Gamersgate releases VOID, an ad-driven service that lets you play games for free

[Dankk]

http://www.gamersgate.com/VOID

The idea is that you download and install any game from the VOID catalog, watch a 60-second advertisement, and then play your free game. So basically you have an extra 60 seconds to take a piss or get a drink before you start playing. Pretty simple.

Currently their selection is quite limited; most of the games are older or low-quality, but there are also few gems on there. To name a few:

• King's Bounty
• Risen
• Men of War
• Flatout
• Jagged Alliance 2
• UFO: Extraterrestrials
• Many of Paradox's grand strategy games (Hearts of Iron, Europa, Crusader Kings)
• I also personally recommend Darkness Within as a creepy horror/adventure game, but that's just me

You start with 1 free slot, meaning you can only play 1 game at a time. Think of it basically as an unlimited free rental. Over time their catalog of available titles should hopefully expand, as it gets more popular.

What do you guys think?

 

[blastingcap]

If poor enough it's possibly worth the hassle and potential privacy and security concerns. Personally I would rather buy those games for a buck or two during sales and eat a few meals of ramen each year.

 

[crownjules]

Looks like most of the same games Gamefly now has available in their program. Have to have a sub but no ads to watch.

 

[Dankk]

I think it's a great business idea, and a great way to appeal to those who are too cheap/too poor to actually buy games. As far as I know there's no other DD site that has a service like this.