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Modern Warfare 2 gets promoted at NASCAR race Saturday

by John Callaham Nov 20th 2009 @ 9:00PM

Tomorrow is the last race of the season for the NASCAR Nationwide Series and in the pack trying to win at the Homestead-Miami Speedway will be driver Joey Logano. His number 20 car will be outfitted with a special Modern Warfare 2-GameStop design that was made specifcially for this race.

Logano will be going for his sixth win in the Nationwide Series this year (which is one step below the main NASCAR Sprint series) during the Ford 300 race event. The race itself is being broadcast on ESPN2 at 4:30 pm Saturday. Too bad there's not a Left 4 Dead 2 race car to go against it.

[Via email press release]

Gallery: Modern Warfare 2

Filed under: Culture, FPS, Multiplayer, Modern Warfare 2

GameStop Black Friday sales include Left 4 Dead 2 at $29.99

by John Callaham Nov 19th 2009 @ 7:00PM

It's just over a week until Black Friday 2009 hits and tons of retailers are cutting prices to the bone for the biggest sales day of the year. If you happen to find yourself at a GameStop store on that day you will be able to get a few PC game bargains. The biggest one has to be for the just released Left 4 Dead 2. Valve's zombie shooter sequel will be on sale during Black Friday for just $29.99. That's a massive $20 price cut on a game that was just released this week.

The entire GameStop Black Friday PC game sales list, as provided by bfads.net, is as follows. Keep in mind that GameStop's stores open at 6 am on that day and the sales are for just two days only.

Guild Wars Trilogy - $24.99
Left 4 Dead 2 PC - $29.99
World of Warcraft - $4.99
World of Warcraft Battle Chest - $19.99
The Sims 3 World Adventures - $29.99

Filed under: Biz, Left 4 Dead Series

GameStop reports higher financial results in latest quarter

by John Callaham Nov 19th 2009 @ 12:00PM

The largest game retailer in the US, GameStop, reported its latest financial results today and they are mostly on the higher side. For its third fiscal quarter that ended on October 31, the retailer had $1.83 billion in revenues, up from $1.70 billion from the same period a year ago. Profits were $52.2 million, up from $46.7 million from the same period a year ago.

Of course those numbers don't include game sales from this month where some of the biggest releases of the year like Dragon Age Origins, Modern Warfare 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 will surely increase sales even more at the retailer. Indeed GameStop states in its press release, " . . . we expect a solid fourth quarter in sales and earnings." We would think so, too.

Filed under: Biz

Aliens Vs Predator getting extra multiplayer skins as pre-order bonus

by John Callaham Nov 18th 2009 @ 9:30PM

Early in 2010, developer Rebellion returns to the Aliens Vs Predator game franchise that they helped to launch a decade ago. However if you want something a little extra in your game you need only put down some money early at GameStop to get some exclusive multiplayer skins for all three playable sides.

For the human-Colonial Marines side there's Sgt. Kaneko while on the Aliens side there's the Number Six skin (Hmmmm . . . a fan of The Prisoner maybe?). Finally the Predator side gets the Alien Head Helmet version that's made to look like the Alien's main choppers. Publisher Sega still has yet to reveal a specific release date on the title.

Gallery: Aliens vs Predator

Filed under: FPS

GameStop and Amazon reveal Star Trek Online pre-order bonuses

by John Callaham Oct 30th 2009 @ 1:00PM

Cryptic Studios' next MMO game, Star Trek Online, is due for release in the first quarter of 2010 but retailers like Amazon and GameStop are already breaking out pre-order offers for people who want to beat the rush. GameStop's pre-order gives their customers an especially cool in-game treat; a Constitution-class starship just like the Enterprise in the original TV series. GameStop is also listing a Collector's Edition of the game that will come in a collectible box, include an art book and Starfleet comm badge (non-working, we presume) along with a way to give a free a free trial version of the game. The Collector's Edition will cost $79.99

Amazon.com's pre-order bonus for their version of Star Trek Online includes entry into the game's beta test and exclusive Borg Bridge Officer. Not quite as cool as GameStop's deal but we could be wrong.

