<![CDATA[Kotaku: Digital Delivery]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Digital Delivery]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/digital delivery http://kotaku.com/tag/digital delivery <![CDATA[Steam Sales More Than Double For the Seventh Straight Year, Valve Looks at the Big Picture]]> Disproving the power of packaged goods once again, Valve's Steam digital download platform saw another year of massive growth in 2011, with sales more than doubling and the number of simultaneous users surpassing the five million mark. What gets five million people on Steam all at once? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5873708&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Modern Warfare 3 Now Available for Purchase and Pre-Load on Amazon]]> Amazon's digital download service is serving up fresh copies of Modern Warfare 3 standard edition to all comers today, allowing players to purchase and pre-load for play at launch, with a $10 digital download coupon to sweeten the deal. [Amazon] More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5856547&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[EA's Origin Prepares for Third-Party Content as Install Base Approaches Four Million]]> It may be inconvenient to users of more popular digital distribution platforms, but its picking up steam. During a UBS conference in London earlier today, EA chief financial officer Eric Brown set Origin install numbers at "about 4 million", saying that third-party content was coming "very soon". More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5838839&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[GameFly Sweetens the Pot with PC Game Downloads]]> For nearly a decade GameFly has been the Netflix of video games, delivering console and handheld titles to eager gamers across the United States, 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 »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5829078&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[GameStop Brings the Convenience of Digital PC Game Delivery to Retail]]> Not everyone that purchases downloadable PC games does it because they prefer shopping at home. Some of them just hate discs and boxes. Maybe it's an environmental thing. Perhaps their father was killed by a DVD. Whatever the case, GameStop's in-store digital PC game purchase method is perfect for those types. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5825655&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[GameStop's Online Store Becomes One with Impulse]]> GameStop's purchase of Steam rival Impulse comes to a head today, as the video game retail giant fully integrates the PC game digital download service into its online store. Now, instead of purchasing a downloadable PC game through GameStop.com, you can go to Steam instead, like you were doing already anyway. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5820890&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Steam Plans To Take Over Your Television]]> Not content to dominate digital downloads on the Mac and PC, Valve is heading to GDC 2011 with plans for a "big picture" mode, a controller-friendly version of Steam perfect for playing on your big-screen television. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5772480&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ladies And Gentlemen, Restart Your Steam Engines]]> As promised, the new Steam client is now live, giving PC gamers the sort of shiny new and revamped features they've been craving for years. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5524757&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Windows Games On Demand Drastically Discounts Arkham Asylum]]> Every weekend in March, Microsoft will be discounting Games on Demand for Windows titles, kicking things off with 75% off the critically acclaimed Batman: Arkham Asylum this Friday through Monday. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5480395&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Persona PSP Halfway Delayed]]> Shin Megami Tensei: Persona for the PSP is delayed, and yet it isn't. While the UMD version of the game will arrive right on time, the PlayStation Network version slips to very early October. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5357733&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ex-Naughty Dogs Steel Penny For WiiWare]]> Steel Penny Games, an Austin-based indie developer founded by Naughty Dog veterans Jason Hughes and Andrew Gilmour, have announced to the world their acceptance into Nintendo's WiiWare developer program, and are hard at work in delivering an original IP title for release later this year. Game details are sketchy, other than the fact that it will "blends a challenging puzzle game with dramatic fantasy environments and appealing characters." I am guessing it might have something to do with Bruiser & Scratch in Case of the Puzzling Paw, a causal game already announced on Steel Penny's homepage, though the description lacks any mention of specific platform. The press release mentions creating a new IP to span a series of games, and the "in" portion of the game title seems to indicate multiple episodes. With the company aiming for a Summer 2008 release, I'm sure we'll find out what they've got up their sleeve soon enough. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=349047&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Crystal Dynamics Dev Praises PSN]]> Crystal Dynamics may have recently released the full version of Tomb Raider Anniversary onto the Xbox Live Marketplace, but as far as Anniversary's lead designer Riley Cooper is concerned the PlayStation Network is where the future of digitally downloadable lies.
"I'm very, very interested in digital distribution and the potential it has," said Cooper, speaking during GDC Lyon last month. "PlayStation Network is extremely interesting because it's a more flexible space."
Cooper explains that the slow process of opening the constraints of Xbox Live by Microsoft makes the PSN, with games like Warhawk already available for full download, that much more attractive. He, like many of us, pictures a future where console games previously available only on retail shelves are readily downloadable by all, and GameStop employees fall into despair as the only customers they retain are internet-ignorant yokels who just come down the mountains for a little fun. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=339995&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Aqua Teen Pro-Am Devs On PSN]]> Creat Studios, the developers of the critically ravaged Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am and Coded Arms: Contagion for the PSP have just signed on as PlayStation Network publishers. They are now officially able to publish their own downloadable games and act as a publisher for other developers on the PSN.
