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Darksiders Aussie Preorder Offer Will Cleave You In Two

10:00AM David Wildgoose | THQ has revealed details of the exclusive preorder offer for Darksiders, the apocalyptic action/adventure set for release on January 7. More »
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Modern Warfare 2 Is Amazon’s “Biggest Selling Pre-Order” Video Game

1:20PM Michael McWhertor | Amazon.com, hearing your cries for more Modern Warfare 2 coverage, brings word today that Infinity Ward’s newly released first-person shooter is the online retailer’s “biggest selling pre-order video game of all time”. Yes, it’s selling a lot! More »
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Valve: Left 4 Dead 2 Pre-orders 4 Times The 1st

10:40AM Michael McWhertor | Despite the boycotts, despite the un-Valve-like speedy turnaround time, despite complaints that Left 4 Dead 2’s cast of Survivors can’t possibly live up to the first, pre-orders are four times that of the original, says Valve. More »
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Modern Warfare 2 Breaks Pre-Order Records

4:30PM Luke Plunkett | The game that has sent the competition scurrying into 2010 looks set to break all kinds of sales records when it’s released next week, with Modern Warfare 2 setting a new mark for pre-orders at GameStop. More »
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Preorder Bonus Puts L4D Headwear In Team Fortress 2

3:40PM Owen Good | “For the first time in history,” writes the TF2 Team, “two separate Valve universes collide!” If you pre-order Left 4 Dead 2, you get Bill’s beret from Left 4 Dead to trick out your Team Fortress 2 guys. More »
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“Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman!” Needs 1,000 Preorders To Get UMD Release

11:30AM Owen Good | Cult hit or just plain weird, the PSP title Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman, What Did I Do to Deserve This? did not get a full retail release, going instead to PlayStation Network exclusive earlier this year. More »
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Gearbox Learns The Hazards—And Benefits—Of Freelancing

11:00AM Owen Good | Not only does Mike Neumann have a lot of loot to drop, he has a lot of loot to collect between now and Oct. 20, if Gearbox’s creative director intends to fulfil the promise he made on “Official Borderlands Preorder Day”. More »
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The Siege Of Mirkwood Begins In December

10:20AM Mike Fahey | Turbine has announced the December release date for the next Lord of the Rings Online expansion, The Siege of Mirkwood, with an adventurer’s pack also available to help jumpstart the journey beyond Moria. More »
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Borderlands’ Unique, And Semiofficial, Preorder Bonus

8:30AM Owen Good | Mikey Neumann, Gearbox’s creative director, wants you to commit to Borderlands now. If his tweet is to be believed, send in a picture of yourself preordering the game today and he’ll play with you day one and drop some loot. More »
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When “Head Start” Means “Wait Seven Hours”

9:30AM Owen Good | We’re hearing the Aion servers are struggling to manage the hordes who preordered the MMO—400,000 according to NCsoft—leaving some in the headstart program crestfallen and dreading what happens when the general public comes online tomorrow. More »