Subscription-based PC gaming service GameTap has agreed to bring a number of games published by THQ to the service, the company announced today.

The agreement will see the addition of such THQ-published PC titles as Relic Entertainment's Company of Heroes, Gas Powered Games' Supreme Commander, Iron Lore Entertainment's Titan Quest and GSC Gameworld's S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl to the service, among others.

Left, Company of Heroes. Right, Supreme Commander.

Those players who don't shell out the $9.95 per month for the "Gold"-level GameTap subscription can also expect a number of THQ titles to be available from the service's free-to-play catalog, which requires 15 second video advertisement to air before each play. GameTap did not specify which THQ titles will be free.

The games are expected to appear on GameTap before the end of the summer.

Publisher Aspyr has announced that Hellbent Games' Xbox 360 port of Chris Taylor's real-time strategy title Supreme Commander has entered the manufacturing process and is on track for a June 23 release in North America.

Originally developed for PCs by Gas Powered Games, the game was described by the publisher as having been "slapped on the butt and approved by Microsoft" in a recent press mailing.

"Our new baby will be in stores June 23," the publisher added.

For more on Supreme Commander's rendezvous with home consoles, check out our hands-on preview.

More media from the Xbox 360 edition of the Supreme Commander has surfaced, showing off the pew pew lasers contained within Hellbent Games' recently delayed console port of the sci-fi strategy title. Originally developed by Gas Powered Games and released on the PC last fall, Supreme Commander is slated to arrive on Xbox 360 by early summer.

The Xbox 360 version of the Gas Powered Games' RTS Supreme Commander (PC, X360) has been delayed to the early summer, publisher Aspyr announced today.

The delay was announced by Aspyr marketing manager Eric Duncan, who could not announce a firm date for the port's release but said that Supreme Commander will be "on store shelves later this spring or early summer."

"The benefit of having independent companies such as Aspyr and its partners working on a project of this magnitude is that decisions like this can be executed quickly," added Duncan. "While the game will be hitting shelves later than originally expected, the additional time put into development will result in better gameplay and more fun for gamers."

The Xbox 360 port of Supreme Commander is currently in development at Hellbent Games. For more on the title, check out our hands-on preview.

THQ today announced that the standalone Supreme Commander expansion pack Forged Alliance has gone gold, and will ship to stores November 6.

Developed again by Gas Powered Games, Forged Alliance features a new singleplayer campaign, a new alien faction, over a hundred additional units and extra multiplayer maps.

"Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance tells the story of the UEF, Cybran and Aeon's desperate alliance as they fight for survival against the Seraphim, a long forgotten alien race that has returned to destroy all of humanity," said Chris Taylor, CEO, Gas Powered Games. "Adding a new faction, and giving the existing factions some crazy powerful new units opens up a wide range of innovative strategic possibilities, taking the single and multiplayer game to a place never seen before in an RTS".

Here's a set of screenshots from Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, showing some of the Cybran Nation units available in the stand-alone strategy game expansion pack.

Due out this November, Forged Alliance will include a new singleplayer campaign, 110 additional units, more multiplayer maps and a new playable faction.

A new Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance profile preview can be found at GameSpot. This one offers a look at new United Earth Federation units.

GameSpot has been updated with a Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance profile preview, offering info on the new Seraphim faction.

Over at Voodoo Extreme you can find a Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance Q&A, asking lead designer Bradley Rebh about this standalone expansion pack.

A new patch has been issued for Supreme Commander, updating the sci-fi strategy game to 1.1.3260. The patch offers three new units and various bug fixes. If you have 3255 installed you can grab this file, or otherwise there's this patch to update from the retail version on. ... Read more

GameSpot is the first site with a Supreme Command: Forged Alliance Q&A. Lead designer Bradley Rebh answers questions about the newly announced stand-alone expansion.

A new patch for Supreme Commander has been issued, updating the Gas Powered Games strategy game from v1.1.3251 to v1.1.3254. The small update offers a few more tweaks, bug fixes and the introduction of a 500 structure build queue limit. There's also a patch to update the retail release.

Gas Powered Games has issued a new update for Supreme Commander, updating the strategy game to 1.1.3251. Offers bug fixes, game adjustments, lobby changes, a new mod manager and more.

Over at FileShack you can now find the Supreme Commander 3223 patch, updating version 3220. It offers an exploit fix and two balancing changes.

RTSCommunity.com has posted a new Supreme Commander Q&A, asking Chris Taylor about the game's release and future updates.

The Supreme Commander GPGnet World Map patch has been released. What is this all about? "GPGnet World Map [..] is an updated matchmaking service that features Strategic Zoom to let players see and connect to the entire SupCom community across the world". Thanks Blues News.

According to this post on the Gas Powered Games forums, a new update for Supreme Commander is now available. It fixes blue screen issues, and removes the SecuROM disc check feature among other things. Thanks Blues News. Update: you can find the patch mirrored on FileShack.

The 21st episode of the Played gaming podcast is now available, offering an interview with Chris Taylor of Gas Powered Games. Taylor talks about his design philosophies, the Games for Windows initiative, Supreme Commander, Total Annihilation and more.

Over at FileShack you can find the first Supreme Commander patch updating the newly released strategy game to version 3217. It offers game adjustments, bug fixes and balancing changes among other things.

The latest Supreme Commander Q&A can be found at GameSpot. Lead designer Bradley Rebh is asked about logistics, the waypoint system, and multiplayer.