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gamestop
GameStop Sells Played Games As New, Sources Say, Practice Could Be Illegal
The alleged practice of GameStop lending new copies of games to employees at their stores and then later selling those games as new, unused copies, may be a violation of federal law. More »
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Comment by EnigmaNemesis: Too add to this, once the seal is broken and game opened, IT IS USED. Since all their return policies, from... 110 Responses | Other threads
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rumor
Ubisoft Re-Releasing Beyond Good & Evil?
Beyond Good & Evil was great, yet largely ignored. There's a sequel coming, but since the first one was - yes - largely ignored, Ubisoft might have an uphill struggle on their hands convincing millions of people that this game is a good idea. So this strategy, while still unconfirmed, certainly makes a lot of sense. A Canadian GAF poster spotted this ad at his local EB Games, advertising a BG&E Greatest Hits reprint for $10. With a release date of September. Like we said, it makes sense, but we're still slightly sceptical; we're already halfway through September and this is the first we hear of it? Kinda defeats the point if you're not marketing it. And with the sequel still possibly years away, why re-release it now? More »
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Comment by Darlan: That reminds me to track down a Gamecube version of BG&E. Finally, Wii, a second game purchased for you... 17 Responses | Other threads
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star wars: the force unleashed
EB Canada Offers Hazy Force Unleashed Buyback Guarantee
You may remember back in March, when EBGameStop announced a too good to be true buyback program of sorts for the PLayStation 3 title Haze, in which they offered gamers a chance to trade-in the title for full purchase price in case they didn't enjoy the game. Fortunately for GameStop, Ubisoft pulled the emergency brake on that deal, but now GameStop Canada has brought back their gaming guarantee, only this time for a title that might not suck. Players picking up Star Wars: The Force Unleashed within seven days of release have a week to return the title for full-price store credit should they dislike the game, or beat it early. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by 7ruthslayer: @NeVeRMoRe666: Yes, I live in Ed, so I don't see why we couldn't compete against each other. more » | Other threads
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crime
Suspect Arrested In San Antonio EB Murder
In January 2007 we reported on the murder of Amber Belken, a 24-year-old EB manager for a San Antonio, Texas area EB Games store. Belken entered her store around 9AM on January 29th, 2007 only be be found dead - suffocated with a plastic bag - around 2PM when EB managers arrived on the scene to see why she hadn't been answering the phone. Now, over a year and a half later, police finally have a suspect in custody. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by lazlo_chatter: @bornonce: I guess I don't see your point. I know that Texas only uses lethal injection, I however live in... more » | Other threads
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eb games
The Gamesman: 100% Kiwi Pwned
Geekpulp is reporting unofficial word that The Gamesman, New Zealand's largest independent gaming store ("100 percent Kiwi-Owned!"), will be consumed by the EB Games empire and rebranded. This comes on the heels of Kiwi-run GamesPlus, which also caved in last year. More » -
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GameStop President Steve Morgan Resigns
GameStop managers today received an email from CEO Dick Fontaine, informing them that President Steve Morgan would be resigning from the company. Morgan was previously Electronic Boutique's President of Stores-North America and President-Electronics Boutique Canada, appointed to the position of GameStop president during the merger in 2005. The following is paraphrased from said official email, the gist being confirmed by several GameStop managers via telephone conversation.After 7 productive years with GameStop, Steve Morgan has made the decision to reapply his energy and drive outside out GameStop Steve will officially be leaving the company on May 2nd 2008. Steve has stated from the very first day we discussed his position with our merged company that his goal was to head up a company as a CEO. After two and half very successful years as our President he now feels that the time is right to pursue his objective.
Awww Steve. Follow those dreams. No word on who will be replacing Steve, though I'm sure we'll hear more once GameStop officially announces the resignation.
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By Mike FaheyComment by freespeech: oh yeah, I forgot about electronic boutique. that was another fine store gamestop crapped up!!!!!!! more » | Other threads
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eb games
EBGames Try For Teh GTAIV Funnies
Yes, yes, GameStop/EB Games are a cold, soulless, ruthless international corporation. But sometimes, just sometimes, someone gets into their system with a little spark. A sense of what it is to be truly human. That person's started writing up the site's legal disclaimers regarding pre-orders, with their GTAIV notice warning customers they can't be held accountable for their "delivery driver's truck getting stolen". Or, if you've ordered MGS4, any possible "inclement weather or Octocamo malfunctions". Not necessarily funny, just...unexpectedly cute. More »
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Comment by SubKamran: I go to Gamestop when I need a game right away, no wait. Otherwise, I use my membership discounts and... more » | Other threads
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buyer beware
Some Guitar Hero Bundles Lack The Bundle
Apparently some Guitar Hero III bundles are missing the game. As reported by our sister site The Consumerist, an EB Games employee looked on as his manager opened every Xbox 360 GH3 bundle box they had following a customer complaint, finding that none of them had the game inside. More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by Hauler: @chinesedentist: Did you not read the line where it said that they opened up all of the bundles and the games... more » | Other threads
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ads
EBGames Certainly Pitches The DS In An Odd Way
"Fun for the whole family." "Nintendo's popular handheld." "Your mom can play Brain Age on it." These are all acceptable descriptions of the Nintendo DS. EBGames of Canada, however, went a different route with their sales pitchLondon, 2038. According to to legend...
