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Circuit City is sticking their toe in the used game market pool and swishing it around a bit, trying to see if the water is warm enough already or if we need another company's diluted urine added to the mix. Launching at CircuitCity.com and select stores, the retailer is rolling out used games at a price relatively close to dedicated game stores like GameStop, meaning a $59.99 game is selling used for a whole $5 cheaper. Hooray. More »
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After Gamestop delivered a swift punch in the gut to the PS3 pre-ordering crowd—many of whom camped out just to pre-order the thing based on alleged, yet conservative launch day store allocations—comes a shred of positive news about when they'll get their post launch PlayStations. More »
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News is coming in from cities such as New Orleans, LA, Cleveland, OH and Timonium, MD about delayed Gears of War shipments to their local EB/Gamestops. Other states have also reported in about the missing shipments including Florida, Alabama, Virginia and North Carolina. EB/Gamestop is pointing the finger of blame directly at FedEx who apparently left a huge shipment at their hub in Memphis, TN. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=213386&view=rss&microfeed=true We received the pictured (and alleged) internal memo from a reader today, one that was designed to politely ask all EBgames and Gamestop employees who would like to remain employees to keep their online traps shut. More »
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Amidst the kerfuffle relating to the irritating announcement from Hawaiian GameStops that $50 worth of traded-in merchandise would get you a Wii preorder, (the program is since rumored to be discontinued due to that creaking noise you hear, which is the entire internet balling its grimy fists in rage), there comes some new light in the form of an intrepid Tipster who endeavored to get the straight poop. More »
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In an extremely irritating live recording of a call from what sounds like a radio show to the EB GameStop customer support phone center, some galoot harangues a hapless phonemonkey about Hawaii's $50 trade-in policy. Which, while kinda outrageous, does not warrant the ill treatment of some $8-per-hour shmuck. More »
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Over at the lamentably neglected Lamethrower, Jason McMaster has combed the upcoming games list of EB Games to skewer any and all disposable, improbable, silly or stupid titles slated to be unleashed as festering boils upon the communcal consciousness of gaming. More »
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Destructoid has posted some rather interesting advice on securing yourself a Wii or PS3 at launch. More »
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Down in Australian, when not brainwashing small children into liking Vegemite, the Ozzies are gearing up for the Wii. Oz Nintendo site Vooks reports that EB Games is ramping up Wii pre-order (no biggie) and in-store advertising (ah, it's starting). Vooks reader rygr explains: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=191446&view=rss&microfeed=true Evil Avatar is reporting that Gamestop and EB will not be taking PS3 pre-orders until October at the earliest, hoping to avoid another XBox 360 pre-order fiasco. From their post: More »
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