Direct2Drive
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Type of site | Online retailer |
|---|---|
| Owner | AtGames |
| URL | direct2drive |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Yes |
| Launched | May 28, 2004[1] |
| Current status | Active |
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Direct2Drive (commonly D2D) is an online game store offering PC games via direct download.
History
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 "celebrated independent developers exemplifying innovation in design coupled with excellence in game-play".[4] In 2009, the site made headlines by refusing to sell Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 due to that game's integration with Valve's Steamworks service. Users buying Modern Warfare 2 from a reseller such as Direct2Drive would be forced to also download and install the Steam client.[5]
In May 2011, GameFly acquired Direct2Drive from IGN Entertainment, Inc. and renamed the service to GameFly Digital.[6] In October 2014, GameFly released a statement in their website indicating that it had sold the digital download service to AtGames Holding Ltd., and that the transition would be completed by the end of the year.
AtGames Digital Media relaunched the digital storefront Direct2Drive in November 2014 under the original name of Direct2Drive.[7]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Direct2Drive.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info – DomainTools". WHOIS. Archived from the original on August 24, 2023. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
- ^ GAMEFLY, INC. ACQUIRES DIRECT2DRIVE FROM IGN ENTERTAINMENT Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Interview: Direct2Drive's Berger On The Evolving Digital Distro Space – Gamasutra". Archived from the original on May 10, 2010. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."GDC: IGF, Direct2Drive Announce $10,000 D2D Vision Award Finalists – Gamasutra". Archived from the original on May 10, 2010. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
- ^ Direct2Drive Tussles With Valve By Declining To Sell Steamworks-Powered MW2 – Gamasutra Script error: No such module "webarchive". Was acquired by GameFly in.2011
- ^ GAMEFLY, INC. ACQUIRES DIRECT2DRIVE FROM IGN ENTERTAINMENT Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Direct2Drive returning this weekend".
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