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age of conan

Age Of Conan Early Start Preorders Sold Out, Dammit

Just two days ago I switched back to DSL after a brief foray into the world of really slow apartment cable internet, which made it nearly impossible to download the 12.59 GB Age of Conan beta installer. I finally got the file downloaded yesterday with speedy DSL goodness, just in time for the whole thing to end. In my desperation, I ran out to GameStop to snag a preorder so I could at least get into the early start of the retail version.

No dice. Sold out. Funcom had to cut things off because of the logistics involved with having too many people trying to download a 12.59 GB file all at once. It might tick some folks off, especially those that preordered the game and didn't get the code, but look at it this way...you saved $5.

Needless to say, if you haven't preordered your copy of Age of Conan yet, you aren't going to be playing until the game launches in the middle of next week, so you can spend your entire weekend wondering how far those damn early birds are getting in the game while you...I dunno, log in to World of Warcraft and halfheartedly stab at murlocs. I'm right there with you.

8:00 AM on Thu May 15 2008
By Mike Fahey
3,899 views, 63 comments

Latest by cheeses: Since I have nothing nice to say about Age of Conan, I'll say that it looks like that picture of Grace Jones was taken by misunderstood devil whore Leni Riefenstahl. more »

battlefield: bad company

Bad Company Demo Coming June 5th

Those of you who weren't fortunate enough to get into the closed beta test of EA DICE's slightly controversial Battlefield: Bad Company will get their chance to step into the boots of B Company in early June when a combination single / multiplayer demo is released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The multiplayer will consist of the Gold Rush game mode on the Oasis map, while the single player will get players acquainted with the colorful characters of B Company. The demo will be up on both Xbox Live and the PSN on June 5th, though people who preorder the game with be able to access the game a week earlier on May 29th. Hit the jump for the full press release, or head over to the Battlefield: Bad Company website for more on the preorder incentive. More »

8:20 AM on Fri May 9 2008
By Mike Fahey
1,637 views, 20 comments

Latest by merebito: I'm not going to give a break to a company that is only going to stop trying to rape my every dollar just because we complained this time. For every one time we stop them, there's multiple times that they more »

activision

GameStop Announces Spider-Man: Web Of Shadows

It is a sad day when I have to find out about a new Spider-Man game from a blurry photo of a GameStop sales circular. Kotokuite ReidP snapped this shot of the in-store ad for the "just announced" game, complete with Bioshock-ish link to a not-yet-active website where you can vote for which gift you receive for preordering the game. I'd expect official word from Activision any moment now on how they are going to maintain the Spider-Man license's downward spiral. In the meantime, I'd go for t-shirt. Figurines get lost, posters tear, but t-shirts are forever, or at least until the pits rot out.

8:20 AM on Thu Apr 17 2008
By Mike Fahey
9,339 views, 45 comments

Latest by Enigma_20XX: @moose_pants: Yeah, you're right... and this time, they need to do it RIGHT!!! more »

guitar hero: aerosmith

Guitar Hero Aerosmith Preorder Goodies

Are you as excited about Guitar Hero: Aerosmith as I am? Then you'll probably want to skip this article. Those genuinely excited can stick around and read about the spiffy preorder deal going on at retail outlets around the country. Preordering Guitar Hero: Aerosmith entitles you to a special, limited edition bundle of the game, featuring the game itself, and Aerosmith tour book, the guitar, and an exclusive Aerosmith faceplate for said guitar. The bundle will sell for $99 for Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii, $89 for wireless PS2, or $109 for the special PS2 bundle with two wired controllers. Perfect for those of you who were holding off on buying Guitar Hero until a nearly-all Aerosmith version came out.

6:40 PM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By Mike Fahey
4,581 views, 103 comments

Latest by eugaet: The press release did specify a Wii bundle, correct? It's the only bundle not listed on the RedOctane site. more »

rumor

Blockbuster Aiming At Game Preorder Exclusives

I got into a long conversation with the manager of a Blockbuster Video store I've frequented since before the DVD era began today, regarding the company's increased focus on gaming. You see, Blockbuster Video isn't doing so well in this age of Netflix and video downloads, so they are trying to modify the business to stay competitive...it's just the competitor's have changed. Said manager claimed that Blockbuster Video would soon begin getting preorder exclusives...games that cannot be preordered anywhere but Blockbuster. You'll still be able to buy them at other stores on release day, mind you...you just won't be able to reserve a copy anywhere but BB. The news was delivered via an alleged ex-GameStop executive at a managers' meeting, where it was explained to them that GS was actually having to cancel some preorders as they could no longer guarantee copies on release. The horror! More »

7:00 PM on Tue Apr 1 2008
By Mike Fahey
3,756 views, 62 comments

Latest by freespeech: wow, a store actually worse than game(crap)stop!!!!!!! more »

delay of game

PotBS Pre-Orders Moved To November 13th

"What happened to the October 23rd Pirates of the Burning Sea preorder start" you ask? Weird, I was just writing up a story about that. Turns out that the death of Gods and Heroes had a profound effect on the distribution of the Pirates preorder boxes, as Sony Online Entertainment dealt with refunding those who had gone ahead and preordered the promising looking mythological MMO. There was a news post over at the official PotBS site which doesn't mention the Gods and Heroes issue, though if you hit the link to the forums below you'll get the full story, as well as several tracks from the game's soundtrack offered as a sorry for the delay from Flying Lab. Pirates of the Burning Sea preorder boxes should be in stores November 13th, containing all of the parroty goodness promised.

