New this week.
December 20th, 2006 by xamountSam & Max: Episode 2! In there today! Right now, even! I still haven’t played it yet; I’m treating this series all special and traditional-like and am making myself wait for it to go to production before I jump in. (I also refused to watch The Wire any earlier than the Sunday it aired this season — even though HBO on Demand and various torrenting pirate “friends” tried to suck me in.) As for the game itself, this latest post from Telltale warms my heart for sure. Just to see them outwardly acknowledging the very specific demands of its fans is encouraging.
Also big: Myst Online is getting all official and kicking off the story today. Still a beta, but the game is moving forward into narrative-ville. AND no more vault wipes: your carefully detailed, bearded, Sam & Max-shirted, red-eyed, yellow-haired, shorts-wearing, barefoot avatar is in it to win it from here on out.
New Games:
- 3D Ultra Mini-Golf Adventures
- Freddi Fish’s One-Stop Fun Shop
- Myst Online: Uru Live (FINAL BETA)
- Pajama Sam’s One-Stop Fun Shop
- Sam & Max: Episode 2 “Situation: Comedy”
- Spy Fox “Operation Ozone”
Now with Challenge! multiplayer support:
New on GameTap TV:
- GameTap Tracks: Barenaked Ladies
- Quick Hit: Thievery Corporation
- SeaLab 2021: Swimming in Oblivion
- Sam & Max: Christmas, Bloody Christmas
- GameTap News: Wii in 2007
December 20th, 2006 at 5:09 pm
Hey, folks. A couple of questions about 3D Ultra Mini-Golf Adventures. Is this title another not-in-Canada game like other Sierra titles? We’ve got a few Canada subscribers (and would-be subscribers) that consider that they can’t get Sierra games a bit of a thorn by the way, so any info would be good info.
Also, out of curiosity, is this also a timed exclusive like Sam and Max? Or is it GameTap-owned on the PC like Myst Online? Haven’t tried this yet, but hopefully it’ll be good enough to recommend for both GameTap players and the XBLA players where I’m at (since I found that they’re getting it sometime down the road as well).
Thanks for keeping us all up to speed, as usual.
December 20th, 2006 at 10:41 pm
Hey first off I love gametap and have had since I got my new computer in March.
Just curious what’s the deal with Toe Jam and Earl last week or two weeks ago it was on for a couple days with no prior announcement and just as quickly it vanished.
December 21st, 2006 at 9:41 am
3D Ultra Mini-Golf Adventures: Yeah, it’s a GameTap Original in the sense that it’s being published as a GameTap launch exclusive. I’m not sure where the XBLA port is at this point, but I do know that we’re the only place to play it for now. As for Canada? Stay tuned. It’s not in the Canadian catalog right now…
ToeJam & Earl: This one briefly showing up as playable is kinda tied to the same issue that took Deus Ex OUT of Coming Soon for a couple of days. Hang tight.
December 27th, 2006 at 5:22 pm
Uru Live! Sam & Max! Barenaked Ladies!
The Christmas Elves at GameTap must have been working extra hard. Thanks for all the great presents!