Redbox Announces It Will Offer Video Game Rentals

Redbox has announced it will offer video game rentals at more than 21,000 redbox locations nationwide beginning June 17, 2011. Top video games will join new release movies for only $2 a day complementing $1 DVD and $1.50 Blu-ray daily rental prices. The announcement follows a test of video game rentals in select U.S. markets that began in August 2009. Today, nearly 64 percent of people in the United States own a game console. Upon launch, redbox will feature games across the three major console platforms: PLAYSTATION 3, Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360.