Online games firm Kongregate has revealed that it will be launching its own games platform later this year.

Called Kartridge, the firm describes this as a "community-focused, developer-first gaming platform," which will be focused on premium titles.

Furthermore, the storefront aims to work with developers of all sizes, and will feature no upload fees. Furthermore, Kartridge will use a mix of human curation and algorithms to ensure what people see, which seems like a compromise between the systems that Steam and GOG.com use.

Free-to-play games will be supported, as will pay-what-you-want and ad-supported titles.

"Kartridge is more than just a platform,” Kongregate chief and founder Emily Greer said.

“It’s a culmination of more than 10 years in the gaming industry. We’ve combined our experience building and running a thriving web gaming portal at Kongregate.com with the knowledge and relationships we’ve built through our publishing program to bring something to both players and developers that was missing in the market.”

"Through a combination of editorial curation and algorithm-focused game surfacing, our goal is to show the right game to the right player at the right time. This approach will help surface titles that are getting lost in other marketplaces and will help players find new content they didn't know they'd love."

You can read more about Kartridge in our forthcoming interview with Greer.