Redbox Kiosks Add Video Games

Gamers can now rent video games locally at all hours of the day and night.

Redbox, the stand-alone kiosks at local retailers most known for dollar-a-night movie rentals, now offer video games. Games cost $2 a day and can be reserved online for pickup. They are available at 21,000 of the company's 27,000 kiosks nationwide.

In Fridley, there are five Redbox locations, including at , and McDonalds (8100 University Ave. NE). All have games, according to the Redbox website. They join that already rent video games.

New releases are available for rental, along with popular family and children’s games. A list of available titles is online.

Games are available for PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360.

Redbox officials said the company began testing video game rentals at 5,000 locations across the country in August 2009. During that time, officials said, more than 1 million games were rented to customers among the nearly 64 percent of Americans who own at least one gaming console.

Local Editor Chris Steller contributed to this story.