CNET News reported on Blockbuster’s new potential ploy to regain the spot it had achieved in the rental business before GameFly and Netflix opened. Now, because the company hasn’t been able to compete with the prices, supply and methods of Netflix, Blockbuster is making a move in the the video game mail service game.

With Blockbuster’s revised “by Mail/Total Access” service, you’ll be able to either or buy both DVDs and games. If it works, it could make Blockbuster a competitive force against GameFly, which in turn could make it a valid competitor against Netflix as well.

The Associated Press is reporting that Blockbuster has announced that it will begin a test program beginning Q2 2009 to allow Total Access subscribers to rent video games.

From the article: “Customers of Blockbuster’s Total Access can rent DVDs online and exchange them in Blockbuster stores as well as by mail. The plans start at $10 a month and the company says its $20 plan is the most popular. Renting games will cost an extra 5 dollars a month, but people will only be charged if they…