American online video game rental subscription service
GameFly Holdings, LLC.[1]
Company type
Private
Founded
April 15, 2002; 22 years ago (2002-04-15)
Founders
Sean Spector (Co-Founder) Jung Suh (Co-Founder)
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Key people
Jeff Walker (CEO)
Tim Hinsley (President)
Website
gamefly.com
GameFly is a privately held American online video game rental subscription service that specializes in providing games for Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft systems starting from the sixth generation onwards.
The business model of GameFly is similar to the DVD-by-mail subscription service Netflix and Blockbuster online. In 2009 GameFly sued the U.S. Postal Service alleging the favoring of Netflix and Blockbuster by sorting their DVDs at no charge.[2] GameFly sends games to subscribers for a monthly fee. Over 8,000 titles are available.
In May 2018, Electronic Arts announced that they acquired cloud gaming technology assets and personnel from GameFly (including its Israeli outpost).[3] GameFly is currently owned by the same ownership group as Alliance Entertainment and is operated as a stand-alone company.
^Name Change post sale to Alliance
^"Postal Service must stop favoring Netflix DVDs over GameFly ones, says appeals court". Archived from the original on 2018-03-27. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
^Musil, Steven. "EA acquires GameFly subsidiary's cloud technology assets". CNET. Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
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"MobyGames purchased from GameFly, improvements planned". Polygon. Retrieved January 1, 2014. Wawro, Alex (December 31, 2013). "Game dev database MobyGames...
nicknamed "The Fly" Drosophila melanogaster, the (best-studied) fly "The Fly" (poem), a 1794 poem by William Blake The Fly, an Atari 2600 game The Fly (roller...
Musil, Steven. "EA acquires GameFly subsidiary's cloud technology assets". CNET. Retrieved 2020-06-04. "EA embraces game streaming with its new 'Project...
site from Gamefly near the end of 2013, and he became the site's CEO. Since 2014, David L. Craddock, one of the site's editors and a video game historian...
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Sega on multiple different handhelds and retro consoles. In August 2014, GameFly announced on its website that AtGames had acquired its online games distribution...
Jeff (12 August 2010). "Zenimax Acquires Arkane Studios". Shacknews. GameFly Media. Archived from the original on 16 August 2010. Retrieved 13 August...
(August 20, 2010). "Rock Band 3 Leaked Setlist... Confirmed?". Shacknews. GameFly. Archived from the original on September 22, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2011...
outside of the subscription service. Cloud gaming / gaming on demand Services like PlayStation Plus, or GameFly allow players to play games that are run...
Postal Service had given Netflix preferential treatment to competitors like GameFly or HebrewReader. "505 Return Services". Domestic Mail Manual. United States...
directly to the guides (including GameSpot, Yahoo! Games, AOL, and GameFly). GameFAQs features several ongoing contributor contests, including FAQ of...
partnered with GameFly in 2008 to cross-promote each other through mutual discounts. In 2014, the Bawls was still marketed to gamers, including sponsoring...
August 22, 2021. Garnett, Lee (November 15, 2013). "Phrazzle is GameFly's second mobile game, lets you build phrases". Shacknews. Retrieved March 11, 2023...
Metaboli. GameTap was conceived primarily as an online subscription rental service, competing against mail-based services like GameFly. GameTap offered...
has appeared regularly in commercials for Kia Motors, Subway, Vizio, and GameFly. Griffin was charged with misdemeanor battery as a result of an October...
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