Redbox begins to rent games

October 13, 2010 By Ryan Fleming

The Redbox kiosks will offer game rentals, including hot releases like Medal of Honor, for $2 per day.

The future of movie and game rentals may be found in the form of a little red box, as the Redbox service is now offering game rentals nationwide. The service, which has grown steadily while the rental giants Hollywood and Blockbuster have filed for bankruptcy, has begun to rent games for the PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, DS, and Wii.

The selection includes most current releases, including EA’s Medal of Honor, which was released just yesterday. A full list of titles can be found at Redbox’s official website.

The move is the culmination of nearly a year’s worth of negotiations with video game publishers. The new video game rentals are still in the testing phase, but if they prove successful, expect the move to become permanent, and the selection to increase.

“The addition of video games to the popular redbox kiosks is part of an ongoing test designed to gauge consumer interest in video game rentals,” a spokesperson for Redbox told IGN.

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Gamer417 at 6:00am 27th October 2010 Great stuff, me personally though, I would just buy the game anyway rather than rent it. Build your own gaming PC @ Computer Planet.
kapauldo at 1:20pm 15th October 2010 (posted to pikk) Thrive or Fail? Redbox begins to rent games [POLL] - http://www.pikk.com/6b5e8
TP_ at 11:31am 15th October 2010 So you'd rather pay $60 to get the game? Strange, I'll rent it and crank it out for a week and gladly spend the $14 over $60.
jonbirdmedia at 10:46pm 13th October 2010 It is great to just test a game if your unsure that u want to buy it
1. Adam_Zed at 10:49pm 13th October 2010 Says $2 per day. Cool if you can hammer a game out in a weekend, but otherwise not worth it.
michael at 9:17pm 13th October 2010 That is awesome. There are so many games I would love to get for even just one day.
1. ioman at 10:18pm 13th October 2010 You bring up a good point. Please don't tell me its $1/day, that would add up fast for a game that might take two weeks to finish!