[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press.]
San Francisco - July 15, 2016 -
GameSessions, the game
discovery and distribution provider, today announced a partnership
with leading digital retailer,
Humble Bundle. The
collaboration will utilize GameSessions’ services, across a
range of PC game titles, enabling a variety of activities including
free trials and extended play promotions.
The first promotion, which will take place the weekend of July
15 -17th (10.00am PST / 6.00pm GMT / 7.00pm CET), offers a Free
Weekend of 2K Games’
Civilization: Beyond Earth, downloadable from the Humble
Store.
"Over the past 12 months we have proven our technology can lend
itself to a range of promotions, encouraging discoverability
through free play," commented Ed French, CEO of GameSessions,
"We also know that our free trials produce strong conversion to
purchase. We’re delighted to be collaborating with Humble to
support their ambitions to offer unique promotions to their
millions of users and customers."
John Graham, Humble Bundle’s COO added,
"We aim to give our customers the best ways to enjoy the games
available on our store, bundles and monthly subscription. Working
with GameSessions we are now able to offer free play weekends as
another way to experience great content, and we are excited to see
what other promotions we can bring to our community in the
future."
About GameSessions
GameSessions is a game discovery and distribution provider that
enables players to try games for free before purchase, making the
process of game discovery and in game purchase quick and easy.
GameSessions’ technology is protected by a number of patents
and patent applications and many publishers, large and small, have
signed up to the service. For more information, please visit
our website.
About Humble Bundle Inc
Humble Bundle sells digital content through its
pay-what-you-want bundle promotions and the Humble Store. When
purchasing a bundle, customers choose how much they want to pay and
decide where their money goes -- between the content creators,
charity, and Humble Bundle. Since the company's launch in 2010,
Humble Bundle has raised more than $75 million through the support
of its community for a wide range of charities, providing aid for
people across the world. For more information, please visit
our website.
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