founded 1995 ; 21 years ago 1995 as gigex san francisco california u.s. defunct 2011 2011 headquarters united states owner aol website http www.gamedaily.com gamedaily gd was a video game journalism website based in the united states . it was launched in 1995 by entrepreneur mark friedler under the name gigex and focused on free game demo downloads . 1 the site changed its business model from a flat fee per download cdn distributed service network to an advertising based games content portal content syndication and vertical ad network . the site also operated business news service gamedaily biz . the network grew to the number one position in comscore s games gaming information category in march 2005 and was acquired by aol on august 16 2006 . 2 the site offers articles on different video game topics with a lot of lists where games are ranked . in 2011 the gamedaily brand was retired with its staff and content being merged to joystiq another video game website owned by aol . 3 references edit partner program . gamedaily . retrieved 2008 10 14 . aol acquires gamedaily . cnet . 2006 08 16 . retrieved 2008 04 15 . joystiq gobbles up gamedaily v t e aol digital media aol.com autoblog cambio engadget go90 makers moviefone on style me pretty techcrunch the huffington post advertising advertising platforms advertising.com be on convertro millennial media one by aol relegence verizon digital media services communication alto mail mail reader search dmoz mapquest search software pc aim desktop shield browser mobile kanvas pip sage vivv discontinued or sold explorer fanhouse gamedaily hometown joystiq openride patch media propeller seed spinner corporate verizon communications acquisitions criticism history this computer or video game website related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gamedaily & oldid 737147443 categories american journalismvideo game websitesvideo game website stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran aisnorsk bokm lportugu ssuomi edit links this page was last modified on 1 september 2016 at 01 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view