Gallery: Star Trek Online

Filed under: MMO, Star Trek Online

GameStop still looking to expand digital download business

by John Callaham Oct 22nd 2009 @ 10:00AM

Last August, the game-themed retailer Gamestop announced it had hired a person to fill the new executive role of their Digital Media division. The idea that a brick-and-mortar themed retail company is getting more and more into the digital download industry is certainly interesting.

Now IndustryGamers is reporting that GameStop wants to move more into that space. In a recent analyst meeting, company execs said that not only do they plan to expand their current digital download stores for PC games they also plan to "make a strategic investment or acquire an aggregator of online games." Does this mean we could see GameStop buy an already existing PC game download service like Steam or Direct2Drive? That seems unlikely but if GameStop wants to become a player in this market it needs to make a bigger push than what have they have in the past.

Filed under: Biz, Downloads

January 26 release date for Mass Effect 2; pre-order specials revealed

by John Callaham Oct 16th 2009 @ 1:00PM

Gamers won't have to wait for much longer to finally head back to space, BioWare style. The developer has just announced that their sci-fi RPG sequel Mass Effect 2 will ship to stores on January 26 in the US. Europeans will have to wait a few extra days; the game shows up in that part of the world on January 29.

In addition to revealing the release date, BioWare and publisher Electronic Arts announced some special in-game items that will be available via pre-orders. GameStop will offer two items, the Terminus Armor (increases run speeds and personal shields) and the M-90 Blackstorm Heavy Weapon (fires off a local gravity well). You can see both items in the screenshot to the right. Other retailers will offer the Inferno Armor for pre-order offers.

[Via email press release]

Gallery: Mass Effect 2

Filed under: RPG, Mass Effect Series

Borderlands dev members showing up at Texas-based GameStop stores

by John Callaham Oct 16th 2009 @ 12:00PM

Earlier this week we alerted folks in the Dallas-based area for a launch party for Borderlands that will be held on Saturday night. But let's say you can't make it that day because of some prior arrangement. Well, you still have some time to meet up with some of the development team at Gearbox Software on the occasion of the launch of their FPS-RPG hybrid.

The night of the game's launch on October 19 for consoles you can go to one of two Texas-based GameStop locations to meet up with Gearbox team members. The locations are at 2201 Preston Road in Plano (where they will have a Borderlands four player LAN set-up at 9 pm) and 6245 Rufe Snow Drive in Fort Worth. Lines to buy the game at midnight on that day will begin at 10 pm

Gallery: Borderlands

Filed under: Culture, FPS, RPG, Borderlands

PC owners can get Modern Warfare 2 with game character statue

by John Callaham Oct 7th 2009 @ 10:00AM

While PC players may not be able to purchase Modern Warfare 2 in its Hardened or Prestige editions like their Xbox 360 or PS3 they can get one that includes a statue of one of the first person shooter's characters, "Captain Soap MacTavish" via the GameStop retail web site.

The 1/6 scale statue depicts MacTavish in the snowy Cliffhanger level in the game that was first seen during the game's first public showing at E3 last June. There's also three interchangeable weapons for the item; the ice picks as you can see in the picture along with dual pistols and an M14 Enhanced Battle Rifle. You can get both the PC game and the statue from GameStop for a "mere" $139.98.

Gallery: Modern Warfare 2

Filed under: FPS, Multiplayer, Modern Warfare 2

Capcom reveals "Gold4JetPack" for Gamestop Dark Void pre-order

by John Callaham Sep 1st 2009 @ 8:00AM

On Monday, we got to see the Serious Sam HD web site take some shots at TV commercials selling "As Seen On TV" Products. Now it's apparently Capcom's turn. The publisher has launched a new pre-order for their upcoming action game Dark Void via GameStop with a . . . unique . . .promo web site.

The pre-order itself is apparently very real; if you put your money down at GameStop ahead of time for the Airtight Games-developed title you will gain access to a "gold" jetpack in the game that gives the player unlimited boosts. The kicker is the the above YouTube video which lets people know that they will also become cool, get hot chicks, become awesome and get hot chicks (did we mention the hot chicks you will be getting?). The game itself is due out in January 2010.

Gallery: Dark Void