It seems like just last week Gamestop CEO J. Paul Raines was chirping on about finding new online ventures for the gaming mega-chain, and today he may just have it. Gamestop announced today that they have purchased one of the premiere flash-gaming communities: Kongregate.

GameStop CEO J. Paul Raines,
“Kongregate advances GameStop’s digital strategy by providing a gaming platform for casual, mobile and browser games that can be promoted and played by our existing gamers. We welcome the Kongregate team to the GameStop family.”

The move marks a dramatic step away from Gamestop’s current e-commerce website structure as they push to provide social functions and free flash gaming. One feature I’m hoping they retain is Kongregate’s amazing achievement system which has helped to develop a loyal userbase of 10 million monthly players.