"We are very excited to become a PLAYSTATION®Network publisher," said Vladimir Starzhevsky, CEO of Creat Studios, Inc. "Digital distribution is a key component in our strategy of becoming a global leader in creating and providing interactive entertainment."
Hopefully they will continue their tradition of only releasing top-quality games like Biker Mice from Mars for the PS2 and Bratz: Super Babyz for the DS, and American Chopper 2: Full Throttle. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=331305&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[GameTap Hits 1,000 With Civ IV]]> We knew it was coming, and now it is finally here. GameTap has reached the 1,000 game milestone, with none other than Sid Meier's Civilization IV taking the honors as the landmark title. For those keeping track, that's an average of 500 games a year over the course of the service's two-year life. When GameTap first launched, there were 300 older game titles available. Since then they've grown to include new game releases from companies like Codemasters and Eidos as well original news and animation programming. Joining Civ IV is HItman: Contracts, the third game in the Hitman series, just in time for the release of the Philadelphia-scaring movie. You can head over to GameTap.com for more information, or to see the nifty mosiac pictured above in all of its mouseover box art glory. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=323323&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Netflix Eyeing Xbox 360, PS3 For Rentals]]> Gamasutra is reporting that mail order movie rental service Netflix is looking at alternate delivery vehicles for subscribers, including "internet-connected HD-DVD and Blu-ray devices." That could mean that PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 owners could benefit from the company's on-demand movie watching service, already available for PC users and included with regular membership. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=314710&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[GameTap Nears 1000th Game]]> Way back when GameTap was first announced via a series of viral websites, I was highly skeptical of the service, which at the time only had a handful of older titles that were easily available via other sources or not worth playing altogether. Since then the service has grown into a respectable game delivery platform worth of my $9.99 a month, and with games like Clive Barker's Jericho coming to the service for no charge to subscribers, it's an excellent time to be paying member. As of right now there are 989 titles available, and the company has now announced that November 15th will mark the 1000th game available on the service. They aren't telling what game that is, but they do hint that it will be from one of their publishing partners like Eidos, or Codemasters. Head over to GameTap's website and sign up today for only $.99 your first month. They've got Typing of the Dead, so it pretty much pays for itself. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=312376&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Majesco Titles On GameTap]]> Every week I am feeling a bit better about that $.99 GameTap free trial that I keep forgetting to cancel. Not only will they have Clive Barker's Jericho for the only price worth paying for it (free), but now they've signed a deal to provide Majesco games to lazy folk like me that never got around to stopping the service. If I had actually gone through with ending it only to have Psychonauts suddenly become available I would have kicked myself so hard. BloodRayne 1 & 2 and Jaws: Unleashed I could give or take, but mmmm Psychonauts.
"Given the limited shelf space and relatively quick turn of titles at retail nowadays, we consider GameTap to be a valuable vehicle that can help extend the video game lifecycle," said Ken Gold, vice president of Marketing, Majesco.
That's the truth. I've been using the service lately to fill in a few gaps in my gaming portfolio. If you haven't experienced the joy of Psychonauts, now would be an excellent time. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=293080&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[AWOMO Beta Launches]]> A World Of My Own is a game download service embedded in a virtual world that will allow users to meet other players in the guise of customizable avatars and quickly download gaming titles to play alone or with your newfound friends. The concept is intriguing the hell out of me as well as several big name game companies already signed on for the service. Companies like Atari, Eidos, Vivendi, 2K Sports, Sega and NCsoft are just a few of the publishers listed on AWOMO.com, which has been newly revamped to coincide with the launch of the beta program. Of the 30,000 slots opened, 20,000 have been filled, and with the beta only in an early download testing phase there is still plenty of time to sign up. I've got a feeling that AWOMO is going to be a pretty big deal one day, so be sure to bookmark this post to laugh at me should I wind up horribly wrong. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=290106&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Acclaim Strays From Download Play]]> Re-envisioned as a company that created free to download and play MMO games via the internet, Acclaim was well on their way to proving that the digital delivery of large scale games like 9Dragons and BOTS!! could work. And it did - so well that they are now teaming up with SwiftCD.com to offer CD and DVD versions of their popular online games. On the download pages of the aforementioned games you can now order a CD or DVD copy delivered to your house for just $3.99 or $5.99 respectively. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=273705&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Beta Watch: A World of Your Own]]> What is Game Domain International's A World Of My Own? Think the virtual socializing of Second Life meets GameTap and you're on the right track. You create a character and navigate a 3D world where you'll be able to purchase and play full PC games in 'a matter of minutes', thanks to GDI's proprietary tech. Much like GameTap, titles will range from old favorites to brand spankin' new games. More »
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