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GameStop God of War III Pre-Order Concept Art Poster

PlayStation 3 owners will no doubt be grabbing the latest God of War release, and Sony is ready to reward your pre-order cash plop with some lovely room decor. That’s right, put a little cash down on God of War III and your local GameStop will instantly bestow a 17×24 concept art poster created and [...]

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GameStop Leaks Eleven Halo: Reach Gameplay Images

GameStop, also known to some as EB Games, has allowed a few Halo: Reach gameplay images to hit the web. Game Informer subscribers may or may not have seen some of these images already depending on whether or not they’ve got their copy of the gaming mag yet. All in all the screens look like [...]

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God of War III Hits US Shelves on March 16th, UK Release Date Confirmed Soon

According to a corporate email that Sony sent to Gamestop stores, God of War III will be released on March 16th in the US. A Sony Computer Entertainment Europe rep told VG247 that they should be able to confirm a UK release date in “the next few weeks.” The game hits Japanese shelves on March [...]

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Man Still Holding 2001 Pre-Order Slip for Duke Nukem Forever

In 2001, I was 9 years old. Bush had just become the President of the United States, America was feeling the pain from the WTC attacks, and the Xbox and Gamecube were hitting homes across the nation. Apparently, GameStop was also taking pre-orders for an obscure little game you’ve probably never heard of called Duke [...]

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Dead Space 2 Coming 2011?

This listing from the GameStop website has surfaced on the internet (that’s where you are now). As you can see (with your eyes), the listing sets the date of release at the third of January 2011. Obviously this is over a year from now; it’s not often that we start hearing about a game this [...]

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GameStop Buys Majority Stake in Video Game Digital Distributor Jolt

In an effort to plan for the future world of digital distribution, video game retail chain, GameStop, purchased a majority interest in U.K. based Jolt. The company distributes gaming news as well as developing and publishing free-to-play license-based titles and browser based MMOs such as Playboy Manager, the Legends of Zork, Trukz, and Utopia Kingdoms.

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GameStop Online “Deal”: Higher Trade-In Value on Select New Titles If Returned By December 20th

GameStop is pulling out all the stops to earn your buck this holiday season. The retailer/glorified pawn shop is promising to give you a little extra cash back on Super Mario Bros. Wii and Left 4 Dead 2 if you buy the titles from them online an return them no later than December 20th of [...]

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GameStop Wants To Kill You, Left 4 Dead 2 Style

Perhaps I should rephrase that. GameStop wants to put you, as a zombie, into Left 4 Dead 2! Of course, not the game itself. It released today (to critical acclaim, I might add) which means it’s a bit too late to get into the actual game, but with the help of GameStop, you can get [...]

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Several GameStops Selling Modern Warfare 2 Early, Activision Does Not Approve

It has leaked on the web that several GameStop locations in the North East (Brooklyn NY, Philadelphia PA, Bowling Green Ohio) have been selling Modern Warfare 2 before its November 10th release date — as in today.

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Modern Warfare 2: Record GameStop Preorders & $500 Million Week One Sales Predictions

In a few days, the latest installment of Infinity Ward’s Modern Warfare series will be upon us, but until then, we will have lots of amped up predictions and mind boggling preorder numbers to discuss. The joys of anticipation.

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GameStop “Slip” Reveals Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Demo (November 19th Release?)

In the latest effort to secure more preorders, GameStop posted Battlefield: Bad Company 2 promotional copy on their site promising: “free overnight shipping, plus access to the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Beta beginning November 19th, 11PM PST.” GameStop later pulled the page down, surely after being contacted by EA, and BFBC2 developer DICE was quick [...]

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Dan Aykroyd Calls Gamestop Ghostbusters Pre-Order Customers

In an effort to answer the age old Ghostbusting question “who you gonna call?” Ghostbuster himself Dan Aykroyd (in automated form) reached out to GameStop pre-order customers asking them to head on down to their local GameStop and pick up their copy of the game. “Greetings fellow paranormal enthusiasts. This is Dan Aykroyd, speaking to [...]

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Used Game Market Not the Problem, Lack of New Purchase Incentive the Real Issue

Look, I’ve been reading a heap of articles lately citing both the Eurogamer and GI.biz sit down with Frontier Developments’ founder, David Braben, and I simply couldn’t take it anymore. For those of you that missed the hoopla, Braben’s gripe is that the used game market will eventually kill the single player aspect of games [...]

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Forget Yo’ Street Dates! GameStop to Sell Call of Duty: World At War Early

Hot off of the Fallout 3 street date news from a few days ago, it seems that GameStop is following Wal-Mart’s lawless ways and is setting out to break street dates- with a twist. According to PlanetXbox360, GameStop will be selling Call of Duty: World of War (note: Stop calling it, COD5, it’s not COD5.) [...]

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Good News For Those That Love Bad News: Wii Version of Rock Band Delayed ‘Til Q1 2009?

For those of you that hope to observe rocking out to Billy Idol’s White Wedding with a plastic remote as a hobby by the end of this year, you should probably just tape your Wiimote to the Xbox 360 Fender- rumour has it that Harmonix & EA are delaying Rock Band 2 for Wii until [...]

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