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

SEGA Announces Alpha Protocol

We already reported Obsidian’s upcoming RPG. Here’s the official announcement from SEGA:

SEGA® Europe Ltd. and Obsidian Entertainment, Inc. today announced a thrilling new espionage role-playing game set in the modern world - Alpha Protocol™. Alpha Protocol is developed by the globally revered and genre defining development studio, Obsidian Entertainment, known for smash hits such as Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic II: The Sith Lords and Neverwinter Nights 2. This exciting new game will set the world alight on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system, the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Windows-based PCs in 2009.

Full press release after the jump. Read more

Mass Effect on PC being co-developed by Demiurge Studios

Demiurge Studios will be co-developing Mass Effect on PC with BioWare. Demiurge Studios’s previous work includes helping Kaos Studios optimize the PC port of Frontlines: Fuel of War; they’re also responsible for the Wii port of Gearbox’s tactical shooter Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30. According to the press release, Demiurge Studios will be helping BioWare re-design and optimize Mass Effect on PC. Full press release and 12 screenshots after the jump.

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