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GameFly Says People Wanted Batman More Than Modern Warfare 3 Or Skyrim

2:40AM January 6, 2012 | Evan Narcisse

Picking the best games of the year always boils down to opinion, which always leads to dissension over subjectivity and bias. So while Kotaku‘s staffers rallied around Portal 2 as the site’s GOTY, readers held their own damn awards and anointed Skyrim as their standout title for 2011. More »

PC

GameFly Sweetens The Pot With PC Game Downloads

12:40AM August 10, 2011 | Mike Fahey

For nearly a decade GameFly has been the Netflix of video games, delivering console and handheld titles to eager gamers across the US, but where’s the PC gaming love? It’s coming later this year, when GameFly rolls out an online client featuring more than 100 free PC game downloads. More »

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GameFly Opens Seattle Distribution Centre, Alaska Rejoices

1:40AM June 30, 2011 | Mike Fahey

The Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Wild. Majestic. Coffee-soaked. For too long these dark and mysterious areas of the United States have been bereft of a local GameFly distribution centre, forced to suffer longer-than-normal shipping times for their game rentals. Today GameFly says no more. More »

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Redbox Game Rentals Are Live In The US

5:40AM June 17, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Starting on Friday, the denizens of grocery stores, Walmarts and petrol stations in the US can quickly rent video games from kiosks at $US2 a day. More »

PC

Report Says GameFly Picking Up Digital Distribution Service

3:00AM May 23, 2011 | Owen Good

Discs-to-your-door rental service Gamefly will buy Direct2Drive from IGN, according to a report by MCV, likely expanding digital rentals’ availability over PC down the line. More »

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Gamefly Triumphs In Postal Service Dispute

11:30AM April 21, 2011 | Owen Good

The US Postal Service gave an unfair advantage to competitors like Netflix and Blockbuster Video, a regulatory board said Wednesday, awarding game rental service GameFly a victory in a two-year dispute over the postage, breakage and sorting of its disc mailings. More »

In Real Life

GameFly Implies It’d Double Monthly Profits If It Got The Netflix Postage Rate

7:00AM March 28, 2011 | Owen Good

GameFly has been at it with the U.S. Postal Service for nearly two years now over what it perceives as preferential treatment to Netflix, whose mailings GameFly alleges are given higher priority by postal sorters, not to mention a better postage rate. So much that savings from the postage rate Netflix enjoys would double GameFly’s monthly profits. More »

Signs Point To NBA Jam On Disc

9:00AM October 14, 2010 | Owen Good

GameFly has listed NBA Jam’s PS3 and 360 version for release on November 18, and while that’s most likely a placeholder date, the fact a rental service listing the game indicates it will be a retail disc release, not a download. More »

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Blockbuster Rolls Out Games-By-Mail In The US

11:20PM August 10, 2010 | Mike Fahey

After testing out the service in several regions over the past year and a half, Blockbuster adds free video game rentals to its Blockbuster By Mail service, giving the spectre of death hovering over the company brief pause. More »

Atari Reviving Centipede, Star Raiders Too?

12:00PM July 17, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

Earlier this week, Atari revealed an unexpected retro-revival, a new game based on the original Haunted House for the Atari 2600. Atari’s plans for breathing new life into old brands may not stop there. More »