Living near Atlanta, Georgia, I tend to see Ted Turner's presence pretty much everywhere I look in the city: from
TBS to Cartoon Network, CNN, baseball stadiums and now this (each one has a building, more or less). Turner
Broadcasting is preparing to launch a PC online service that allows users to have an unlimited access to a giant
library of games, including Beyond Good & Evil (yay!). What's more, the library expands beyond PC games to
emulated console games - from "the Atari 2600, Intellivision, Genesis, 32X, Game Gear, Sega Master System, Dreamcast,
PlayStation, arcades, and more," as quoted by the
GameSpot write-up.
It'll be interesting to see how this works out, because the idea is much akin to Nintendo's forthcoming online service
that allows users to download Nintendo's back catalogue in a very iTunes-like fashion. I mean, I know plenty of
people who do not like MMORPG's but don't mind paying a monthly fee for games - think of GameFly, only without having
to wait in the mail. Of course, no current-generation games will be available, but for me, that's pefectly
fine. The official launch date is October 3rd.
[Thanks, WedgeTalon]