This is gonna be good, hit the jump for the big, fully readable screengrab. More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by frickinharlem3: Wait a minute. What's wrong with that description? That's more or less what I tell my friends that are curious... more » | Other threads
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online only
Mass Effect LE Available Online Only Through EB/GameStop
If you were hoping to waltz into your local EB/GameStop on November 20 and pick up a Mass Effect Limited Edition, it looks like you're out of luck. According to the game retailer's website, the Limited edition will only be available as an online purchase. And I quote: More »
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By fdemarcoComment by jdubthesnowman: Just get the limited edition guide and the bonus disc that you get when you reserve the game, same price,... more » | Other threads
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meet n' greet
Hob Nob With Castlevania Producer Koji Igarashi
If you live in the Los Angleles area and are fan of the Castlevania series, there is golden opportunity for you to spend some quality time with Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi. To promote the launch of Castlevania X, on the PSP, Mr. Igarashi will be appearing at the Universal City Walk EB Games on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2007 from 6:00-8:00 P.M. He will be signing autographs and posing for photographs with fans and hopefully he'll be wearing the jaunty hat shown in the photo. More » -
as usual, dave got left out
Rumor: Alvin and the Consoles
Good gravy. As if it wasn't bad enough these fools had a Saturday morning timeslot growing up and every year around Christmas time we have to listen to that annoying song ("Last Christmas" by Wham, of course), now there's talk that these squeaky rodents might have a game coming out. EB Games has listings for Alvin and the Chipmunks for Nintendo DS, Wii, PS2, and PC in their database which could mean disaster for anyone's unprotected ear drums. I'm sure there are still some chipmunks fans out there roaming the earth, but it's time to let it go. More »
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By Kim PhuComment by Satyric_saint: This is simple (as with everything) If you dont like it, don't watch/play/listen to it. Durh! more » | Other threads
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pre-order blues
Pushing Pre-Orders: A Dissection
The BBPS has a great two part article called Exposed: The Ugly Truth Behind Pre-Order Pushing that is quite a good read. Author Xav de Matos managed several EBs and has quite a lot to say, good and bad, about the corporate process and the thinking behind it. More »
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By fdemarcoComment by milkbagsstinkypants: I read some of the above comments and get amazed to see hatred of store level employees for high-pressure sales... more » | Other threads
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gamestop
Gamestop Reactivates PS3 Trade In Deal
An anonymous Gamestop tipster has informed us that Gamestop/EB is revisiting their PS3 trade in deal that was available for a short time a few months ago. With your trade in of a fully functioning PS2 with cables and controller, a second Sony PS2 controller and an 8mb Sony PS2 memory card, you will receive $100 dollars off your purchase of a PS3. As the 20 gig Ps3's are no longer readily available (and apparently will no longer be available at all), your trade in will most likely have to go towards the 60 gig version. More » -
hidden treasures
Digging Up Hidden Treasures At Your Local Game Store
Often times it's very easy to find fault with corporate owned game stores. The main complaint with these places usually seem to be their admittedly terrible trade in values and their sometimes inability to fill pre-orders. But, there is a flip side to the coin as well. It's not uncommon that you'll turn up that game you've been looking for forever at a pretty reasonable price. Or you might find a game that you got rid of a while ago and wished you hadn't. And sometimes, if you're really lucky, you'll stumble across a game you didn't even realize you wanted, but the price makes it impossible to turn down. More » -
eb games
Canadians Get An EB Site To Call Their Own
Sometime in the last few weeks, Gamestop has snuck in put up an EBGames.com website for our brothers and sisters in the fair land Canada. Formerly, Canadians wishing to order from the online retailer had to do their purchasing form the U.S. website and unfortunately, they still have to. More »
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By fdemarcoComment by Gloominati: It's about freaking time. I'm tired of going to Best Buy's Canadian site to get Canadian prices. The site is... more » | Other threads
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burger king
EB Games Prices Are Insane
While the prices you find on the used shelves at EB Games and GameStop generally follow no logical pattern whatsoever other than the whimsy of a man in an office somewhere who was never played a video game in his life, this one is just ridiculous. It's bad enough some of us paid $3.99 for the Burger King games, especially now that they've dropped down to $.99. Now EB comes along and wants to charge double original retail price for a used copy of Pocketbike Racer? More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Manji Kengo: Aw, people who don't know how the economy works are cute! The United States is a capitalist nation people. more » | Other threads
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murder
EB Clerk Murdered
A San Antonio EB Games Clerk ws found dead in the store Monday afternoon, police there said.
