Direct2Drive

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title: "Direct2Drive" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["internet-properties-established-in-2004", "online-only-retailers-of-video-games", "windows-games"] description: "Video game digital distribution service" topic_path: "technology/operating-systems" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct2Drive" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Video game digital distribution service ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox website"]

Field	Value
name	Direct2Drive
logo	Direct2DriveLogo.gif
url
owner	AtGames
commercial	Yes
type	Online retailer
registration	Yes
launch_date
current_status	Active
screenshot	[[File:Direct2DriveDLM.PNG
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|name = Direct2Drive |logo = Direct2DriveLogo.gif |url = |owner = AtGames |commercial = Yes |type = Online retailer |registration = Yes |launch_date = |current_status = Active |screenshot = [[File:Direct2DriveDLM.PNG|250px]]

Direct2Drive (commonly D2D) is an online game store offering PC games via direct download.

History

Launched in 2004, IGN reported "exponential growth in sales" since that time. It offered over 3,000 titles through relationships with more than 300 game publishers. Direct2Drive sponsored a $10,000 award at the Independent Games Festival called the D2D Vision Award, which "celebrated independent developers exemplifying innovation in design coupled with excellence in game-play". In 2009, the site made headlines by refusing to sell Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 due to that game's integration with Valve's Steamworks service. Users buying Modern Warfare 2 from a reseller such as Direct2Drive would be forced to also download and install the Steam client.

In May 2011, GameFly acquired Direct2Drive from IGN Entertainment, Inc. and renamed the service to GameFly Digital. In October 2014, GameFly released a statement in their website indicating that it had sold the digital download service to AtGames 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.

References

References

1. "Direct2Drive.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info – DomainTools". [[WHOIS]].
2. [http://corp.ign.com/articles/117/1170984p1.html GAMEFLY, INC. ACQUIRES DIRECT2DRIVE FROM IGN ENTERTAINMENT] {{webarchive. link. (June 11, 2011)
3. "Interview: Direct2Drive's Berger On The Evolving Digital Distro Space – Gamasutra".
4. "GDC: IGF, Direct2Drive Announce $10,000 D2D Vision Award Finalists – Gamasutra".
5. link. (November 8, 2009 Was acquired by GameFly in.2011)
6. [http://gamefly.gameflycdn.com/press/11.05.25_GameFly_Acquires_Direct2Drive.pdf GAMEFLY, INC. ACQUIRES DIRECT2DRIVE FROM IGN ENTERTAINMENT] {{webarchive. link. (June 26, 2011)

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