PotBS Pre-Order Update [PotBS Forums]

10:20 AM on Thu Nov 8 2007
By Mike Fahey
488 views, 4 comments

Latest by Yamen: A little slow to get this story up, but it's nice to see PotBS coverage anywhere. more »

retail

GameStop Opens 5,000th Store

The world's largest video game retailer just got bigger by one, and it's a pretty big one. Today sees the opening of GameStop store number 5,000 in Jackson, California. GameStop Vice President of Stores (looking slick on the left there) was on hand for the landmark opening, after which employees immediately started beating customers with issues of Game Informer and discount cards.

"With more customers being attracted to the video game category, they will increasingly find a GameStop convenient to them," said Dan DeMatteo, Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of GameStop. "This landmark store opening underscores the strength of our business model and represents a spectacular effort on behalf of our 44,000 employees worldwide."

To put things in perspective, there are nearly 3 times the number of GameStops as there are Waffle Houses, which can often be found in pairs across the street from one another in my home state of Georgia. More »

10:00 AM on Wed Oct 24 2007
By Mike Fahey
4,160 views, 84 comments

Latest by KILLER047: That's good. Although, I like Waffle House a little better than GameStop since it's a lot cheaper. Born and raised and live in Atlanta, GA. more »

booty

Pirates of the Burning Sea Preorder Goodies

What would Talk Like A Pirate Day be without booty? Sony Online Entertainment and Flying Lab have announced that preorders for their salty MMO, Pirates of the Burning Sea will start up on October 23rd, and there be wonderous treasures to behold for those eager enough to drop some dubloons down on the title. Most notable is the chance to get a leg-up on the other pirates with a whopping 15 day "Pre-Boarding Party", which gives players a half a month head start on the competition, with a level 20 cap. That incentive alone almost makes it necessary to preorder the game if you want to be competitive on launch day. Players will also enjoy one of three unique weapons based on the fighting style they choose, as well as the game's soundtrack CD, which will actually be included in the preorder box. As if that weren't enough, captains who sail the Burning Sea early will also get a blue and yellow shoulder parrot, and what is a pirate without a parrot, aside from a pirate without bird droppings on his jacket? Nothing I tell you. Nothing. More »

11:40 AM on Wed Sep 19 2007
By Mike Fahey
2,275 views, 8 comments

Latest by Bildo: Bah, listen not to Steampirate. I can't say more than that, because I actually UPHOLD NDAs, but just... just don't listen to him. :) That said, from what we've been privy to, any fan of EVE Online's economy and more »

avoid non-shortages

PSP Slim Available for Amazon Preorder

The PSP Slim, or PSP 2000 if you want to be official and sound like a Terminator movie, is now available for Amazon preorder. It's a weird sensation, probably born from my part-diesel American consumer blood, but I kind of want a new PSP all of the sudden. It's as if this PSP will make me stronger, smarter or better looking—all from the confines of my kitchen's crap drawer—where it will surely end up after two weeks.

There are also two bundles available. Both running $199, you can either get Jack & Dexter (with silver model) or Star Wars Battlefront (with white model).

Amazon Page [via gaygamer]

12:40 PM on Thu Aug 16 2007
By Mark Wilson
4,529 views, 63 comments

Latest by Tychoides: @The Wreckard: Thanks, that looks like a good place for me to start. I'm a MGS fan, so getting the Portable Ops would finally be nice. And I loved Syphon Filter back in the day, so that should be good more »

guild wars

Eye Of The North Bonus In Stores Friday

The first expansion pack for the popular free-to-play MMO Guild Wars isn't hitting store shelves until the very end of August, but this Friday you can get the next best thing: a nearly empty box! NCsoft has announced the preorder box for Guild Wars: Eye of the North will be available at the end of this week. Players who purchase the box will not only guarantee themselves a copy of the game on launch day, but will also gain access to a special Sneak Peek Weekend. They'll be able to try out the expansion August 24th through the 26th, with all equipment, experience, and money gained during the trial will be carried over once the expansion goes live a week later. Other preorder bonuses include exclusive in-game weapons created by designs from the Design-A-Weapon contest, and a special Trilogy Trial DVD that provides access to all of the currently released Guild Wars content for 10 hours or 14 days, whichever comes first. Hit the jump for the full press release. More »

