GameStop CEO Dan DeMatteo has responded to the launch of internet mega-retailer Amazon's used game trade-in program. In an interview with Edge Online, DeMatteo placed the probability of Amazon's success with the program squarely at zero.
Continue reading...Thursday, March 5, 2009
Internet mega-retailer Amazon.com is the latest company to make a foray into the pre-owned games market, following in the footsteps of Toys R Us with the beta-test launch of its Video Games Trade-In service. To promote the service's launch, Amazon is currently offering a 10% discount on a single video game or accessory purchase to users [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 18, 2009
So now that you've got your shiny new copy of Capcom's "Street Fighter IV," unboxed it and discovered how infuriatingly useless the default Xbox 360 controller is for throwing a decent Dragon Punch, it might occur to you to pick up one of the lovely new Mad Catz FightSticks -- or FightPads -- that have [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 8, 2009
Sure, we all know you can get rid of used games at GameStop—but we also know that doing so is usually an awful deal resulting in far less than the game is worth, save for the occasional "4 for an extra 40%!" type deals. Forbes has a new article (via Lifehacker) on the three best [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Last year, it was announced that little-known foreign publisher 10tacle Studios would be bringing the Ready 2 Rumble series back to life with the help of famed developer Aki, after Midway decided to back out of the project. Unfortunately, 10tacle was forced to close its doors in August of this year due to financial issues, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 1, 2008
In case you haven't been paying attention to the emails or ads that have been plastered all over gaming sites, midnight PST on December 2 (in other words 32 minutes from now) marks the beginning of Amazon's third 15 Days, 15 Deals sale. Basically, every day for the next 15 days a different video game will [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 28, 2008
If you took my advice and woke up this morning at your leisure, secure in the knowledge that online retailers would keep the Black Friday deals going all day long, well -- you might be a little pissed right about now. $10 copies of FF Tactics PSP? Gone. Xbox 360 Arcades with free refurbished 20GB [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 28, 2008
On Black Friday, there's no such thing as instant gratification. You line up in the freezing cold of an early November morning, race into the store in hopes of securing one of the loss leaders on offer, and then sift through the wreckage of what remains to see if there's anything (or if you're lucky, [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 13, 2008
For nearly a decade, Atlus's Megami Tensei spin-off series, Persona, was a franchise only the most hardcore of Atlus faithful played and owned. In an inexplicable series of events, after Persona 3 was released on the PlayStation 2 and new copies stopped being pressed, the rarity of the title caused a wave of gamers to [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 8, 2008
It's important that you know what products and services are right for your hip, on-the-go lifestyle. Did you know there are still several hours in your day when nobody is attempting to sell you anything? It's criminal, and we shouldn't stand for it. Thankfully, Google and YouTube are both starting new ventures to ensure your [...]
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