•    No free trial
•    $14.95 for one game for the first month; $17.95 each month thereafter
•    Offers Wii, Nintendo DS, PSP, Playstation, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Xbox, and Xbox 360 games
•    Shipping time: one to two days
•    2,400+ titles available

Gamerang Review:

There are many different video game rental sites out there, and Gamerang is yet another of them.  The company features distribution centers spread across the United States—California, New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Minnesota, to be exact.  This means your games will ship from the closest distribution center to minimize shipping time.  There are no late fees or return dates.

There is no free trial or money-back guarantee, but your first month is only $14.95 for one game out.  It’s $17.95 for each additional month.  If you want two games a month, it’s $24.95.  Three games are $49.95, and four games are $59.95.  After that, you can add an addition game up to ten games for $9.95 a title.  The site currently has a two month special for $40.  They also give you a year’s subscription to Wired Magazine if you spend more than $9.95, which means you get the subscription no matter which monthly package you take.

The site offers games for all major systems, including handheld systems like the Nintendo DS and the PSP.  While older games are almost always in stock, games released in the past six months or so may not be readily available.  Almost half of them were marked as short wait.  It can be difficult getting a specific game if you want it right away, but you can put other games in your queue so you always have something to play—just don’t bet on getting the game you want right away.  You also have the option of outright buying or pre-ordering games from Gamerang.  These games will be shipped to you once they’re available.  To get the most out of Gamerang, you really need to have a good-sized list of games you want so you always get something.

Once you have a game from Gamerang, you have the option of keeping it.  Your rental fee will count as a discount on buying the game, although the discount isn’t as great as it is on some other rental sites.  Once you tell Gamerang you’re buying a game, they’ll send you your next rental.  On the downside, you most likely won’t get the game manual with your rental, which is not good.

If you need assistance at any time with your Gamerang account, you can call their toll free support number.  Their support staff is quite knowledgeable and ready to help.  There are some things, though that they can’t assist with, such as the slowness of the Gamerang website.

Overall, Gamerang isn’t a horrible video game rental site, but it’s not the best service out there, either.  It doesn’t have the free trial, money-back guarantee, or the stable website that services like GameFly offer.



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