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Launched in 2004, IGN reported "exponential growth in sales" since that time. It offered over 3,000 titles through relationships with more than 300 game publishers. [2] [3] Direct2Drive sponsored a $10,000 award at the Independent Games Festival called the D2D Vision Award, which "celebrates independent developers exemplifying innovation in design coupled with excellence in game-play". [4]
Shortly after the merger, GameFly introduced a new "GameFly Client", which combined the services previously offered by Direct2Drive and GameFly individually; the client came out of beta on November 8, 2012, and allowed direct download and installation of PC games, as well as the rental of games without visiting the GameFly website itself.
As a digital distribution company, GamersGate offers digital rights management-free (DRM-free) games and downloadable content (DLC) for PC, Mac, Linux, and Android platforms. GamersGate is a client-free service that does not require users to log on in order to play purchased games.
The Impulse Client was replaced by the GameStop PC Downloads App, which allows users to download content purchased prior to the discontinuation of Impulse. New digital PC game purchases are made through the GameStop.com store. Support for legacy Impulse/GameStop App game downloads was handled for some time through Game Stop Guest Care. [9]
GameTap was conceived primarily as an online subscription rental service, competing against mail-based services like GameFly.GameTap offered two subscription levels: a Premium subscription with access to the entire content library, and a Classic subscription with access to older console and arcade games running in emulation.
AtGames Cloud Holdings Inc. (formerly AtGames Digital Media Inc.) is an American [1] video game and console manufacturer, known for their Legends Ultimate Arcade and creating the connected arcade.
Game Center is a service by Apple that allows users to play and challenge friends when playing online multiplayer social gaming network games. [4] [5] Games can share multiplayer functionality between the Mac and iOS versions of the app. [6] Game Center was introduced to the public in iOS 4.1 after an earlier developer release.
OnLive was a provider of cloud virtualization technologies based in Mountain View, California.OnLive's flagship product was its cloud gaming service, which allowed subscribers to rent or demo computer games without installing them.