Coupons kick ass. Buying used shit at a discounted price kicks more ass. This coupon explains itself. It expires next thursday, 8/28. Just click on the coupon to go direct to PSP Fanboy for a higher quality coupon. I think I am going to grab GoW: Chains for the PSP and maybe the first Resistance. Any other ideas?
GameStop wants to get you in the mood for Gears of War 2. They also want your money and pre-orders. To help with all of these needs, all of the company’s stores will be hosting Gears of War tournaments this Friday, July 25th at 9:30pm.
Along with the tournament, there will be prizes for winners (and some random ones thrown in) as well as a custom produced video by Epic Games showing off some new stuff in Gears of War 2. Since the game is rated M, you have to be 17 or older to attend the event, so have your ID ready.
I’ll be showing off some of my Gears skills at my local GameStop in Saratoga Springs. Anyone that wants to try and take me down, let me know in the comments. Will you be going to your local GameStop on Friday night to win some Gears prizes?
[Update] The flyer for the event has a coupon on the back where you can get an extra 30% in trade-in credit on games when you pre-order Gears of War 2. The promo is running from July 25th through July 27th, so get ready to pre-order this weekend.
There are some of you out there who have not bought Gears of War yet. I am one of them. My roommate at the time bought the game and we had a house copy. He has since moved on and I am left bereft of Marcus and Co. Gamestop is re-releasing a jam packed version of GoW. It comes with ALL the DLC to date which includes map packs, gamer pictures and themes (who gives a fuck), and a Gears of War 2 preview. All for the low price of 39.99. Its actually a good deal considering the game is still widely played on multi and all the new maps are on there (even though they’re free now anyway). It ships June 24th. You can….pre…..order… if you dare.
If you fire up the Wii, you may want to make sure its still plugged in to your tv, I made that mistake the other day, you will notice that one of the largest retail gaming chains did not make Nintendo’s list of who to buy Wii Fit from. From one of our distinguished readers:
I loaded the promotional video for Wii fit and saw the following stores available for purchase: Sears, Wal-Mart, Circuit City, Toys R Us, Target, Amazon, Best Buy and K-Mart.
Interesting. Why would Nintendo slight the retail giant? Maybe Gamestop fucked Nintendo in the past. Either way, Gamestop is probably not all that enthused with this and the latest backlash with its preorder fiascos and inept employees and overall disdain for its customers. Run-sentence FTW.
Big ups to EHT for the tip. Internet pound.
As if Gamestop doesn’t do enough things to look stupid… I was picking up my copy of GTA IV Special Edition this morning for PS3 at my local Gamestop. Another guy was there buying the game off the shelf. Both of us got ID’d to buy the game. I look nowhere near 17, but whatever. The guy next to me asks “Are you kidding?” The follow up reply from the old guy behind the counter waiting on me was “We’re not taking any chances with this game.”
Ok, you might say. As soon as the other guy leaves, a kid walks up to the counter to buy a used copy of Call of Duty 4. The kid was no more than 4 feet tall and couldn’t have been older than 13 or 14. Did he get ID’d? Nope. When I asked the guy behind the counter why not, I was told “We’re only worried about GTA.”
Wow. So let me get this straight. Gamestop doesn’t care about the ESRB “M” rating and will sell these games to minors as long as it’s not GTA? What kind of bull is that? I shook my head, took my copy of the game and went home. Still baffled over this one. It’s this kind of crap that fuels people like Chuckles.
If you’re in the market for any PS3 games, it might benefit you to grab a used copy at Gamestop. Right now, you can get any used PS3 game for 25% off with coupon. Head on over to PS3 Fanboy to get your coupon.
The deal is running until 4/17, so you only have a few days left. I’m going to be picking up a copy of Burnout Paradise on the cheap. What will you be getting?
Its hard to trade games in and expect anything close to what you paid, but there are sometimes you acquire games that you will never play again. If you can get some compensation, I suppose its beneficial. Gamestop is having a trade-in promotion. Its simple. Trade in any two of the games listed after the jump, and its 10 bucks for Mario Kart. Click more for the complete list.
Thanks to Fragloser for the tip!
If you stumbled into a Gamestop lately, God knows why, you might have caught a glimpse of a recent “commercial” for GTA IV. This was made exclusively for the store, but by magic and the will of the people, it leaked its way out. Check it out.
If you happened to try to fire up Gamestop’s website this weekend, you would have been graced with a landing page showing the site being down. A lot of behind the scenes updates went into the site to add some cool functionality.
The best part, in my opinion, is the ability to preorder games online for in-store pickup. Saves me the hassle of going down there and dealing with those idiots who have absolutely no idea what they’re talking about.
Other cool features include the ability to check gift card balance and things of that nature. Hell, just check it all out yourself.
A few astute readers have found that Gamestop has priced Wii Fit. Guess how much losing weight is going to cost you? That’s right, you read the topic and the game with balance board will run you a cool $90. Seems pretty steep considering how the game is targeting the casual market.
A couple calls to local Gamestop stores confirms the price, as well as preorder deposits of $10. I have a feeling that, just like the Wii, if you want this one, a preorder might be necessary.
I’m not sure I’m willing to shell out just under $100 to use the Wii to try and get myself in shape. That’s why I pay for the gym membership.
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