It seemed that outside of Codemasters and Telltale, Gametap could not snag much day one content.

[biosc1]

Okay...I just signed up for GameTap. First month is $0.99. Lots of great games, it seems like, on the service...

What are the disadvantages of this service? Are there any? At $10 a month...seems like one can save a decent amount of money on games. Though, I suppose there aren't a lot of brand new games, but there are plenty of recent ones...and older emulated ones that I used to love.

[J Arcane]

The main disadvantage to Gametap is just that they were having some finanical and contract issues prior to the Metaboli buyout that meant they weren't getting a lot of decent new games.

They seem to be slowly working on improving their releases however, with some genuinely triple-A titles hitting lately and down the line.

[Smoof]

Okay...I just signed up for GameTap. First month is $0.99. Lots of great games, it seems like, on the service...

What are the disadvantages of this service? Are there any? At $10 a month...seems like one can save a decent amount of money on games. Though, I suppose there aren't a lot of brand new games, but there are plenty of recent ones...and older emulated ones that I used to love.

The only downside that I've found is that I simply don't have enough time to play all the games I actually own, let alone the ones on Gametap.

[biosc1]

The only downside that I've found is that I simply don't have enough time to play all the games I actually own, let alone the ones on Gametap.

That seems to be the downside I'm encountering. Every time I scroll through their list, I go "I need that one and that one and that one..."

Though, I did find a real downside to Gametap. They cannot distribute Sierra games to Canadians...this means we miss out on a lot of good games...including Planescape Torment and the Baldur's Gates :(

[Acidpoptart]

That is pretty awesome. That is one of my favorite RTS games ever.

As for GameTap: Really? Still no 64-bit support? Bah.