James Delahunty
25 May 2011 23:25
Movie and video games rental service confirms the acquisition of the digital distribution service.
GameFly officially confirmed that it has acquired Direct2Drive, but did not offer up any financial details of the deal with IGN. News Corporation (IGN owner) will maintain a minority stake in GameFly and will have a representative on the company board.
However, News Corp (or IGN) will not play any direct part in the future running of GameFly or Direct2Drive. Currently, Direct2Drive offers 3,000 games for PC and Mac users.
"We're very excited to bring the D2D team on board at GameFly and expand our ability to deliver games to consumers," said GameFly CEO David Hodess.
"Only GameFly can offer a complete library of physical and digital games for the PC, Mac and consoles in one place."