"Red Alert: Renew Immediately" was the subject line GameStop used to let me know I would soon be adrift in a sea of no savings. PowerUp Rewards is serious business. Yikes.

Retailer GameStop has a surprisingly sweet deal on PlayStation 3 hardware right now, offering customers a $100 USD discount when they purchase a new console in either 160GB or 320GB flavors. The catch? Not everyone is getting that deal.

Soon there will be a completely different card to forget to bring to GameStop with you, as the retailer's new PowerUp Rewards program goes into beta testing, featuring both free and paid cards packed with benefits that don't entirely suck.