Launched in 2004, IGN reported "exponential growth in sales" since that time.

[2][3] Direct2Drive sponsored a $10,000 award at the Independent Games Festival called the D2D Vision Award, which "celebrates independent developers exemplifying innovation in design coupled with excellence in game-play".

[4] In 2009, the site made headlines by refusing to sell Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 due to that game's integration with Valve's Steamworks service.

Users buying Modern Warfare 2 from a reseller such as Direct2Drive would be forced to also download and install the Steam client.

[6] In October 2014, GameFly released a statement in their website indicating that it had sold the digital download service to AtGames Holding Ltd., and that the transition would be completed by the end of the year.