<![CDATA[Kotaku: Digital Downloads]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Digital Downloads]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/digital downloads http://kotaku.com/tag/digital downloads <![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[Atlus Stops Undersupplying PSP Games]]> It's not the fact that Atlus has released a selection of its best PSP games in downloadable form on the PlayStation Network, but how they announce said release: no more purposefully undersupplying retail channels! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5388562&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Amazon Has Your PlayStation Network Access Codes]]> Amazon.com becomes an extension of the PlayStation Store today, as the online retailer begins offering access codes to PlayStation Network add-on content and games for the PlayStation 3 and PSP. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5376256&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[GameStop Has A New Digital Media Man]]> Game retailer GameStop is clearly taking the threat of digital distribution seriously, creating a new position within the company—General Manager, Digital Media—and putting Chris Petrovic to work on generally managing all that stuff. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5331984&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[New York Drops DLC Tax Plans]]> New York Governor David Paterson's December tax proposal that would see the state nickel and diming downloadable content has been scrapped in favor of large amounts of federal stimulus money. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5168682&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Phantom Launches Game Store, Readies Upgraded Lapboards]]> Phantom Entertainment, creators of the doomed-from-the-start Phantom gaming console, have just launched their very own online video game store, while also announcing funding for the next production run of their Phantom Lapboards. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5110394&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[GameTap Taps Gamecock]]> GameTap is on a roll! Just yesterday they announced a partnership with THQ to bring their full line of PC titles to the service and now they've gotten themselves mixed up with the bad crowd over at Gamecock Media Group. The two companies have entered into a partnership to digitally distribute GC's wares via the magic of the internet, both in fully purchased form and via the standard GameTap subscription service. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5028722&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Kuju Launches Digi-Download Studio]]> UK dev Kuju takes aim at another segment of the gaming industry and a new studio opens. Their new Double Six studio will be dedicated to developing addictive games for Xbox Live Arcade, the PlayStation Network, WiiWare, and PC. The studio is made up of developers from Geometry Wars Galaxies for the Wii and DS as well as Nucleus for PSN, overseen by the new studio head, James Brooksby.
"We want to become the best, the go-to place, the studio that is known for carving out our own part of the industry. Double Six is going to be the place to go for the absolutely best games on digital platforms"
Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, Brooksby then goes on to explain that they will be creating games that are sometimes arcadey, sometimes casual, and sometimes quite complex. It's really all over the place. Head over there and read their article...it helps if you imagine him speaking like a breathlessly over-excited kid. Points for enthusiasm! More »
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