9:20 AM on Tue Jul 17 2007
By Mike Fahey
3,375 views, 30 comments

Latest by LORDofDANCE: @alucard_0007: Wow, you just showed you ignorance there. Go look up some interviews with the Guild War creators and you will find that it was meant for PvP. The PvE was just meant as a tutorial for the game. PvP more »

buy our box

Granado Espada Retail Purchase Bonus

Last year's Best Game in Korea award winner Sword of the New World: Granado Espada is set to hit next month, and publisher Elephant Entertainment wants you to preorder it via retail instead of going the online route. What do you get in exchange for giving up the convenience and tree-guiltlessness of a digital download? Along with exclusive beta access, players will start off with 10,000 Vis, which is the fake monies in the game, giving them a huge advantage over the other Vis-farmers struggling to get established. More »

1:20 PM on Wed Jun 6 2007
By Mike Fahey
2,183 views, 27 comments

Latest by Nekobo: Nice round...um...polygons...? ::distracted:: more »

ps3

Amazon.co.uk PS3 Preorders

Amazon UK PS3 preorders are go! After waiting long past the originally stated 9am launch time, UK customers are finally able to preorder Sony's shiny new console from Amazon, though how long that will last remains to be seen. They started around 9:30am my time, and as of this moment they are still available. More »

8:20 AM on Thu Feb 15 2007
By Mike Fahey
500 views, 31 comments

duke nukem forever

Amazon U.K. Offers Duke Nukem Forver Pre-order

Kotakuite Darren was checking out the Amazon Deal Finder that was posted yesterday and ran across an interesting listing on Amazon's UK site. Apparently, the are offering pre-orders of long, long, long awaited Duke Nukem Forever for 24.99. A search of the North American Amazon site turned up no such pre-order which leads me to wonder if perhaps the Brits know something about this title that we don't. One cheeky commenter on the page claims to have done some testing work for Duke Nukem Forever's developer, 3D Realms: More »

12:00 PM on Sun Feb 4 2007
By fdemarco
437 views, 35 comments

Latest by TheSL: Its funny how that "tweak the graphics on level 3" quote originally came from a commercial about game development for DeVry. more »

hmv

HMV Bundles PS3...with PSP?

HMV have quite the interesting PlayStation 3 preorder offer going at their online store. Customers who wish to secure themselves Sony's shiny new console at HMV.com.uk right now can do so, but only if they buy a 4GB PSP along with it. Customers who purchase the bundle, which includes 2 PSP titles, for 675 (roughly $1,300) get their PSP straight away and priority over all other online orders once they have the PS3 on hand. As of right now this is the only way to preorder the PS3 from HMV's online store, as page for the system alone just features a place to put your email and be notified. The PSP preorder offer is good until the 2nd of March, or until 5,000 people have signed up, which hopefully means it'll be on until 3/2.

A Sony spokesperson told GamesIndustry.biz, "This is just one of a number of value added incentives that retailers will be offering to mark the launch of PS3.

Yeah...not sure how tacking on extra items that people potentially don't even want qualifies as 'value added', but I guess a Sony Rep calling a major retail partner 'bastards' would be in bad form. Michael Fahey More »

12:40 PM on Fri Feb 2 2007
By Mike Fahey
966 views, 24 comments

Latest by brooza: PS3 + PSP + 4GB Memory card + 2 PSP games £425 + £150 + £50 + £60 = £685 IT IS A GOOD DEAL! YOU SAVE £10!!! It's probably also worth mentioning that you'll need to buy a PS3 game, too. Which more »

wii

Wal-Mart Online Preorder Bundles

Apparently many of you out there have nothing better to do that constantly refresh Wal-Mart pages, as we've received a bunch of emails pointing us to the Wal-Mart preorder pages for the Wii and the PS3. Being the lumbering corporate monstrosity that they are, they've of course gone the bundle route. Right now it looks as if they either aren't working or are completely sold out. If I try to add anything to the cart I get a configuration not available error I'm going to go ahead and post the screens I've taken of the site, in case these go away. More »

2:40 PM on Tue Nov 14 2006
By Mike Fahey
1,391 views, 24 comments

Latest by PetiePal: Ok this SHIT is ridiculous. 12 games bundled? I can understand a max of 5...but 12...especially when launch doesn't even HAVE 12...Who will have the time to spread between them all lol. Bundles really really suck. I miss old launches where more »

ebgames

Gamestop Cuts Off Wiis

As we mentioned earlier in the week, EBGamestop opened their Wii preorders last night, selling the system bundled with games, accessories, and magazine subscriptions you probably didn't want or need, all for the low price of $700. More »

1:40 PM on Fri Nov 10 2006
By Mike Fahey
325 views, 17 comments

wii

Japanese Lining Up for Wii-Orders

1UP.com posted this video of a large group of people waiting in line for Japanese Wii preorders. How many DS Lites can you count?

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11:40 AM on Thu Nov 9 2006
By Mike Fahey
114 views, 31 comments