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Though hundreds of thousands of gamers swear by Amazon.com when it comes to ordering new releases or old favorites, I've never once ordered a video game from the popular online marketplace. Despite the allure of free launch day delivery and bonus credit, I've limited my game spending to local retailers. I didn't realize why until I finally caved and purchased SoulCalibur V online. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5880350&view=rss&microfeed=true As part of its week-long sale-e-bration of EA PC games, Amazon is offering a digital download bundle of Dragon Age Origins: Ultimate and Dragon Age II for download at the low price of $11.99. [Amazon.com] More »
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Have you purchased add-ons like controllers, headsets, or glowing balls-on-sticks for the PlayStation 3 in the weeks leading up to Christmas? Why would you do that? Didn't you know Sony's Play Days sale was coming? More »
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Amazon's new $200 Kindle, the Kindle Fire, isn't just a book-reader that happens to run Scrabble and Sudoku. It runs lots of Android-compatible games: the usual suspects like Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja, but also... the $7, high-end sci-fi horror game Dead Space. More »
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So, maybe you have some money leftover during this, the video game monsoon season. If you do, Amazon wants a word with you. The online shopping portal's stuffed their famous Gold Boxes full of reduced-price video games today, with seven titles up for grabs over 24 hours. Portable classic Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney and the beefed-up No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise are already gone and FIFA 12 is currently up for grabs for the low, low price of $40. You'll have to come back to the site repeatedly to see what the rest of the games are, but it's a good chance to fill out any holes in your back catalogue. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5857547&view=rss&microfeed=true Amazon's digital download service is serving up fresh copies of Modern Warfare 3 standard edition to all comers today, allowing players to purchase and pre-load for play at launch, with a $10 digital download coupon to sweeten the deal. [Amazon] More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5856547&view=rss&microfeed=true Amazon today unveiled an Android-powered Kindle tablet aimed at taking on Apple's iPad, Bloomberg reports. The Kindle Fire will have a 7-inch display and sell for $199. Since it will run on Android, it will presumably be able to play movies, music, games as well as let people read books. More »
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You may not be familiar with the name "John Patrick Lowrie." You probably are familiar with the name "Sniper," whom Lowrie voices in Team Fortress 2. He's just published the novel Dancing With Eternity and, well, his friends are giving it some kind reviews on Amazon. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5843143&view=rss&microfeed=true Zumba Fitness, Grand Theft Auto IV, and CyberBike are three of the mismatched titles on sale today during Amazon's latest video game Gold Box extravaganza. Don't miss out! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5842131&view=rss&microfeed=true Snag Brink for $20 as the Deal of the Day or sit on the edge of your seat waiting for the lightning deals to pop up in today's all video game Amazon Gold Box deals day. Thanks, Alfred! More »
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Anyone looking to pick up a Cosmo Black 3DS today from Amazon was met with a disconcerting note: More »
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A preorder of Dead Island with Amazon will land buyers a digital art book filled with "game art and concept art of everything from the characters, that fat tourist dude with the camera, zombie types, environment concepts" and more, Deep Silver says. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5819635&view=rss&microfeed=true Through July 9 Amazon.com is holding a massive buy one get one free sale on video games and accessories. Sure there's a lot of crap, but one man's crap is another man's delicious sandwich. Ew. Thanks, Cheap College Gamers! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5818211&view=rss&microfeed=true Kicking off a two week exclusive launch at Amazon.com, Android owners can score Popcap's award-winning flower defense game Plants Vs. Zombies for free today only. Grab it before the price rises to $2.99 at midnight! More »
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Want to play as Resistance and Resistance 2 hero Nathan Hale in Resistance 3's online multiplayer? You'd better enjoy shopping at Best Buy. What other retailer-exclusive goodies has Sony got up its sleeves? More »
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Video game development company High Voltage Software was so chagrined by a negative review of their game, The Conduit 2, its creative director may have encouraged studio staff to retaliate against the author—by inundating the Amazon page for his novel with negative reviews. More »
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Launching day-and-date with Atlus' sexy Persona spin-off Catherine, Another Take on Catherine is 70 minutes of Japanese gravure idol CoCo demonstrating how much she looks like the game's title character both with and without clothes. Just don't ask her to play the game. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5802512&view=rss&microfeed=true Buried in a businessy press release from PopCap are two gems: That Plant Vs. Zombies and Chuzzle are coming to Android via the Amazon market-and that they'll be free apps of the day. PvZ for free is quite good. Chuzzle is tomorrow; PvZ "later this month". [PRNewsWire] More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5802214&view=rss&microfeed=true Amazon.com is currently offering a free 1600 Microsoft Points card and $50 USD credit for a future purchase on these Xbox 360 console and Kinect purchases. That's like an extra 70 bucks in your pocket, frugal video game shoppers. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5798232&view=rss&microfeed=true GameStop and Best Buy slashed $20 off the price of Portal 2 this week, to $39.99 ($29.99 for PC) and now Amazon's raised the pot. They're selling it for $34.99 (still $29.99 on PC).. More »
