Gear up to play with RedOctane



RedOctane is a web-based video game rental service offering a selection ofover 2,500 titles supported by 8 game platforms. Their online game rental service is simple and so is their site. No parental controls – but they do have Dance Pad products and Guitar Hero 11. You may be looking for a service that has Xbox game rentals or PSP game rentals. If so, RedOctance is straight forward and supports a wide variety of the most recent gaming systems. “RedOctane is a leading video game rental subscription service offering over 2,500 video game titles for rental”. We have found other stores that offer a larger selection but 2,500 is pretty good!

Game systems supported:

• PSP
• Xbox
• Xbox 360
• PlayStation 1, 2
• Nintendo GameCube
• Dreamcast
• Anime DVDs

Get started with RedOctane - start your online game rental service, login to your online account through their website and select all of the video game titles you wish to rent. Depending upon the game rental membership level you have chosen, the pre-set number of games will be sent to you from your list, according to your priority order and game availability. Keep the rental games as long as you want; when you're finished playing, return them in the postage-paid envelopes, and they'll send new games from your list for you to enjoy.

Membership options include three membership levels. There are no due dates, no late fees and no shipping fees. All memberships are billed on the 27th of each month, and you must cancel by that date or be charged for the next full month. Your first month's fee will be pro-rated depending upon the date you signup.

Membership options include a variety of options for all types of users!

• Trial - Free 10-day trial subscription with two free game rentals
• 1 Game Rental - NA
• 2 Game Rentals - $18.95 a month
• 3 Game Rentals - $23.95 a month
• 5 Game Rentals - $39.95 a month

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Parental controls – None to be found.

Customer support is limited with an email address and a toll free number. FAQs are very sparse with only 4 main FAQs, 7entries under “Renting Games” and 4 options under “Game Queues”. They offer better support on Dance Pad and RedOctane hardware purchased than they do for games.

UPSIDE: RedOctane offers anime DVDs alongside video game rentals. Provides purchase of Dance Pad and Guitar Hero products. They, also, offer tracking of your order.

DOWNSIDE: No single game rental membership for lower entry level monthly fees. No trial specials. No parental controls. Poor customer support; a smaller online game rental selection than any other service. The actual navigation and user interface is poor. Used rental games are available for purchase through a separate but affiliated website, which does not appear to integrate with their rental program. So forget buying a game after you rent it!