Hang on to your hats (and your wallets), details on GameStop’s new customer loyalty program known as PowerUp Rewards have emerged. The new points-based system will replace the Edge Card program currently in place and apparently is already being tested in Ohio, Tennessee, and Missouri as we speak.
Basically, a free and…
Ubisoft announced today that if you pre-order their upcoming title Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood at GameStop, you will earn yourself an extra multiplayer character.
While the details are sparse, we do know that the character will be called the Harlequin. No word if the pre-order bonus comes with special abilities or not, but one thing…
Ubisoft announced today that if you pre-order their upcoming title Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood at GameStop, you will earn yourself an extra multiplayer character.
While the details are sparse, we do know that the character will be called the Harlequin. No word if the pre-order bonus comes with special abilities or not, but one thing…
Not sure if you’ve heard, but it’s recently been revealed that if you go to Gamestop and pre-order StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty, you get a beta key to play the currently live beta.
Sweet!
Here is the official word from GameStop:
“Reserve StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty and receive an invitation…
Well here’s an interesting one for you. Capcom has announced that they will be releasing DLC for their upcoming sequel Lost Planet 2. The DLC consists of two multiplayer maps called Helix and Back To The Island. Back To The Island is a remake of the Island 902 map from the original Lost…
While it’s in no way official, several sites, including IndustryGamers and Joystiq, are reporting that our friends at GameStop might soon be acquired by a private equity firm, making us wonder what it would be like if we had the $3.27 billion that the retailer is valued at to…
There was a lively discussion last week on EBC about the Jason Rubin-inspired topic of new distribution models for video games. When this week’s episode of EpicBattleCry seemed to be returning to the same subject, I was a tad concerned. But it turns out that the topic at…
Sharpen thine knives and ready thine hammer, its time for another edition of EpicBattleCry! In this week’s skirmish, we check out the Just Cause 2 demo, new Mass Effect 2 DLC, a Batman: The Brave and the Bold game headed to Nintendo consoles, and hope that Alpha Protocol finally has a firm release…
Love God of War? Love Vegas? Love…PIZZA!?!?! Well, Sony and GameStop recently announced the “Be the Envy of the Gods” sweepstakes that can potentially turn your God of War III pre-order into a palatable pesto pie. Basically, folks who pre-order the PS3-exclusive can use their receipt code or online confirmation number to…
In case you didn’t know, a little game called BioShock 2 is coming out soon and publisher 2K Games has announced its plans to blow the doors off of the game’s release with a nationwide Return to Rapture including midnight openings, television premieres, and more.
From the press release:
On February 9,…
