Infinium Labs, maker of the Phantom PC/console hybrid, says the signing up of more than 20 developers to its exclusively online software-based platform indicates the video game industry is embracing digital distribution as a vehicle to expand the market.
In the first of a series of planned announcements, Infinium Labs unveiled an initial content partner roster for the Phantom Game Service that includes four of the top 10 PC publishers in the industry; game companies that represent, collectively, one-third of the current PC games market, according to PC Data's July report.
Infinium says publishers and developers supplying content include 21-6 Productions, BraveTree, Chronic Logic, Codemasters, Dreamcatcher Interactive, eGames, Eidos, Enlight Interactive, Framework Studios, GamerBlitz, Gameware Development, GarageGames, Global Software Publishing, Interplay, Kuma Reality Games, Legacy Interactive, Max Gaming, O-3 Entertainment, Riverdeep, Skunk Studios and Vivendi Universal Games. Atari Inc. has also signed on to supply select titles for the service.
The company has already secured more than 500 titles, a wide breadth of content which includes more than half of the "50 best PC games of all time as rated by Gamerankings.com."
