Turner Puts GameTap On The Block
GameTap [http://www.turner.com/], an online videogame service that offers both free and subscription-based games.
layoff [http://www.timewarner.com/] of the entire GameTap editorial team in May, which Vice President of Content Rick Sanchez was done as part of a "restructuring [of] the site to focus exclusively on gameplay."
GameTap was launched by Turner in 2005, growing from an initial catalog of 300 games to its current selection of more than 1000. While some games are available freely, most require a subscription to the service; but rather than buying games outright, GameTap users pay a monthly fee for access to all the games on the site, which will become inoperative if and when the user unsubscribes from the service. GameTap offers both "classic" PC and console games as well as new releases such as the episodic American McGee's Grimm [http://www.gametap.com/samMax/].
While generally a well-received service, GameTap provoked anger in some of its users in February when it cancelled [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/81195] a deal with Derek Smart to publish his latest space combat simulator, Galactic Command: Echo Squad.
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GameTap [http://www.turner.com/], an online videogame service that offers both free and subscription-based games.
layoff [http://www.timewarner.com/] of the entire GameTap editorial team in May, which Vice President of Content Rick Sanchez was done as part of a "restructuring [of] the site to focus exclusively on gameplay."
GameTap was launched by Turner in 2005, growing from an initial catalog of 300 games to its current selection of more than 1000. While some games are available freely, most require a subscription to the service; but rather than buying games outright, GameTap users pay a monthly fee for access to all the games on the site, which will become inoperative if and when the user unsubscribes from the service. GameTap offers both "classic" PC and console games as well as new releases such as the episodic American McGee's Grimm [http://www.gametap.com/samMax/].
While generally a well-received service, GameTap provoked anger in some of its users in February when it cancelled [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/81195] a deal with Derek Smart to publish his latest space combat simulator, Galactic Command: Echo Squad.
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