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We've already reported on GameStop's and Amazon's special pre-order offers for the upcoming MMO Star Trek Online but today Atari revealed all of the retailers who will be offering their own pre-orders specialsfor the next game from developer Cryptic Studios.

The other retailers and download sites participating in the pre-order program include Best Buy, Walmart, Target, Direct2Drive and Steam. Each retailer offers up their own unique pre-order special and all of them give their customers access to the game's upcoming Open Beta event and the Early Start event which lets players get online three days before the official February 1 launch. You can check out all of the retailer's pre-order specials after the jump.

[Via email press release]

If you happen to be one of the 40,000 people projected to attend this year's revamped E3 event, you will be able to rest and relax yourself at the Bullseye Lounge. No, it won't have a mechanical bull but it is being sponsored by big retailer Target.

Not only will the Bullseye Lounge let people chill out in between walks around the Los Angeles Convention Center they can also have some snacks provided by Target's Archer Farms food brand. The press release also states that the lounge will have on display "a few of 2009's hottest video game titles from some of its biggest publishing partners." Specific games and publishers have not been revealed.

Buying a PC game at Rite-Aid? With a new program via publisher NCSoft that's exactly what you will be able to do soon. The MMO publisher announced plans to ship special game cards for City of Heroes, Tabula Rasa and Exteel to Rite-Aid stores along with Target and Best Buy locations.

According to an email press release, NCSoft's new game card system will allow people to purchase games in stores without the need for a CD box. They buy the card, take it home, stratch off the unique serial number and activiate their game at the NCsoft web site.They then download the game client from the site. The City of Heroes game card comes with 30 days of play for $20 with a unique in game item. Tabula Rasa's card costs $14.95 for 30 days of gameplay with their own in-game item. The Exteel card costs $10 and allows players to upgrade their mechs in the free-to-play action game with additional items. The City of Heroes cards will be available at all three retailers listed above while the Exteel cards will be shiped to Target and Rite-Aid stores. The Tabula Rasa card will only be at Best Buy stores.

Yep, there's more news about the 2008 edition of the E For All Expo consumer gaming event today. The expo, to be held October 3-5 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, has signed Target up to be its exclusive retailer. What does this mean? Basically Target will have a special booth where people can buy some of the games shown at the event.

As we reported earlier this week, registration for E For All 2008 has begun on the game's official web site. It's looking more and more like the second annual event will be organized a bit better than the rocky start that E For All had in 2007.