1 January 2008: A new games rental site has come out of the woodwork, Get Your Gamez, which brings the total in th US (to our knowledge) back up to 9 sites. We moved Gottaplay down a bit mainly to to concerns about the massive 88% fall in the share price over the past year.

1 December 2007: Visits to the site continue to rise, as we made some minor adjustments this month.

1 November 2007: As we move into peak cooler weather rental season, we did a massive review of the site, checking prices, taking new screenshots, etc., and found no less than 6 games rental companies had closed. The old ones, Redoctane, Into the Game, Gamesender, and Gamershare were ailing and were no surprise, but Nimblethumbs, which had a vibrant, updated site, was. Likewise, Intelliflix decided to focus on its core DVD customers and drop their limited game rentals.

We don't know why there's been this massive bloodletting in the games rental industry in a short time--perhaps because now with all three next gen consoles out and games finally flowing, these expensive titles are proving too hard to stock for demanding consumers. Ah well, the survivors in this Darwinian struggle are only getting better, and there's still plenty of choice out there (8 US rental sites), which we'll continue to help navigate for you.

1 April 2007: We've at long last launched this site reviewing the 13 US game rental sites. We'll update it and keep it current with the latest customer reviews. If we miss something or the site data has changed, feel free to email us with the latest info.

Happy Gaming!

Or for a basic description of how the industry works, check out Games Rental Basics.