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    Shack Staff posted a new article, GameFly acquires PC digital distributor Direct2Drive.

    Shacknews parent company GameFly announced that it has acquired PC game digital distributor Direct2Drive from IGN Entertainment.
    May 25, 2011 6:00am PDT
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    Shack Staff posted a new article, GameFly acquires PC digital distributor Direct2Drive.

    Shacknews parent company GameFly announced that it has acquired PC game digital distributor Direct2Drive from IGN Entertainment. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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    • now steam just needs to buy gamefly..... oh wait : NukemForever
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      How long before Steam talk is banned? : sukabljat
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        Speaking in an unofficial capacity, I'll say that the death of our Sun and the theoretical eventual Big C... : Alice O'Connor
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          The sun isn't important. WTF are you talking about? : razlebol
          • The collapse of the universe maaaaan! : Topsiderover
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          Confirmed: Gamefly to cause death of our sun unless Chatty is immediately cleansed of Steam : Hemtroll
          • LOL, nice. : Super Sparker
        • So...October? : ArcanumThis person is cool!
        • hahaha you are brilliant : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
        • What is this "Sun" you speak of? : DerHuhnTeufel
      • Right NOW. : NitriumThis person is cool!
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        They are also going to nuke all posts that contain the word "Steam". : NitriumThis person is cool!
        • can we still say "water vapor"? : TheRealBigDumbass
      • Oh you know its coming, you just know :) : sonicbrewz
      • RIP sukabljat : Chipwarrior
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        Now. You're banned. The apples, how do you like them? The worst part of the internet is that there's l... : geedeckThis person is cool!
        • I weep for humanity. BUCKETS OF WEEPING! : EbuThis person is cool!
        • There's plenty of crazy in the shacker hive mind to give this idea legs. : ihya
      • We should stress-test it. : Jobos
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        never! Steam is the best and D2D sucks so much that : mikecybThis person is cool!
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          RIP cybernetic michael. Banned mid-sentence. :( : Cheeziologist
          • He was a mod too, oh the humanity!!! : Dontdrop
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      I was going to make. Witty comment along the lines of "is this why my posts about how great steam is are ... : re-verseThis person is cool!
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        lololol did you hear the one about internet censorship!!!! : yoonixThis person is cool!
        • In Conservative America, Internet censors you! : Topsiderover
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      very nice now lets see some d2d discounts for Mercury :D : yoonixThis person is cool!
      • Never gonna happen. I really should cancel Mercury, it's worthless these days. :( : nodeThis person is cool!
    • This isn't a bad thing since IGN's days are numbered. However I have a ton of stuff on D2D I haven't play... : baron calamityThis person is cool!
    • Woaaaaaaaaah! : Creepin_Jeezus
    • Cool. Lots of opportunity to make it a helluva lot better : ctlaltl33tThis person is cool!
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      Cool, incoming chatty member only super discounts!!! WOOOO!! : Dschinghis Khan
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        Every time we have to nuke a post it adds 5% to your orders. A 30 minute ban adds 20%, an week get 50, an... : Rauol DukeThis person is cool!
        • Hahaha, if this is true it would be awesome. : Dschinghis Khan
        • Might as well just move to Australia then! : pancake humper
        • i presume naked pics of women get us discounts? : deadfish
    • Whoa, this is BIG NEWS. : The Grolar Bear
    • Woaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. : StolenNosferatu
    • That is crazy. Any Mercury discounts? *cough* : limpossibleThis person is cool!
    • It is nice that they are reaching out to the PC gamers among us : dognoseThis person is cool!
    • I have a question: Since my Direct2drive log in is my ign log in, am i going to have any issues when the ... : baron calamityThis person is cool!
    • Does this mean that GameFly will start having PC game news? : Jobos
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      the problem right now with pc game rental is the amount of games that need serial codes to be playable an... : JuffoWupThis person is cool!
      • That sir, is some quality thinking. Maybe Gaikai instead of Online? Gaikai added some pretty famous gamin... : TheWeaponeer
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      Bigger news: IGN acquires minority stake in GameFly, board of directors seat. : the archvileThis person is cool!
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        interesting... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
        • Also remember that IGN recently bought up UGO. Remember UGO? The "Save the Shack!" days? : the archvileThis person is cool!
      • Wuuuuuugh. : Creepin_Jeezus
      • Hooray, McGriddles Shack incoming! : guido anchovyThis person is cool!
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        link to release or anything? This is troubling :/ : pancake humper
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          How is that troubling? That's pretty common in purchases. : DeathloveThis person is cool!
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            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:McIGN.jpg : MerconiumThis person is cool!
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              It's a minority share and a board of director's seat. They didn't cede creative control. : DeathloveThis person is cool!
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                Not yet... Consider other acquisition ventures by IGN and News Corporation. : the archvileThis person is cool!
