Direct2Drive

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
Launched in 2004, <a href="/facts/IGN/kNcWSmFY">IGN</a> reported "exponential growth in sales" since that time. It offered over 3,000 titles through relationships with more than 300 game publishers.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1">1</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2">2</a> Direct2Drive sponsored a $10,000 award at the <a href="/facts/Independent_Games_Festival/NV11F72R">Independent Games Festival</a> called the D2D Vision Award, which "celebrates independent developers exemplifying innovation in design coupled with excellence in game-play".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a> In 2009, the site made headlines by refusing to sell <a href="/facts/Activision/NmDDD1wW">Activision</a>'s <a href="/facts/Call_of_Duty%3a_Modern_Warfare_2/MBEoWykv">Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2</a> due to that game's integration with <a href="/facts/Valve_Corporation/zlRE5vJL">Valve</a>'s <a href="/facts/Steamworks/nrpWwLA9">Steamworks</a> service. Users buying Modern Warfare 2 from a reseller such as Direct2Drive would be forced to also download and install the Steam client.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a>
In May 2011, <a href="/facts/GameFly/bMownDFv">GameFly</a> acquired Direct2Drive from <a href="/facts/IGN_Entertainment%2c_Inc./kNcWSmFY">IGN Entertainment, Inc.</a> and renamed the service to GameFly Digital.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a> In October 2014, GameFly released a statement in their website indicating that it had sold the digital download service to <a href="/facts/AtGames/4r7Cc7tt">AtGames</a> Holding Ltd., and that the transition would be completed by the end of the year. AtGames relaunched the service under the original name of Direct2Drive.

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1">GAMEFLY, INC. ACQUIRES DIRECT2DRIVE FROM IGN ENTERTAINMENT Archived June 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://corp.ign.com/articles/117/1170984p1.html" target="_blank">http://corp.ign.com/articles/117/1170984p1.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">"Interview: Direct2Drive's Berger On The Evolving Digital Distro Space – Gamasutra". Archived from the original on May 10, 2010. Retrieved March 29, 2010. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100510082645/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/25610/Interview_Direct2Drives_Berger_On_The_Evolving_Digital_Distro_Space.php" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20100510082645/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/25610/Interview_Direct2Drives_Berger_On_The_Evolving_Digital_Distro_Space.php</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">"GDC: IGF, Direct2Drive Announce $10,000 D2D Vision Award Finalists – Gamasutra". Archived from the original on May 10, 2010. Retrieved March 29, 2010. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100510002528/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/22827/GDC_IGF_Direct2Drive_Announce_10000_D2D_Vision_Award_Finalists.php" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20100510002528/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/22827/GDC_IGF_Direct2Drive_Announce_10000_D2D_Vision_Award_Finalists.php</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">Direct2Drive Tussles With Valve By Declining To Sell Steamworks-Powered MW2 – Gamasutra Archived November 8, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Was acquired by GameFly in.2011 <a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=25944" target="_blank">http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=25944</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:5">GAMEFLY, INC. ACQUIRES DIRECT2DRIVE FROM IGN ENTERTAINMENT Archived June 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://gamefly.gameflycdn.com/press/11.05.25_GameFly_Acquires_Direct2Drive.pdf" target="_blank">http://gamefly.gameflycdn.com/press/11.05.25_GameFly_Acquires_Direct2Drive.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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