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Bioware Reinstates The Star Wars: The Old Republic Grace Period For Two Days

Kotaku AU

Earlier this week we reported on Star Wars: The Old Republic and its issues with a ‘grace period’ that was initially promised and then revoked. That grace period was designed to help pre-ordering customers awaiting shipments of The Old Republic play on launch day. Now it seems as though Bioware has seen fit to reinstate that grace period.

November 23, 2011
Mobile

The Kindle Fire Just Might Be A Kick-Arse Gaming Machine

Amazon’s new $US200 Kindle, the Kindle Fire, isn’t just a book reader that happens to run Scrabble and Sudoku. It runs lots of Android-compatible games: the usual suspects like Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja, but also… the $7, high-end sci-fi horror game Dead Space.

September 23, 2011
In Real Life

Sniper Voice Actor’s Book Picks Up Plugs From Team Fortress 2 "Reviewers"

You may not be familiar with the name “John Patrick Lowrie.” You probably are familiar with the name “Sniper,” whom Lowrie voices in Team Fortress 2. He’s just published the novel Dancing With Eternity and, well, his friends are giving it some kind reviews on Amazon.

July 26, 2011
Nintendo

Amazon Temporarily Pulls Cosmo Black Nintendo 3DS From Sale

Anyone looking to pick up a Cosmo Black 3DS today from Amazon was met with a disconcerting note:

July 10, 2011
In Real Life

Digital Art Book Is Dead Island’s Preorder Bonus

A preorder of Dead Island with Amazon will land buyers a digital art book filled with “game art and concept art of everything from the characters, that fat tourist dude with the camera, zombie types, environment concepts” and more, Deep Silver says.

May 27, 2011
News

Resistance 3 Knows You Love Retailer-Exclusive Preorder Bonuses

Want to play as Resistance and Resistance 2 hero Nathan Hale in Resistance 3‘s online multiplayer? You’d better enjoy shopping at Best Buy. What other retailer-exclusive goodies has Sony got up its sleeves?

May 21, 2011
News

Author Of Negative Conduit 2 Review Becomes Target Of Studio’s Ire, His Novel Attacked On Amazon

Video game development company High Voltage Software was so chagrined by a negative review of their game, The Conduit 2, its creative director may have encouraged studio staff to retaliate against the author—by inundating the Amazon page for his novel with negative reviews.

May 17, 2011
News

We’ll Forgive Another Take On Catherine’s Scantily Clad Actress For Not Being Good At The Game

Launching day-and-date with Atlus’ sexy Persona spin-off Catherine, Another Take on Catherine is 70 minutes of Japanese gravure idol CoCo demonstrating how much she looks like the game’s title character both with and without clothes. Just don’t ask her to play the game.

April 15, 2011
News

Developers Warned Against Creating Apps For Amazon

Kotaku AU

In an email sent out to members of the International Games Developers Association, developers have been warned against developing or distributing Apps on Amazon’s Android store, amid concerns about pricing and store terms.

March 25, 2011
News

Report: Amazon Screws Up British 3DS Deliveries

There are some very unhappy Nintendo fans in the United Kingdom today, with mega-retailer Amazon reportedly failing to deliver 3DS consoles to many customers who paid extra for “expedited delivery”.

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