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{{Infobox website
|name             = Direct2Drive
|logo             = Direct2DriveLogo.gif
|url              = {{URL|http://www.direct2drive.com/}}
|owner            = AtGames
|commercial       = Yes
|type             = Online retailer
|registration     = Yes
|launch_date      = {{start date and age|2004|5|28}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whois.domaintools.com/direct2drive.com|title=Direct2Drive.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools|work=[[Software:WHOIS|WHOIS]]|access-date=2016-09-14|archive-date=2023-08-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824194614/https://whois.domaintools.com/direct2drive.com|url-status=live}}</ref>
|current_status   = Active
|screenshot       = [[File:Direct2DriveDLM.PNG]]
}}

'''Direct2Drive''' (commonly '''D2D''') is an online game store offering [[PC game]]s via [[Digital distribution|direct download]].

On May 25, 2011, GameFly acquired Direct2Drive from IGN Entertainment, Inc. and renamed the service to GameFly Digital.<ref name="D2D Acquisition">[http://gamefly.gameflycdn.com/press/11.05.25_GameFly_Acquires_Direct2Drive.pdf GAMEFLY, INC. ACQUIRES DIRECT2DRIVE FROM IGN ENTERTAINMENT] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626065935/http://gamefly.gameflycdn.com/press/11.05.25_GameFly_Acquires_Direct2Drive.pdf |date=2011-06-26 }}</ref> On Oct 20, 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.

== Business ==
Launched in 2004, IGN has claimed "exponential growth in sales" since that time.  It offered over 3,000 titles through relationships with more than 300 game publishers.<ref name="GAMEFLY, INC. ACQUIRES DIRECT2DRIVE FROM IGN ENTERTAINMENT">[http://corp.ign.com/articles/117/1170984p1.html GAMEFLY, INC. ACQUIRES DIRECT2DRIVE FROM IGN ENTERTAINMENT] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611174630/http://corp.ign.com/articles/117/1170984p1.html |date=2011-06-11 }}</ref><ref name="Gamasutra Berger interview">{{Cite web |url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/25610/Interview_Direct2Drives_Berger_On_The_Evolving_Digital_Distro_Space.php |title=Interview: Direct2Drive's Berger On The Evolving Digital Distro Space - Gamasutra |access-date=2010-03-29 |archive-date=2010-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100510082645/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/25610/Interview_Direct2Drives_Berger_On_The_Evolving_Digital_Distro_Space.php |url-status=live }}</ref>  Direct2Drive sponsored a $10,000 award at the Independent Games Festival called the D2D Vision Award, which "celebrates independent developers exemplifying innovation in design coupled with excellence in game-play".<ref name="Gamasutra D2D Vision Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/22827/GDC_IGF_Direct2Drive_Announce_10000_D2D_Vision_Award_Finalists.php |title=GDC: IGF, Direct2Drive Announce $10,000 D2D Vision Award Finalists - Gamasutra |access-date=2010-03-29 |archive-date=2010-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100510002528/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/22827/GDC_IGF_Direct2Drive_Announce_10000_D2D_Vision_Award_Finalists.php |url-status=live }}</ref>  In 2009, the site made headlines by refusing to sell Activision's ''[[Software:Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2|Call of Duty]]'' 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.<ref name="Gamasutra D2D MW2 Boycott">[http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=25944 Direct2Drive Tussles With Valve By Declining To Sell Steamworks-Powered MW2 - Gamasutra] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108190659/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=25944 |date=2009-11-08 }} Was acquired by GameFly in.2011</ref>

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