| Date | Title | Description |
| 03.08.2018 | GameFly to shutter streaming service this month | GameFly, the video game rental company, will be shutting down its streaming service at the end of the month, Variety reported earlier this week. This closure comes just over three years after the streaming service launched in 2015.
GameFly,... |
| 26.08.2016 | GameFly is bringing game-streaming to Mexico’s booming market | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Gaming in Mexico could be getting a lot cheaper.
GameFly announced today that it is partnering with Mexican internet service Totalplay ... |
| 26.08.2016 | GameFly is bringing game-streaming to Mexico’s booming market | Gaming in Mexico could be getting a lot cheaper.
GameFly announced today that it is partnering with Mexican internet service Totalplay Telecommunications to bring GameFly Streaming to the country. GameFly Streaming enables users to play gam... |
| 06.06.2015 | Amazon says it is building an ‘ambitious new PC game’ | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Amazon has wanted to become a major force in the video game scene for years. And now, it’s hired a dream team of video game developers ... |
| 06.06.2015 | Amazon says it is building an ‘ambitious new PC game’ | Amazon has wanted to become a major force in the video game scene for years. And now, it’s hired a dream team of video game developers who are working on “an ambitious new PC game project using the latest technology,” it says.
The company r... |
| 02.06.2015 | GameFly Brings Streaming Gaming To Amazon Fire TV | Robin Burks, Tech Times 02 June 2015, 02:06 pm
GameFly is stepping up and joining the ranks of online streaming services by offering games on Amazon Fire TV.
In doing so, GameFly joins companies, such as Nvidia and Sony, who also offer simi... |
| 02.06.2015 | Amazon’s Fire TV Gets More Gaming Cred With GameFly Streaming | Amazon is crowing about its big Fire TV app and channel catalogue this morning (I have to wonder if the timing has anything to do with the Apple TV announcement rumored for next week), but the best part of the announcement is the addition o... |
| 03.03.2014 | Game-rental service Gamefly now getting into movies to compete with Netflix | Updated at 3:40 p.m. PST with a response from Gamefly CEO Dave Hodess.
Video game rental service Gamefly has launched a new movie rental business that will take on Netflix’s disc-by-mail business.
Gamefly began notifying its current custome... |
| 03.03.2014 | Game-rental service Gamefly now getting into movies to compete with Netflix | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Updated at 3:40 p.m. PST with a response from Gam... |
| 13.10.2011 | GameFly launches social networking app for Android | Is GameFly throwing down the social networking privacy gauntlet to Netflix?
Online video game rental company GameFly announced today that they will launch an updated version of their "social networking for gamers" app for Android.... |
| 13.10.2011 | GameFly launches gamer social network on Android devices | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Game rental startup GameFly is starting a gamer-centric social network on Android devices, the company announced today. It has launchin... |
| 11.08.2011 | How the Netflix of Video Games Squandered Its Lead [UPDATE] | [UPDATE: GameFly reached out and said that it purchased Direct2Drive, the second biggest computer direct download service. The move makes its strategy more realistic.]
The game rental service GameFly is jumping into downloadable games with ... |
| 09.08.2011 | GameFly, Inc To Launch Windows/Mac Digital Distribution Gaming Storefront This Holiday Season | GameFly just made the first step towards a future void of physical media with the pre-announcement of an upcoming digital gaming distribution platform. The announcement is missing any real details, including the service’s name, but it’s sai... |
| 09.08.2011 | Video game rentals move online as GameFly follows Netflix | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
GameFly, the top video game rental subscription service, is following in the footsteps of movie service Netflix by launching a digital ... |
| 09.08.2011 | Video game rentals move online as GameFly follows Netflix | GameFly, the top video game rental subscription service, is following in the footsteps of movie service Netflix by launching a digital distribution business.
Customers can download the new digital client to their computers and download game... |
| 29.04.2011 | Redbox offers game rentals for $2 a day | Redbox is becoming the new Blockbuster Video with its chain of video rental kiosks. Now it is adding video game rentals for just $2 a day starting on June 17.
