Get Games, a new digital gaming distribution service, is set to launch today, but should face stiff competition from more established players like Direct2Drive and Steam.
The company will launch with hundreds of titles for download, with a launch promotion of Serious Sam HD for GBP 9.99.
Says co-founder Rupert Loman, of Eurogamer: "The market is read. A lot of the difficult ground work has already been done by others and everyone in the industry is now working on their digital plans - so it's been a relatively easy sell to content creators who are looking to maximise their revenues from as many different routes as possible.
"[The publishers] got it straight away. We've already signed most of the major publishers, alongside some independent developers too. And they are particularly excited that we have a network of websites in 10 European languages and will be taking Get Games across the continent very soon."
When asked about market leader Steam, Loman responded (via GI.biz):
"Clearly for the PC, the Get Games service makes a huge amount of sense and the model has already been proven to work with Steam,.The most exciting thing for me is to see console content starting to be purchased via the web - which is still a more intuitive place to buy content than places like PlayStation Network. We have the hundreds of thousands of gamers on our sites every day, and we know what they like, so this is a huge new opportunity for the console platforms."
Says co-founder Rupert Loman, of Eurogamer: "The market is read. A lot of the difficult ground work has already been done by others and everyone in the industry is now working on their digital plans - so it's been a relatively easy sell to content creators who are looking to maximise their revenues from as many different routes as possible.
"[The publishers] got it straight away. We've already signed most of the major publishers, alongside some independent developers too. And they are particularly excited that we have a network of websites in 10 European languages and will be taking Get Games across the continent very soon."
When asked about market leader Steam, Loman responded (via GI.biz):
"Clearly for the PC, the Get Games service makes a huge amount of sense and the model has already been proven to work with Steam,.The most exciting thing for me is to see console content starting to be purchased via the web - which is still a more intuitive place to buy content than places like PlayStation Network. We have the hundreds of thousands of gamers on our sites every day, and we know what they like, so this is a huge new opportunity for the console platforms."
