direct2drive – Fearless Gamer https://www.fearlessgamer.com Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:46:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.14 Get Bioshock free when you pre-order Bioshock 2 at Direct2Drive https://www.fearlessgamer.com/2010/02/07/get-bioshock-free-when-you-pre-order-bioshock-2-at-direct2drive/ Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:58:22 +0000 https://www.fearlessgamer.com/?p=1148 Big Daddy comin at ya. I can’t imagine why this would ever be the case. I mean, the original Bioshock is like $15 most places, often less. Why you still wouldn’t have the game, or haven’t played through the game, is totally beyond me. I suppose it is possible, though, so this deal is still worth mentioning.

When you pre-order Bioshock 2 from Direct2Drive they’ll throw in a copy of the original for free. You can get the same deal on Steam if you prefer the Valve method. Hell, even if you have the first this is still a great deal. Install the original on a friend’s machine who just refused to buy it.

Bioshock 2 releases Tuesday, along with Dante’s Inferno.

]]> Gamestop might just buy a digital distributor https://www.fearlessgamer.com/2009/10/24/gamestop-might-just-buy-a-digital-distributor/ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:01:26 +0000 https://www.fearlessgamer.com/?p=662 Gamestop store.If you can’t beat ’em, buy ’em. That’s Gamestop’s new take on digital distribution anyway. At an analyst only conference this week, the used game/accessory retailer “detailed” its plans for entering digital distribution. I say “detailed” because the company’s “plan” is, ah, underdeveloped to say the least.

For now Gamestop plans to: 1 – increase in-store sales of online currency cards for online games purchases, 2 – make more games available for digital distro, and 3 – make a “strategic investment” in the market or buy an existing digital distro house. Really smashing ideas guys. Now what’s the actual plan.

Obviously the most concrete idea is number three, but that’s also the hardest to accomplish. Both Valve and IGN (News Corp.) would be reluctant to part with Steam or Direct2Drive. As for other distro houses, nothing else is nearly so well established, and that would mean competing directly with two established and extremely popular alternatives. Back to the drawing board, fellas.

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