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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games, electronic commerce, digital distribution |
| Genre | Content delivery Retail Digital distribution |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Stockholm[1] , Sweden |
Key people | Theodore Bergquist, Daniel Hjelmtorp, Gustav Nisser |
Number of employees | 25[2] |
| Website | gamersgate.com |
GamersGate AB (formerly Gamer's Gate) is a Sweden-based online video game store offering electronic strategy guides[3] and games for Windows, macOS, and Linux via direct download.[4] It is a competitor to online video game services such as Steam, GOG.com, and Direct2Drive.
GamersGate sells games for over 250 publishers and developers, including Electronic Arts, Atari, Bethesda Softworks, 2K Games, Ubisoft, SEGA, Capcom, Paradox Interactive and Epic Games as well as smaller independent developers such as 2D Boy, Jonathan Blow and Amanita Design. As of September 2014[update], there are over 6000 games available through GamersGate.[5]
- ^ Staff. "GamersGate". Gamesindustry.biz. Accessed 12 September 2014.
- ^ Rosén, Jimmy. Hyperdistribution and the future of copyright economics: A study of the contemporary Nordic Gaming industry. Linköping University, Department for Studies of Social Change and Culture, Culture, Society and Media Production. 2009.
- ^ Staff. "Prima Strategy Guides via GamersGate Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine". Gamershell.com. 30 July 2009.
- ^ Lawler, Tommy (4 March 2009). "Review / GamersGate (PC digital download service)". That VideoGame Blog. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ "About GamersGate". GamersGate. Retrieved 11 September 2014.