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Sony Divides Up MAG Factions For Pre-Order Bonuses
11:00AM Owen Good | MAG’s rolling out some exclusive in-game character models should you be of a mind to pre-order the game. GameStop and Game Crazy get two of them, the third is TBD. Amazon’s confirmed for … meh … access to a PlayStation Home space. More »
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Crayon Physics Pre-Orders Come To Life
1:20AM Mike Fahey | Crayon Physics Deluxe, the 2008 Independent Games Festival Grand Prize Winner, is getting dangerously close to release, and to prepare for the waxy buildup that is sure to ensue, creator Petri Purho has launched a brand new website for the game and is now actively accepting pre-orders. What does a pre-order of Crayon Physics get you? How about $US5 off the already ridiculously low price of $US20, plus a guaranteed spot in the Crayon Physics Deluxe beta? I declare it not too shabby indeed. More »
Left 4 Dead Demo Early Look Confirmed For 2AM PST Tomorrow
9:20AM Stuart Houghton | Just a reminder if you wanted to get an early look at the Left 4 Dead demo. More »
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The Last Remnant’s Mildly Enticing Pre-Order Bonus
2:20AM Mike Fahey | Were you planning on picking up the new Square Enix title The Last Remnant next month? No? Well let’s see what we can do to sweeten the deal for you. How’s about we give you a special pre-order bonus? Something to really make you stand up and take notice of this untested property. Perhaps some bonus unlockable content? Square Enix has announced that everybody who pre-orders The Last Remnant from participating retailers will get a special code that unlocks three special battle formations! Yes! I am running to the store right now! While I am sure the three formations – Scatterswarm, Goblet and Catapult – will make a big difference in the gameplay, currently have no real idea what a formation does, so I am pretty much utterly unmoved by this news. Luckily for them, they are Square Enix, and the new screenshots you’ll find after the jump are gorgeous, so it’s all good. More »
Best Buy Ad Featuring Gears 2 RC Tank
10:00AM Brian Crecente | Last week a Best Buy tipster emailed us pictures from a pre-holiday meeting in Dallas showing off what they said was a picture of the Limited Edition pre-order the retailer will be offering for Gears of War 2 starting on Oct. 5. The GOW2 Limited Edition order will, according to the pictures, include a free remote control Centaur Tank normally worth about $20. Pretty sweet. Today another tipster sends us what they say is a scan for next week’s Best Buy circular featuring the mini tank in all of its glory. Consider this a rumour until we see something official. If it is real, the fact that the images avoid anything that would put the toy’s size into perspective leads me to think it’s super small. Like mouse-sized even. Which would be totally OK with me. According to the Ad above the tank will be available to those who pre-order the L.E version. Also the tank will not be available until November 7th when you pick up your copy of the game. More »
Taito Readies LittleBigPlanet SackBoy Plushies!
1:40AM Mike Fahey | You know you want one. In-game models aren’t enough, no matter how adorable they may be. Now video game importer National Console Support sends word that Taito is getting ready to give a little SackBoy loving to the world in the form of official LittleBigPlanet plush toys! Shipping later this year, the dolls come in two different sizes – 10 centimeter tall mascot figures, suitable for hanging from backpacks, belt loops, review mirrors and the like, and 25 centimetre plushies, which come in both normal and hook n’ eye patch pirate flavours. They’re both available for pre-order via NCS for $US 12.18 and $US 22.90 respectively, with the former including free US address shipping. Kind of hard to tell how good the figures look. As NCS points out, advertising brown things on a dark background is not a good idea, no matter how much outer glow you apply. Still, they are living, breathing SackBoy toys, and that’s exactly what we wanted. Yum. SackBoy Plushie Pre-Order Page [National Console Support] More »
Where To Get Your LBP Nariko SackGirl
12:20AM Mike Fahey | The location of the final and possibly best LittleBigPlanet pre-order item has been revealed! The official LPB news site has announced that the Nariko SackGirl is an exclusive pre-order bonus from Best Buy stores in the U.S., meaning I might have to tuck away my pride and finally buy $US5 of potential game from the retailer, though since Best Buy generally puts their pre-order bonus stuff inside the placeholder boxes on the shelves, it might mean I can snag that code along with the GameStop Kratos for an extra $US 5. The Nariko outfit in the UK can be snagged by pre-ordering the game through Play.com, while gamers in the ice spider-infested wilds of Canada are urged to wait a bit longer for an announcement the fiery warrior’s sackcloth doppleganger. There’s no news yet on the Aussie release date. Pre-order: And finally…Nariko SackGirl [LittleBigPlanet News - Thanks Dave!] More »
Don’t You Dare Pre-Order A Game From EA Then Move House
3:30PM Luke Plunkett | Here’s a tip: if you pre-order something from EA directly, don’t change your address. Especially if the game you’re pre-ordering is a limited edition release. Otherwise, it’ll end in tears. Consumerist reader Micah pre-ordered the shiny collectors edition of Warhammer: Age of Reckoning a while back, but recently moved house. When he moved, he let EA know that he’d moved, and asked if they could sends his game to the new address. Which – and only after a bunch of ridiculously inept customer service emails – it turns out they can’t do. What they can do, however, is get rude and cancel his pre-order entirely. Hit the link below for the full story; haters of big business and automated customer service emails alike should get a kick out of it. More »
