Mirror's Edge is a sci-fi action game from Digital Illusions and Electronic Arts that has the character running around a futuristic city in that cool free running style that all the kids are talking about. The character, Faith, has a backpack she wears in the the game to hold info and other items. Now gaming retailer Gamestop is offering a rather nice pre-order bonus if you buy the game from them.Basically you can get a backpack that's designed like the one Faith wears in the game when you pre-order Mirror's Edge. You get the backpack when the game ships later this fall. There's no extra money needed for the backpack; it simply comes with the game when you order it from the retailers. Overall its a better offer than most.[Via Joystiq]...

Remember how you went to certain restaurants as a kid and got something to spend your time with like puzzles to fill out or drawings to do? Well, gaming retailer Gamestop is doing something along those lines by offering a free activity book to kids with the purchase of any E-rated game.As you can see the Gamestop activity book has a Lego Batman cover and other publishers like Nintendo, Electronic Arts and Activision have helped to create the giveaway with "coloring pages, word puzzles, learn to draw pages, mazes and more." A $500 gift card is also being given away to the child who comes up with the best activity that can be used in the next edition of the Gamestop activity book....

A special edition of Spore has appeared at online retailers for pre-ordering. It's called the "Galactic Edition," and it comes with a making-of DVD, a DVD by National Geographic called "The Human Toolkit," a hardback book of concept art, a fold-out poster, and a "premium 100-page Galactic Handbook." We're not sure what the handbook will entail, but the rest sounds pretty cool.The package comes in at $79.99, according to Gamestop, so it ain't cheap. It's set to ship on the 7th -- the same day as the standard edition. They certainly packed it full of extras to make it attractive, but do you really need all that stuff? We're sure that question will be met by blank stares from gamers everywhere.Well, hey, we have to admit: the box design is pretty neat....

Canadian gamers looking to expand their library of games need look no further. EB Games and GameStop Canada is holding a month long sale dedicated to reducing their inventory and clearing out as many titles as possible. Included in the sale are discounted copies of Gears of War (PC) as well as the Warcraft and World of Warcraft Battle Chests. The sale includes select peripherals and an assortment of console titles.The promotion ends on June 22, while some titles are offered for a limited time within the month. Check out the full listing of sale items after the jump....

What economic downturn? Oil may be $135 a barrel and food prices are going sky high but people still love to pay for games. Want proof? Take a look at the newest financial numbers from game retailer Gamestop. The company just announced that its first quarter 2008 profits (ended May 3, 2008) were $62.1 million compared to just $24.7 million for the same period a year ago. Revenues were $1.8 billion for the quarter compared to just $1.27 billion for the same period a year ago.Gamestop CEO R. Richard Fontaine stated that their company is "very bullish" on the future. It's already opened 210 new stores in the last quarter and plans to open as many as 600 new stores in 2008, with over half of them opening outside the US. Gamestop is now saying its full year guidence will see growth between 28 and 33 percent....