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2. Steam (service) - Wikipedia

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   Steam is a video game digital distribution service and storefront developed by Valve Corporation. It was launched as a software client in September 2003 to provide game updates automatically for Valve's games, and expanded to distributing third-party titles in late 2005. Steam offers various features, like game server matchmaking with Valve ...

3. GameFly - Wikipedia

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   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.

4. Gamerang - Wikipedia

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   Gamerang, Inc. GameRang, now defunct, was an online video game rental service that provided game titles for multiple platforms, including handheld consoles and mobile devices. GameRang operated its rental service similarly to online video rental services such as Netflix, Gamefly, and Blockbuster Online. Members paid a monthly fee and received ...

5. Game server - Wikipedia

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   Email. v. t. e. A game server (also sometimes referred to as a host) is a server which is the authoritative source of events in a multiplayer video game. The server transmits enough data about its internal state to allow its connected clients to maintain their own accurate version of the game world for display to players.

6. Digital distribution of video games - Wikipedia

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   One of the first examples of digital distribution in video games was GameLine, which operated during the early 1980s. The service allowed Atari 2600 owners to use a specialized cartridge to connect through a phone line to a central server and rent a video game for 5–10 days. The GameLine service was terminated during the video game crash of 1983.

7. Blockbuster (retailer) - Wikipedia

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   Website. www .blockbuster .com. Blockbuster Video [5] is an American video game, movie brand and former DVD and rental store chain. the store was founded by David Cook in 1985 as a single home video rental shop, but later became a public store chain featuring video game rentals, DVD-by-mail, streaming, video on demand, and cinema theater. [6]