GameTap/Ubisoft deal
Distribution deal extended, with over 50 new games available for download.
GameTap and Ubisoft Renew And Revise Distribution Partnership
ATLANTA – July 27, 2009 – GameTap is pleased to announce the renewal and expansion of its distribution partnership with Ubisoft Entertainment. This agreement extends to GameTap the rights for distribution and sale of Ubisoft games through GameTap’s games-on-demand subscription service and its digital retail store.
As part of this agreement, GameTap will continue offering gamers their beloved Ubisoft franchises like Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell®, Heroes of Might and Magic®, Far Cry®, and Prince of Persia®. In addition to renewing these proven hits, GameTap will update its Ubisoft library with over 50 new games. These exciting new additions include hit titles such as:
• Assassin’s Creed®
• Far Cry 2
• Heroes of Might and Magic V
• Brothers in Arms: Road To Hill 30™, Earned In Blood™, Hell’s Highway™
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six®: Vegas,
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six®: Vegas 2
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter™
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter™ 2
GameTap’s burgeoning digital retail shop will offer an even larger selection of Ubisoft titles available for purchase and download. Ubisoft games started arriving in the shop on June 23, 2009 with the release of Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X.™ and Prince Of Persia®. This represents the first time Ubisoft’s games have been available for sale from the re-vamped GameTap shop.
“We are pleased to be able to offer our subscribers more of the kinds of games they love to play,” said GameTap US General Manager, Sene Sorrow. “Ubisoft games have always performed well for GameTap, and we are excited to grow this partnership,”
“We are excited to add more of Ubisoft’s top notch games into GameTap’s network, for both full game downloads and improved subscription based offerings,” said Andy Swanson, senior director of strategic sales and partnerships at Ubisoft. “We look forward to offering consumers yet another opportunity to play our award-winning franchises and receive our games digitally.”
Ubisoft’s ongoing relationship with GameTap has for years provided GameTap subscribers with top quality, high performing titles that are consistently ranked as favorites by their users. Through our partnerships with industry leaders like Ubisoft and these new additions to our ever-growing catalog of games, GameTap further cements its position as the best value in gaming.
About Ubisoft Entertainment
Ubisoft is a leading producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products worldwide and has grown considerably through a strong and diversified line-up of products and partnerships. Ubisoft is present in 28 countries and has sales in more than 55 countries around the globe. It is committed to delivering high-quality, cutting-edge video game titles to consumers. For the 2008–09 fiscal year Ubisoft generated sales of 1.058 billion euros. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoftgroup.com.
About GameTap
Our History
GameTap launched in 2005 and was hailed as the first-of-its-kind broadband entertainment network, delivering games and video through a unique 3D desktop client. The client application, revolutionary for its time, was nominated for a technical Emmy in 2006, and won the Horizon Interactive Award, Best in Category: Video Games in 2007. Today the GameTap client has evolved into a smart, silent browser plug-in, offering the same games-on-demand technology in a lean, easy-to-install package. Our subscribers have all you can eat access to over 1000 Windows, console, and arcade titles, many of which are playable in a browser window.
The GameTap - Metaboli Global Gaming Network
GameTap and Metaboli merged forces in September of 2008 to form a new global network dedicated to the digital distribution of games. As partners with an international footprint that spans the Atlantic we can bring the best of both companies to an international audience. We are a company of enthusiasts dedicated to providing the gamer-community with the best value in gaming.
Additionally, Metaboli has established distribution partnerships with many of the world’s leading internet, gaming, and e-commerce portals including Virgin Media, Game, Orange, Free, Neuf Telecom, AOL, Club-Internet, fnac, Telecom Italia, Wind, Web.de, Gamesradar, Eurogamer, pcgames.de and computec.de.
© 2005–2008 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. H.A.W.X, Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Heroes, Might and Magic, Heroes of Might and Magic, Ghost Recon, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, the Soldier Icon, Splinter Cell, Splinter Cell Double Agent, Sam Fisher, Ubisoft, Ubi.com, and the Ubisoft logo are trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the U.S. and/or other countries. Heroes of Might and Magic V developed by Nival Interactive. Far Cry games based on Crytek's original Far Cry directed by Cevat Yerli. Brothers In Arms games © 2007 Gearbox Software, LLC. All rights reserved. Published and distributed by Ubisoft Entertainment under license from Gearbox Software, LLC. Brothers In Arms, Brothers In Arms Road to Hill 30, Brothers In Arms Hell’s Highway, and Brothers In Arms Earned In Blood are trademarks or registered trademarks of Gearbox Software and used under license. Gearbox Software and the Gearbox logo are registered trademarks of Gearbox Software, LLC. Prince of Persia based on Prince of Persia® created by Jordan Mechner. Prince of Persia is a trademark of Jordan Mechner in the U.S. and/or other countries used under license by Ubisoft Entertainment. Rainbow Six, Red Storm, and the Red Storm logo are trademarks of Red Storm Entertainment in the U.S. and/or other countries. Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. is a Ubisoft Entertainment company.