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The terms of selling through Amazon's newly launched Android app store are so unusual - if not unfair to games makers - that the International Game Developers Association has circulated a letter cautioning its members to read any agreement with Amazon closely, and to understand what prerogatives they may be giving up in the sale of their own software. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5792304&view=rss&microfeed=true Want to buy three (or more) video games today on the cheap? Hit up Amazon.com's "Buy Two Games, Get a Third Free" sale. Great games featured in that offer include Killzone 3, Epic Mickey, Bulletstorm, Gran Turismo 5 and Donkey Kong Country Returns, plus more great and not-so-great games. More »
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There are some very unhappy Nintendo fans in the United Kingdom today, with mega-retailer Amazon reportedly failing to deliver 3DS consoles to many customers who paid extra for "expedited delivery". More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5785656&view=rss&microfeed=true Amazon.com's newly launched Appstore for Android is kicking things off with a free download of Angry Birds Rio. Amazon's competitor to Google's Android Marketplace will be giving away premium apps for free every day, so it may be worth investigating as an alternative. More details at Gizmodo. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5784592&view=rss&microfeed=true As we mentioned yesterday, today's Amazon Gold Box deals are games all day, with Dragon Age II $40 across all platforms and great deals on De Blob 2, Bulletstorm, Dead Space 2, and more. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5784387&view=rss&microfeed=true Want to see if Epic's Bulletstorm will make you a sex-crazed murderer, but didn't want to pay full retail? Luck's with you, Wayne—Amazon is selling the title for all platforms for just $40 today. [Amazon [Thanks, @Brokeotaku!] More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5778966&view=rss&microfeed=true Amazon is now taking pre-orders for Nintendo's 3DS due out March 27 in the U.S. for $249.99. Get to it. Stay tuned to Kotaku's 3DS page for a day full of updates, interviews and videos. More »
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The daily Speak-Up on Kotaku doesn't have to be an essay. Sometimes all it takes is a simple question. Commenter Rueli is fed up with GameStop, and wants to know where everyone else goes for their retail gaming fix. More »
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Here's a curiosity: Over the past 90 days, eight of the top 12 sellers in the Kindle Store - including all of the top six - are games, dusting President George W. Bush's memoir and heavyweight writers like John Grisham. More »
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Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy the parade! Delight in your dinner! Prepare for tomorrow's battle. More »
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Square Enix dropped us a line today to show off the wonderful preorder incentive for Kingdom Hearts Re: coded available at GameStop and Amazon.com. What is it? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5688532&view=rss&microfeed=true Today Amazon.com has Enslaved on sale for $25 all day long, with timed lightning deals for Super Street Fighter IV, Sid Meier's Pirates, and more. More »
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Who wants a Puma-branded DJ Hero 2 carrying bag? How about a hard shell turntable case stand, or a copy of the original DJ Hero? Where you pay decides what you'll be playing with when DJ Hero launches October 19. More »
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Duke Nukem Forever's official website recently linked over to preorder pages on Amazon and Gamestop, and both say the game is due for release on Feb. 1, 2011. More »
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A special limited edition "laser cel" - limited to 100,000; we said nothing about it being "rare" - is one of two pre-order bonuses for Call of Duty: Black Ops. The other's a download code for an avatar item. More »
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The publisher known for bringing quirky Japanese titles stateside is getting into the Naruto business this fall, with two new Naruto Shippuden games coming to the Nintendo Wii and DS this November courtesy of Atlus. More »
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Amazon's Xbox Live Store, which had allowed customers to buy Xbox Live Arcade games for their retail price instead of Microsoft Points, is no more. A notice posted on the Amazon site says it's no longer selling the games. More »
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Microsoft's forthcoming Kinect camera controller for the Xbox 360 plays better with standing humans than it does with couch potatoes. Microsoft says it's still "calibrating" Kinect for seated players and may accomplish that with a little help from Amazon.com. More »
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StarCraft II is out. People are buying it. People are playing it. Not everybody, though. Japan, for example. More »
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We already knew that Microsoft was planning on offering a cheaper version of its new, smaller, glossier Xbox 360, but we didn't know much more about it. Thanks to Amazon Germany, now we know. More »
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