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                  do you ever even try to consider the bright side of things? :( : DegenerateThis person is cool!
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                    "It's not safe to hope for the best without preparing for the worst." As a general rule, the things I ... : the archvileThis person is cool!
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                      I can understand that rule but you almost always seem to take the negative side of things. Try looking fo... : DegenerateThis person is cool!
                      • Sorry, I've been backstabbed too many times to do that anymore. Most good things in my life are a result... : the archvileThis person is cool!
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                You never do that unless you have big plans in the future. Come on. : pancake humper
                • Jon Rubenstein joined Amazon's board a few months ago. IS HP TAKING OVER AMAZON?! : DeathloveThis person is cool!
            • not like the shack hasn't been all whored up for Shogun 2 or anything like that : RikiTiki2
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          it says it in the shacknews article : DegenerateThis person is cool!
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            can't read the articles in WinChatty :( : pancake humper
            • look how terrible you are : DegenerateThis person is cool!
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        so by the chatty theory above, this means that all negative mention of FoxNews is now bannable : Cheeziologist
        • I'm looking forward to the Page 3 girls of The Sun doing columns. : JonathanThis person is cool!
      • woohoo, sigs incoming. : shirif
      • That is bad news. : bozerThis person is cool!
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      i would like to be able to get my gamefly loyalty discout and rewards applied to d2d purchases. : RetroRedEyeJr
      • This would be sweet. : sigproThis person is cool!
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      Is Gamefly still doing their IPO? I haven't heard anything about it in a fairly long time. : JonathanThis person is cool!
      • yeah, it would be a good time to do it now since tech seems to be massively overvalued lately : itsjamesThis person is cool!
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      /TROLL MODE ON This Is an interesting development here. This place has been pro-Steam (and that is me ... : TheWeaponeer
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        What the fuck are you going on about? Seriously what is this post? : yoonixThis person is cool!
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          Yeah I read it, got a confused look on my face, and moved on to another post. : Evil Benius
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            You have to savor these frontpage posts, I can't believe I was missing these before nuShack! : askedrelicThis person is cool!
            • Thank you haiku for bringing these posts to us. : RetroRedEyeJr
      • GAMEFLY IS A CONSPIRACY!!! *NINJA VANISH* : askedrelicThis person is cool!
      • Stopped caring at "Dead Rising 2" , Stopped reading at "Hats". : watcherxpThis person is cool!
      • riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight does nobody screen these posts? : deject
      • Stop reading at pro-Steam. Please go kill self. : Dschinghis Khan
      • Eh? Why rent for a couple of days at $5 what I can own outright (via Steam's crazy sales) for nearly the... : Topsiderover
      • Um. What? : happynoodleThis person is cool!
      • pretty sure we are gonna keep on jacking off valve here : crummynzThis person is cool!
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        I think he's talking about me! Which is hilarious. : XAVdeMATOS
        • You have a fan! : dumb.
        • i have no idea what's going on xav :( i'm sorry. : dahanese
      • oh it's you : ETPC1
      • Herp a derp dude, herp a derp. : Ormsbee
      • Yep! Issues with Bulletstorm demo on PC, when it was already available on consoles - http://www.shackn... : XAVdeMATOS
      • Why pay $5 for something you can not resell when that same $5 (or $3/2 rentals for $5) might let you rent : SchnappleThis person is cool!
      • Dont forget to wipe! : VegasX
      • I feel like you could have posted this in any other thread and it would have made just as much sense. : The Grolar Bear
      • If you can rent or buy the same game for $5, why in the fuck would you not just buy it? : Crabs Jarrard
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        What the fuck? http://www.shacknews.com/chatty?id=25964788#itemanchor_25964788 : nevlos
        • lol wut : Mr. Goodwrench
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        everyone is inconsistent about demos here. Some games have to have one, otherwise are instant buys. I d... : ibroknThis person is cool!
        • Some games pretty much you know what is coming with a solid developer pedigree : watcherxpThis person is cool!
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      • So here's Batman, where's Robin (loganscar)? : MeestaNob
    • Old news http://www.shacknews.com/chatty?id=25933458#itemanchor_25933458 : capt trippsThis person is cool!
    • Who didn't see this coming. Publishers are going to kill game rentals with unlock codes in the coming ye... : pigvomitThis person is cool!
    • I hope we still get the "Shack PSA - Weekend Digital PC Deals" posts, I LOVE those!!! : MikkleThePickle
    • Interesting....:) : LightzoutThis person is cool!
    • huh. this should be interesting to say the least. : ETPC1
    • hopefully the service doesn't go down the pooper. : sebe@speakeasy.netThis person is cool!
    • this is exactly what news corporation wants ,... an observer , which is a SPY there's no good attack ... : RuskiSnajper