The company has been testing game rentals since August 2009 and plans to dramatic... |
| 29.04.2011 | Redbox offers game rentals for $2 a day | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Redbox is becoming the new Blockbuster Video with its chain of video rental kiosks. Now it is adding video game rentals for just $2 a d... |
| 13.10.2010 | Redbox Games Initiative Fails With Overpriced, Shortsighted Planning | Redbox has added games to its repertoire so users can rent the latest Medal of Honor or other titles along with a movie. It is a nice advantage over cinema-only Netflix, but bad pricing and narrow options will do much more harm than good.
T... |
| 10.08.2010 | Blockbuster adds games-by-mail service | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Blockbuster has added video games to its Blockbuster by Mail subscription service.
In addition to movies delivered via mail, where it c... |
| 10.08.2010 | Blockbuster adds games-by-mail service | Blockbuster has added video games to its Blockbuster by Mail subscription service.
In addition to movies delivered via mail, where it competes with Netflix, Blockbuster will now offer more than 3,000 games for the Xbox, Xbox 360, PlaySation... |
| 10.02.2010 | GameFly, the Netflix of games, files for IPO | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
GameFly has become the first game company to file for an initial public offering in quite some time. The company said in a filing it pl... |
| 10.02.2010 | GameFly, the Netflix of games, files for IPO | GameFly has become the first game company to file for an initial public offering in quite some time. The company said in a filing it plans to raise $50 million.
The company is like the Netflix of video games. It rents games to subscribers, ... |
| 27.05.2009 | Blockbuster horning in on game rentals | Wow. That was fast. A few years after Gamefly basically sewed up the entire games-by-mail thing, Blockbuster is launching a game rental pilot program in the U.S. Where is the first place that gets these exciting 360, Wii, and PS3 games? Is ... |
| 14.05.2009 | Where Do You Get Your Games? | Gaming is a way of life for some of us. I’m not sure what I did before there were games. Wait, I didn’t do anything; games have been around since I was born.
Getting games for my various consoles and my computer is easier than it has ever b... |
| 11.02.2009 | Blockbuster Total Access to include video games | While the main difference between Total Access and Netflilx was the ability for Blockbuster subscribers to return their movies to a physical store if they chose, today the gap between the two services increased.
Blockbuster's Total Access p... |
| 05.02.2009 | Gamefly buys Shacknews | With the acquisition of Shacknews, is Gamefly trying to go on-demand with game rentals?
Gamefly.com, a popular subscription based video game rental service, recently announced it had acquired Shacknews, a video game information site. The fi... |
| 06.10.2008 | GameFly launches mobile-optimized site for on-the-go management | GameFly, which is perhaps most easily explained as the NetFlix of the gaming world, today launched a new version of their site specifically optimized for mobile handsets.
Through the magic of user agent detection, getting to the mobile site... |
| 18.09.2008 | How to prove you’re (awesomely) nerdier than the person next to you | Go to the GameFly Super Fan Casting Call on Tuesday.
The videogame world’s answer to Netflix is looking for a gamer to appear in a future GameFly TV commercial and are hosting a costumed casting call to find that gamer.
Event details –
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| 31.01.2008 | GameFly adds new shipping center in Tampa, Florida | I’ve been using GameFly for the past few months and I can characterize it as, and I quote, “nice.”
The company’s just announced that it’s added a third distribution center in Tampa to complement the ones in Pittsburgh and Los Angeles.
I liv... |
| 04.12.2007 | CG Holidays 2007 Recommendations: A Gamefly Subscription | ahem) you can send it back without regret.
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| 04.10.2007 | Win with GameFly | I used to have GameFly, but I cancelled it because I can only really handle one mail rental service at a time and NetFlix is it. But, if renting games appeals to you, GameFly is offering up a sweet incentive to sign up for their service. To... |
