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Publishers, Stop Holding Games Hostage Behind Paid Early Access
12.9.2023
Starfield launched on September 6, but was actually playable for some people on September 1. How did those folks get to play the game early? They paid extra for special editions that—along with other little trinkets and doodads—let them download and play Bethesda’s big RPG nearly a week before...
Spider-Man 2 PS5 Consoles And Accessories Are Now Available For Pre-Order
28.7.2023
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 will probably be the biggest PlayStation 5 game of the year, and its limited edition console is already going fast. Pre-orders for the $600 bundle went live on July 28, and the special Spidey accessories look likely to sell out fast. Read more
Xbox's Starfield Controller Looks Real, Will Absolutely Take My Money
2.6.2023
The saga of the Starfield Xbox controller has been going on for months, but we now have our best confirmation yet that the sleek retro-sci-fi-styled gamepad is potentially real and coming this summer. It might just be my favorite-looking Xbox Series X/S controller yet. Read more
New Over-Sized Mega Man Slippers Are Perfect
26.5.2023
Sometimes a product comes along and makes me go, “Well, damn, that’s a perfect idea!” That was precisely what happened the first time I saw these newly announced Mega Man slippers that turn your feet into big, blue, comfy boots that look just like the Blue Bomber’s heroic shoes. Read more
Entire GameStop Store Quits On Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Release Day
19.5.2023
Nowadays it’s not uncommon to hear of entire GameStop stores quitting en masse as working conditions at the video game retailer continue to deteriorate. It’s rarer to hear of employees resigning the day the biggest game of the year launches. But that’s apparently what happened at a store...
Solana’s crypto-focused Saga goes live for pre-order
14.4.2023
Solana enters the mobile industry with a little bit of doubt. It recently announced the launch of Saga, a crypto-focused mobile phone for users. It will be officially launched on May 8, 2023; however, interested buyers can pre-order their units on the official website of Saga Mobile. It costs...
GameStop Blames Its Lower Sales On Lack Of Games
29.3.2023
GameStop may have made a profit in 2022, but sales are still below expectations, particularly in North America. In the company’s full year financial report for 2022, meant for investors but funny to read regardless of who you are, it outlined what it believes to be a significant hurdle: there...
GameStop Profitable For First Time In Years Even As Everything Seems On Fire
22.3.2023
GameStop shocked investors, and anyone else who’s been paying attention to the meme stock video game retailer, when earlier this week it reported its first profitable quarter in over two years. It’s all the more surprising considering that everything else about the business, from botched pre-orders...
Japan's Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Pre-Order Comes With...A Fancy Spoon And Fork?
17.3.2023
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has been a long time coming and the hype is off the charts for the next entry in the Zelda franchise. Can people get more excited about this game? That depends: How exciting are branded forks and spoons to you? Read more
GameStop Employees Freak Out As All Resident Evil 4 CE Store Pre-Orders Get Canceled
8.3.2023
Resident Evil 4 Remake is just a couple weeks away, and while many players will buy the game digitally, the most hardcore fans have probably reserved their $250 collector’s editions that come complete with a statue of Leon holding a shotgun and looking tired as hell. The collector’s editions were...
GameStop Employee Explains What Made Her Close A Store And Never Come Back
17.2.2023
Taylor Neubert did what so many GameStop employees have only dreamed about: quit on the spot. Fed up with working 10-hour days all by herself between piles of video games and stacks of Pokémon merchandize for less than $15 an hour, she closed her store in the middle of her shift, put a sign on...
GameStop Pre-Orders Are A Mess Right Now, Staff Say
30.9.2022
“Is there anything you want to pre-order?” Almost nobody walks in and out of a GameStop without hearing those words. Employees are measured against how many pre-orders they can rack up while GameStop rakes in the cash months ahead of a game’s actual release. But lately, the strategy has been...
GameStop Rewards Employees For Sticking Around With 50-Cent Raise
14.9.2022
Last month, GameStop announced new stock bonuses for store managers and hourly raises for other employees. It seemed like some relief was finally coming for the staff, who have been through so much these last few years, all while watching investors profit off unprecedented meme stock hijinks. Over...
Splatoon 3 Deep-Dive Is Nintendo's Next Direct
8.8.2022
The summer of Nintendo Directs continues with a blowout on Splatoon 3 on August 10, the Switch-maker announced Monday morning. Fans will be looking for a fresh-look at some of the game’s new weapons, modes, and secrets about its single-player campaign.Read more
Nintendo Might Have To Make Pre-Order Refunds Easier After Losing Lawsuit
6.12.2021
Last week, following a lengthy appeal process, the Federation of German Consumer Organisations (VZBV) successfully argued that Nintendo’s current eShop pre-order return policies are insufficiently flexible, and the console maker may now have to further loosen its heavily criticized digital...
Playdate Handheld Gets Price, Pre-Order Date, And 24 Free Games
8.6.2021
Firewatch and Untitled Goose Game publisher Panic today provided a rather substantial update on Playdate, the cute little handheld with a crank it first announced in 2019.Read more
Pre-Order This Star Wars Electrostaff Purge Trooper Action Figure for $15 Along With Other Summer Arrivals
11.4.2021
Star Wars Electrostaff Purge Trooper Action Figure | $15 | Entertainment EarthRead more
Are You Enough of a Snyder Cut Fan To Pre-Order These Zack Snyder's Justice League Funko Pops?
2.4.2021
Zack Snyder’s Justice League Funko Pops | Entertainment EarthRead more
If You Pre-Ordered Kingdom Hearts On PC, Make Sure You Received Your Discount
30.3.2021
The PC release of Kingdom Hearts offers the latest hiccup in the insidious world of video game pre-orders. Four games in Square Enix’s long-running plot maze are officially out on PC today via the Epic Games Store where they’re currently marked down by 20 percent through April 6. But if...
I Have No Idea What Recipes Are in It, but Pre-Order the Tomb Raider Cookbook for $27
24.3.2021
Tomb Raider Cookbook | $27 | AmazonRead more