Virgin announces 'iTunes for video games'

[QueenB]

Originally Posted by gamespot

A World of My Own (AWOMO), a joint project between Virgin Games and Game Domain International, is expected to "revolutionise" the way games are sold, the two companies believe.

Promising rapid download speeds--claiming to enable play within minutes--greater security, and ease of use, the virtual world is expected to see "downloading of video games to grow rapidly."

Game publishers including Koch Media are said to have already registered their support and are "enthusiastic" about participating in the project.

Virgin's chairman, Sir Richard Branson, commented, "This is a really exciting development for us, as it gives us the opportunity to do for PC games what iTunes has done for music. The GDI technology will revolutionise how the mass market will play games and will give them more choice for less money."

The AWOMO platform is due to launch later in 2007, with "a large selection of games available." The companies are expecting international demand to be high.

Sounds intriguing, I'll look forward to more news

[Bex]

Read this quickly the other day, and umm yeah lol.
But just read back through it (i was at work when i read it first though lmao )

Rapid download speeds, always a must
I know somewhere that i can download them already in a subscription service, so all legal, and above board, but well, all the games are rather crap imo, and how quick they are to download, I don't know.

Defo be keeping me eyes peeled for more news on this