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Gamefly Opens Public Beta for Game Client

Posted December 19, 2011 by M.H. Williams

Update: There's been some confusion around GameFly launching a streaming service. A spokesperson told us, "We're not doing any game streaming yet. The Unlimited PC Play is where members can select, download, and play as many of the games in that catalogue on as many PCs, for as long as they are active GameFly subscribers."

Original story:

GameFly's previously-mentioned PC game streaming service has been launched into open public beta today. GameFly members can play “hundreds” of PC titles in the Unlimited PC Play library and manage their GameQ as well. The service has no additional costs as long as you remain a GameFly subscriber.

"We are thrilled to finally be able to open up the beta so anyone interested in video games can start using the client, and we are hard at work expanding our catalog of PC titles for our users to play for free in the Unlimited PC Play section," said Sean Spector, GameFly co-founder and SVP of Business Development and Content. "Casual to hardcore gamers can enjoy titles like Assassin's Creed, Deus Ex or Saints Row 2 to Earthworm Jim, Jewel Quest or World of Goo at no additional cost to their GameFly subscription."

Current publishers on the service include:

• 1C

• 2D BOY

• Atari

• Bohemia Interactive

• Capcom

• Iceberg Interactive

• Interplay

• iWin

• Kalypso Media

• Layernet

• Legacy Interactive

• Meridian4

• MumboJumbo

• Paradox Interactive

• PlayFirst

• Playrix

• SelectSoft

• SouthPeak Games

• Spicy Horse

• Square Enix

• Strategy First

• Telltale Games

• THQ

• Ubisoft

• Viva Media

M.H. Williams has been writing in some form or another for ten years and has been a hardcore gamer since the NES first graced American shores.  You can catch him on Twitter as @AutomaticZen, Google+ as himself, or on his personal Facebook page.