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With Red Faction Armageddon now set for release on May 31, the sci-fi shooter's publisher THQ has sent out word on some pre-order bonuses that are being given out by various retailers. Ordering the game ahead of time at GameStop will net the player the Commando Pack that adds the exclusive Commando uniform and two unique weapons, the Plasma Thrower and dual Laser Pistols.

Over at Best Buy, pre-orders for the game get the Recon Pack (you can see it after the jump) with the Recon uniform and two more exclusive weapons; the Arc Welder and the "XNG-5000, which launches devastating Nanite-filled projectiles that seek out targets and dissolve them." Finally Walmart gives pre-orders a Red Faction comic book and a mini-strategy guide for their money.

[Via email press release]

Test Drive Unlimited 2, after being pushed back from a previously announced September 21 release date to the first quarter of 2011, now has a more specific release date. The open world racing game from developer Eden Games and publisher Atari is now set to ship out on February 8, 2011.

Along with the new release date, Atari has sent over all of the pre-order specials that various retailers are offering for people who purchase Test Drive Unlimited 2 from those outlets. All pre-order specials include unique cars and other items. Retailers include Atari.com as well as Kmart, WalMart, Best Buy, Amazon.com, GameStop and digital download retailers Steam and Direct2Drive. You can check out the pre-order details after the jump:

[Via email press release]

If you like going to the store to buy your boxed copy of PC games (in other words the old fashioned way) lots of retailers are prepping up to open up on Monday night to sell you a copy of Treyarch's first person shooter Call of Duty Black Ops at the stroke of midnight,

Over 700 Best Buy stores will be open on Monday night for the Call of Duty Black Ops launch. Meanwhile over 4,400 GameStop stores will open up at 9:30 pm on Monday night, which is the most stores ever for a midnight launch event in GameStop's history. Finally over 2,700 Walmart locations will be open at midnight for the launch and the first 50 people who buy the game at the store will get a special bandana. The game's official web site has a midnight store locator web page to make finding a store easier.

Whether it's a comic book, special multiplayer gear and weapons, or a special strategy guide, pre-ordering Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days from select retailers can get you some cool gear. Check out these videos to find out what exclusive bonuses you'll get from each seller. The video above features the comic book from Amazon.com and the rest can be seen after the jump. You'll have to get your pre-orders in soon to take advantage of these offers since the game releases next week on August 17th. Unfortunately, these offers only apply to the retail box release of the game and not the digital versions.

Download HD Kane & Lynch 2 Amazon Pre-Order Trailer (41 MB)
Download HD Kane & Lynch 2 Best Buy Pre-Order Trailer (38 MB)
Download HD Kane & Lynch 2 GameStop Pre-Order Trailer (38 MB)
Download HD Kane & Lynch 2 Walmart Pre-Order Trailer (38 MB)
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You only have a week before Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days is released but various retailers are offering special pre-order offers for Io Interactive's third person shooter sequel. GameStop is offering perhaps the coolest of the pre-order bonuses; an exclusive new multiplayer map, the Radio Tower. Ordering the game from Best Buy adds eight new multiplayer masks for your character to wear in the game. Both GameStop and Best Buy's pre-order offers add new multiplayer weapons to the game.

If you buy the game from Amazon.com you can get a 16 page preview of the recently launched Kane and Lynch comic book. Finally Wal Mart is offering a free strategy guide for the game's Fragile Alliance gameplay mode as its pre-order incentive. Again, you had better movie quickly as Kane and Lynch 2 is due out on August 17.

[Via email press release]

We know it may be hard to believe but Walmart is now one of the few retail stores that has a prominent PC game presence. Now the massive retailer is letting the word out on their new Walmart Gamecenter dedicated web site. It's a mix of selling stuff and some pseudo journalism with exclusive video features featuring game previews and interviews for upcoming game titles.

Clearly Walmart wants to go after the Gamestop crowd with this new online venture. While Gamestop has some exclusive pre-order bonuses, Walmart is offering $10 and $20 eCards for select game titles. The eCards can be used to purchase anything at Walmart.com.

We knew that the pre-orders for StarCraft II would likely be huge but it looking like the retail Collector's Edition of the upcoming Blizzard sci-fi RTS sequel is getting harder to find. IncGames is reporting that a number of major retailers, including GameStop and Amazon.com in the US, are no longer taking orders for the $100 collector's edition which has a ton of extras besides the game itself. Indeed the Collector's Edition is no longer showing up on GameStop's web site and Amazon.com's listing for the edition only shows a third party selling the game for a whopping $499.

However, all is not lost. Best Buy's web site is still taking pre-orders for the collector's edition as is WalMart's web site, NewEgg.com and even Toysrus.com. However it's very likely that this version will have all of its copies claimed by pre-orders before StarCraft II ships to stores on July 27.

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 are a PC gamer, you know that for the most part a title that comes out for multiple platforms is usually cheaper on the PC side. Now there's evidence that for at least some retailers, the PC price of Modern Warfare 2 is being raised up to console levels.

Pricing for the Infinity Ward-Activision FPS is listed at $59.99 for retailers like Amazon, Best Buy and GameStop. However that is not the case across the board. Walmart's web site shows that the PC version of the game is $49.82 and that it also comes with a $10 eGift card for online purchases online, effectively making the game $39.82. The lesson is pretty obvious; there's always a bargain somewhere. You just have to know where to look.

[Via Blue's News]

A few weeks ago we reported on rumors that Champions Online would begin its open beta on August 17. Soon after that a team member from the game's developer Cryptic Studios posted up this message on their official forums, "These dates are by no means finalized, and are working dates that are most likely going to change." Well, Cryptic has officially announced when the open beta for their super hero MMO will actually begin . . . . and shocker of shockers, it happens to be . . . August 17.

Wow. Sometimes rumors can be true.

In any case, Cryptic also announced which retailers will be selling some pre-order bonuses for the game. Each retailer will get some unique pre-order items so make sure you order your game from the store or web site that you want to support. You can check out the pre-order plans after the jump: