GameCock Tappin’ GameTap

Don’t blame us, with a name like Gamecock, it’s incredibly hard writing a title without introducing sexual innuendos…Anyway, Gamecock, after partnering with Steam, is now giving some love (god damn it, again!) to GameTap.

Press Release:

Video game publisher Gamecock Media Group announced today that it has finalized a new partnership with GameTap, the Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.) network that is a leader in digital game distribution and broadband entertainment. The partnership includes the rights for the publisher’s titles to be available for digital download in GameTap’s online store, as well as for subscription and ad-supported play. Read more

Bethesda Softworks Announces Development Partnership with Splash Damage

Press Release:

Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax Media company, announced today a long-term development partnership with the award-winning U.K. studio, Splash Damage™.

Splash Damage has been recognized by the industry for the quality of its titles and particularly for its skill in creating cutting-edge multiplayer games. The studio has received numerous accolades and awards for Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory™, including Game of the Year nods from GameSpy, IGN, and PC Format. Their latest game, Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars™, won over 80 Editors’ Choice, E3, Most Wanted, and Game of the Year awards and nominations.

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New Prince of Persia Preview

French gaming magazine Joypad has a preview of the upcoming Prince of Persia title. Eurogamer.net has roughly translated the preview into english. Here’s a snip:

Creative director Jean-Christophe Guyot told Joypad that the aim was to create a more fantastical game and “more poetic vision” than the Sands of Time trilogy, with which it shares no connection. “The previous trilogy mixed the Arabian Nights in with historical Persia,” he said (in French, so please excuse our rough translation). “We decided we’d prefer to return to the tales of the Thousand and One Nights for something more colourful.

THQ Creative Director: “Trying to make a game for PC is a freaking nightmare”

After the closing of Iron Lore Studios to due financial burden, THQ’s creative director Michael Fitch had a few things to say about PC game piracy. Fitch made a post at Quarter to Three Forums regarding Piracy and how it has made developing PC games a “freaking nightmare”, Fitch also shoots at all the ignorant pc gamers, saying: “But god forbid something that they’ve done - or failed to do - creates a problem with your game. There are few better examples of the “it can’t possibly be my fault” culture in the west than gaming forums.” Read more