Fanatical (formerly Bundle Stars) is a United Kingdom-based online
video game
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retailer. It has sold more than 80 million officially authorised game keys to over two million customers globally.
Fanatical has a catalogue of over 8,000 games from more than 1,000 game publishers and developers. These include direct partnerships with
Bethesda Softworks
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,
SEGA
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,
THQ Nordic
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,
Deep Silver
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History
Deep Silver was announced in November 2002, with their first release to be '' Anarc ...
,
Kalypso Media
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and
Codemasters
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as well as smaller
independent developers
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.
History
Fanatical was originally launched in 2012 by
Focus Multimedia Limited, under the name Bundle Stars. As Bundle Stars, it curated collections of games for the
Steam
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platform at significantly discounted prices.
Bundle Stars relaunched as Fanatical on November 1, 2017, expanding both its product offering and its team. As a digital distribution service, Fanatical offers games, bundles and
downloadable content
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(DLC) for Windows PC, Mac and Linux platforms as well as eBooks, eLearning courses and a variety of other digitally delivered products.
In February 2021, Focus Multimedia Limited was acquired by
Fandom, Inc.
References
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Video game companies of the United Kingdom
2012 establishments in England
Companies based in Staffordshire