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Kongregate Purchased By GameStop

kongregateKongregate co-founder Jim Greer has announced that the giant flash game site has been purchased by retailer GameStop. Does this mean if we want to play a game on the site we’ll have to put down a minimum $5 pre-order through an apathetic, smelly twenty-something? Oh, apparently that isn’t exactly the case. Well good, what does it mean then?

According to this love-filled, humor-enriched announcement, not a lot–”good answer” so say we all. The site will be losing its beta tag, and the GameStop PowerUp rewards program will be integrated into the site, allowing players with the highest scores and achievements gathered to win cash prizes. Maybe most importantly, the revenue sharing system for contributors will remain and won’t deal with any changes at all.

The amount GameStop paid for the site? According to Greer that detail is “confidential.” We’ll have to see how things develop and change on the site in the coming months, for better or worse.

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  • Peter Eykemans

    Aw man…

    The first time a game is played will cost the most, and then when you play it again (“used”) you’ll get a huge discount of…5% off.

    Nah, as long as the game makers are still getting the same revenue deal, it’s just a fancy ad campaign for Gamestop. And you can’t complain about winning cash prizes, really…

  • Geoff Gibson

    I don’t know… I don’t like this, not one bit. Kongregate has always been my favorite place for flash games and I worry about future “monetization” efforts by GameStop.

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