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  • Public Service Announcement: Holiday Shipping Deadlines

    Public Service Announcement: Holiday Shipping Deadlines

    The fine folks over at dealnews and Dealhack have put together a list of shipping deadlines for popular online retailers so you can make sure to get that special gift sent out on time. Here are some of the more gadget-oriented retailers for your reference. The dates below are to ensure delivery by December 24th. Amazon.com Free Shipping [...]

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  • Man alive: Valve owns 70 percent of the digital distribution business

    Man alive: Valve owns 70 percent of the digital distribution business

    There really is something to be said about being the first to the dance. I'm pretty sure we can all agree that Steam was the first big digital distribution service for video games, and I also think we can all agree that it was something of a success. But how big a success? Stardock, which owns the Impulse distribution service (and published Sins of a Solar Empire), believes that Steam enjoys 70 percent market share of the digital distribution business.

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  • GameStop Black Friday ad

    GameStop Black Friday ad

    GameStop will be opening at 6AM on Black Friday, a good 10 hours before most hardcore gamers normally wake up. The good news is that you can basically just stay up an extra couple hours, make your purchases, and then go home and go to bed. Here’s a list of the goodies that’ll be on sale. [...]

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  • GameStop details in-store DLC service, to be launched in 2010

    GameStop details in-store DLC service, to be launched in 2010

    It seems the Internet doesn't like GameStop too much, so I'm not sure how this story will be received. The retailer announced at a conference in New York yesterday that it will launch some sort of in-store DLC service next year. That is, let's say you buy Game, then immediately buy related DLC from inside the store via a special interface. (GameStop worked with both Sony and Microsoft to figure all this out.) Then, when you get home, the DLC is ready to be added to your game.

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  • GameStop given permission to break Modern Warfare 2 street date (Update: Actually, no permission has been given at all. Fancy that.)

    GameStop given permission to break Modern Warfare 2 street date (Update: Actually, no permission has been given at all. Fancy that.)

    It's madness, friends! Stores are selling Modern Warfare 2 early, but Activision never said this could happen!

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  • Tread lightly re: GameStop’s Modern Warfare 2 pre-order $20 ‘deal’

    Tread lightly re: GameStop’s Modern Warfare 2 pre-order $20 ‘deal’

    So GameStop has what I can only call a scheme for Modern Warfare 2. (Have we officially decided to not call it Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2? Less words to type!) If you pre-order the game (Xbox 360 or PS3 version only) from there, and return it by December 13, you'll receive a $40 in-store credit. In other words, if you pre-order the game, you'll get to play it for one month for a grand total of $20.

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  • Postal worker helps himself to $86,000 worth of Gamefly games

    Postal worker helps himself to $86,000 worth of Gamefly games

    Whoops. Philadelphia-area Gamefly members who have been wondering why in the hell they never got their rented copies of Cooking Mama finally have some answers. The culprit, 34 year old Reginald Johnson of Germantown, PA, stole some 2,200 Gamefly games while working as a mail-processing clerk between April and September of 2008.

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  • CrunchDeals: Pre-owned Nintendo GameCube for $29.99

    CrunchDeals: Pre-owned Nintendo GameCube for $29.99

    Seriously, if your weekends are void of human contact and your nights are spent alone on Reddit, buy this GameCube. It's $30. Then head over to eBay or Gamestop and snag some used games on the cheap too. My god, man, it's only $29.99. For a GameCube! Buy it!

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  • Contest: 5 Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles zombie tees

    Contest: 5 Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles zombie tees

    Remember those wicked RE: The Darkside Chronicle Zombie tees that Capcom was giving away at Comic-Con earlier this year? We didn’t make it to San Diego either. But because we kick ass, the fine folks at Capcom have hooked us up with five zombie tees to give away.

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  • Hands-on with the Satin Silver PS3 DualShock 3 controller

    Hands-on with the Satin Silver PS3 DualShock 3 controller

    Here’s what we know about the Satin Silver DualShock 3 controller for the PS3: it’s silver and it controls the PS3. It’s available now from Gamestop for $55. When’s that white one coming out?

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  • DJ Hero Renegade Edition shipping 10/27 for $200

    DJ Hero Renegade Edition shipping 10/27 for $200

    Dang. I now know to put aside $200 for the Renegade Edition. Pre-order DJ Hero for all three major consoles and get it in time for Halloween. Xbox edition [Gamestop] PS3 edition [Gamestop] Wii edition [Gamestop]

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  • CrunchDeals: Walmart offers up one free game with purchase of a Wii

    CrunchDeals: Walmart offers up one free game with purchase of a Wii

    Not to be outdone by Gamestop, Walmart is now offering one free Wii title with the purchase of a Wii system for $249. But are the games any good? Hit the jump to find out.

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  • Buy a Nintendo Wii at GameStop this month, get a free game

    Buy a Nintendo Wii at GameStop this month, get a free game

    Did you know that if you buy a Nintendo Wii from GameStop this month you'll be able to get one of the following games for free? That's what they tell us!

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  • SteelSeries outs StarCraft II mousepads

    SteelSeries outs StarCraft II mousepads

    Can't wait for StarCraft II? Who can? SteelSeries is ready to cash in on the anticipation with $14.99 gaming mousepads sometime this month. Two different themes will be available: the Terran Marine pad or the Kerrigan vs. Zeratul pad. Both of course are optimized for gaming with a special surface that improves mouse tracking. Want one? They will be sold at GameStop and Amazon sometime soon. High-res shots of both are after the jump.

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  • CrunchDeals: GameStop’s Buy 2 Get 1 Free bonanza starts today

    CrunchDeals: GameStop’s Buy 2 Get 1 Free bonanza starts today

    Gamers- Drop your controllers, twinkies and Slim Jims and head to your nearest GameStop. Starting today and ending on Sunday (19th), GameStop is offering a buy 2 get 1 free deal on second-hand games. Doesn’t sound bad. Next weekend you’ll see a special on Wii games. GameStop Summer Sale

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