GameDaily

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GameDaily
Company typeSubsidiary
Founded1995;30 years ago (1995) (as Gigex)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
FateMerged with Joystiq
HeadquartersUnited States
Owner AOL
Website http://www.gamedaily.com/

GameDaily (GD) was a video game journalism website based in the United States.

It was launched in 1995 by entrepreneur Mark Friedler under the name Gigex and focused on free game demo downloads. [1] The site changed its business model from a flat fee per download CDN distributed service network to an advertising-based games content portal, content syndication and vertical ad network. The site also operated business news service GameDaily Biz.

The network grew to the number one position in ComScore's Games/Gaming Information category in March 2005 and was acquired by AOL on August 16, 2006. [2] The site offered articles on different video game topics, with many game rankings lists.

In 2011, the GameDaily brand was retired. Its staff and content were merged with Joystiq , another video game website owned by AOL. [3] In 2018, Greenlit Content relaunched GameDaily as GameDaily.biz. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Partner Program". GameDaily. Archived from the original on May 16, 2010. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  2. ↑ Kawamoto, Dawn (2006-08-16). "AOL acquires GameDaily". CNET. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  3. ↑ Joystiq Gobbles Up GameDaily Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "About Us". GameDaily.biz. Archived from the original on October 3, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2020.


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