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Comment by Chaosstem: I believe that this murder was a shameless waste of a young life. What really concerns me is the... more » | Other threads
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By fdemarcoComment by johannabartley: So Genuine Forex Trading Online is true? I can really turn my PS2 in for a PS3? Sweet! more » | Other threads
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By fdemarcoComment by ferrarimanf355: Wait, crap, wrong thread. Nevermind. more » | Other threads
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Comment by darkslide: i like picture for this story. Nice touch with BASTARDS in the background hehe. I can proudly say that I got... more » | Other threads
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top
Rumor: EB Games Clamp Down On PS3 eBay Pre-Orders
EB Game is releasing its jack-booted foot soldiers and coming after your dubious eBay pre-order ass! Flexing its gestapo muscle, the company is apparently dead set on tracking down all pre-orders up for auction. An insider over at game site Evil Avatar states: More »
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Comment by What The Geek: I have read that this is false, but lets pretend for a second that it is true... Has anyone explored the... more » | Other threads
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Comment by enssman: It is our district's policy that no employee is to purchase any game system after it's release until furthur notice... more » | Other threads
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By kotaku.comComment by Flazh: Still not as good as The Ant Commando's Freedom V controllers. Shame that Red Octane/Harmonix are screwing that company over... more » | Other threads
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australia
Twilight Princess GC Through EB Games Only... In Australia
If you don't intend on buying a Wii, but still want to play Twilight Princess on your GameCube, you may as well just sigh in resignation now. It looks like Nintendo intends on making it as hard as possible for you to get a GC version of Twilight Princess. More »
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By kotaku.comComment by imutau: Same thing with the UK. I'm still holding off on believing it till it actually happens. more » | Other threads
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Comment by eVictus: I'm a bit off-topic: I've read: 249€ the console + WiiSports and Remote 19€ the nunchuck 38€ the remote 19€ the classic controller 58€ normal titles 48€... more » | Other threads
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Comment by Espen: Wanted to add a bit about the demographic there that I neglected to mention in my other comment: Out of roughly... more » | Other threads
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Comment by theJON: EBGames must have moticed their mistake over night and changed their website. All games now have a pricetag of $49.99. http://www.ebgames.com/default.asp?sect=1285 more » | Other threads
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Comment by InsomniAxe: Same Deal as Youareivan,I got to Gamestop around 9:30 and there was already a line of 7 with only 8.... more » | Other threads
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Comment by kftgr: Oh great...instead of the GS employees in Hawaii leaving only 2 per store for customers, they might have 4. ... more » | Other threads
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wii
Rumor: Wii Pre-Orders Start Friday?
We've received a number of tips that GameStop is going to start taking pre-orders for the Nintendo Wii by the end of the week. Despite the incessant rumors, neither my Gamestop nor my Nintendo tipsters could confirm this. In fact, one of my better tipsters told me that no word has yet been passed on from Nintendo to Gamestop about how many Wiis they will be getting for launch, which would make setting pre-order numbers sort of difficult. More »
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Comment by Tristenkw5: Hmm...Well, I called my "local" (41 miles away) EB games (which is practicly a Gamestop anyway) about something completely unrelated... more » | Other threads
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ps3
GameStop: Our PS3s Sold-Out Nationwide
I just got off the phone with a GameStop spokesman who confirmed that as of 2 p.m. Mountain Time, the chain's 3,600 stores has sold out of every single one of their PS3 pre-orders. As of right now, he went on to say, the chain has no word on whether they will be getting anymore for launch day. So this could be it for their initial batch of consoles. More »
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Comment by Alaron: Cell9song, you posted that all the employees snagged reserves? Being a Gamestop employee, I can tell you that's crap. That... more » | Other threads
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ps3
PS3 Line-Waiters Talk Next-Gen
Just got back from my local EB Games. They sold out of their ten Playstation 3 pre-orders in ten minutes flat. The store took two for employees, though I only saw one guy in the store, and left the eight for the remaining nine people line-waiting. I was number eight, but gave up my spot to the guy behind me because I'm still planning on line-sitting at Best Buy or such.
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Comment by idledogg: GameStop/EB Games is the largest specialty video games retailer, full stop. In terms of overall stores selling video games, I... more » | Other threads
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Comment by BaQuar: Oh and as for employees that claim they worked @ EB/GS and there are NO RULES? Well I got... more » | Other threads
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