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Pre-Ordered Galaxy S III Brings 50 Olympics Tickets to Users

Samsung will make the new Galaxy S III smartphone available for users in the UK on May 29th (hopefully, without any delays), but only for those who pre-ordered the phone and only at selected stores. This is a sweet deal for those who reserved the device, as they will get the chance to have it before anyone else doe...

26 May 2012
06:15 GMT

Over 2 Million Diablo III Pre-Orders Have Been Recorded by Blizzard

Blizzard has finally released a statement about the launch of Diablo 3, its latest dungeon crawling role-playing game, confirming that over 2 million pre-orders had been registered before yesterday’s launch. Diablo III is definitely one of the most awaited games of the year, with millions of fans eagerly antic...

16 May 2012
15:41 GMT

Galaxy S III Pre-Orders Available One Day Earlier in London

On May 30th, 2012, South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung will bring to shelves in Europe its latest Android-based flagship device, the Samsung Galaxy S III. Enthusiasts are eagerly waiting for the smartphone to become available, so that they could get a taste of its quad-core power, and it appears that some of th...

16 May 2012
04:57 GMT

Unlocked Galaxy S III Up For Pre-Order via Third-Party Retailers in the US

Samsung’s Galaxy S III smartphone, its latest Android-based flagship device, is expected to arrive on shelves in the United States sometime in summer, but those who can hardly wait for it can already reserve a unit for the launch day. When unveiling the new smartphone, Samsung announced that it would hit shel...

14 May 2012
07:11 GMT

Hitman: Absolution GameStop Pre-Orders Get Free Hitman: Sniper Challenge Game

We've seen a lot of pre-order bonuses appear for all sorts of games, but this new one for Hitman: Absolution from GameStop is certainly the most impressive, as customers get a free game with their actual orders, in the form of Hitman: Sniper Challenge.Hitman: Absolution is out later this year, on November 20, an...

12 May 2012
07:41 GMT

Call of Duty: Black Ops II Pre-Orders Beat Black Ops 1 Figures by 3-to-1

Call of Duty: Black Ops II was announced earlier this week and interest in the game is already at an all-time high, as retailer Amazon has revealed that the new sequel has registered three times as many pre-orders as the first Black Ops. Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 impressed tens of millions of players during the end ...

4 May 2012
12:21 GMT

Call of Duty: Black Ops II Gets GameStop Pre-Order Bonuses

Retailer GameStop is quick to capitalize on the hype concerning the recently announced Call of Duty: Black Ops II shooter and has just revealed the first details about its pre-order bonuses for the game. Call of Duty: Black Ops II was finally revealed to the world yesterday when the first actual trailer and details ...

3 May 2012
03:15 GMT

Nokia Lumia 900 and 808 PureView Listed at MobiCity in Australia

Nokia’s latest smartphones are nearing availability in various markets around the world, including Australia, where online retailer MobiCity has recently added two of them to its offering, the Nokia Lumia 900 and 808 PureView. Lumia 900 is the latest high-end Windows Phone device from the Finnish mobile phone...

30 April 2012
08:07 GMT

Nokia Lumia 900 up for Pre-Order at Amazon UK

Nokia’s flagship Windows Phone handset, the Lumia 900, is expected to make an appearance on shelves in the UK in the next two weeks, at least this is what online retailer Amazon UK claims. The smartphone is currently listed on the retailer’s website as up for pre-order, featuring an availability date of...

30 April 2012
02:37 GMT

Resistance: Burning Skies Pre-Order Bonuses Revealed

Sony and Nihilistic Software have presented the pre-order bonuses that are now available for Resistance: Burning Skies on the PlayStation Vita. The Resistance series is going to get a brand new installment next month, with Nihilistic launching Burning Skies for Sony’s new handheld platform, the PS Vita. We al...

27 April 2012
03:08 GMT

Torchlight II Available Steam Pre-Order, Comes with Free Original Game

Video game developer Runic Games and Valve have added Torchlight II to the Steam digital distribution service, allowing all those interested in the game to pre-order it for the price of 18.99 dollars or Euro. Those who do so will also get a free copy of the original Torchlight, which can be gifted to a player who ha...

26 April 2012
02:32 GMT

Capcom Announces Pre-Order Bonuses for Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor

Video game publisher Capcom has announced pre-order incentives for those who are looking to get the upcoming Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor, a mech combat game that uses the Kinect motion tracking system. The Iron Guardian Armory gives the player a new type of Armor, called Rock, which improves defensive abilities and...

25 April 2012
02:30 GMT

Binary Domain Out Next Week on PC, Gets Pre-Order Bonuses

Sega has confirmed two release dates for its upcoming PC version of Binary Domain, saying that owners of the platform can enjoy it through digital services on April 27 and through retail stores on May 18. Binary Domain appeared earlier this year for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles, offering a different take ...

24 April 2012
03:07 GMT

Sony Already Offers Pre-Orders for God of War: Ascension

Video game publisher Sony has announced that fans of the series can now place pre-orders for the upcoming God of War: Ascension video game, which will be launched exclusively on the PlayStation 3 during the spring of 2013.Intrepid gamers managed to uncover information about Ascension before Sony officially announced ...

21 April 2012
10:41 GMT

Crysis 3 Hunter Edition Now Available for Pre-Order with Special Bonuses

After yesterday’s announcement that Crysis 3 is official and will arrive in 2013, Electronic Arts and Crytek have now revealed the special Crysis 3 Hunter Edition that’s now available for pre-order.Crysis 3 continues the story from the previous game, this time transforming New York City into an actual jun...

18 April 2012
20:21 GMT

Sleeping Dogs Gets Release Date and Pre-Order Bonuses

Square Enix and United Front Games have finally pinned a release date on their upcoming open world action adventure game Sleeping Dogs, confirming not only that it will appear in August, but also an array of pre-order bonuses that are now available from select retailers. Sleeping Dogs has recently re-appeared on the...

17 April 2012
19:11 GMT

Resident Evil 6 Has Retailer Specific Multiplayer Bonus Maps

Video game developer and publisher Capcom has announced that those who pre-order the upcoming Resident Evil 6 through a number of retail chains will be able to get access to an exclusive map that can be used in the Mercenaries multiplayer game mode. Gamestop will give its customers a chance to experience The Catacom...

13 April 2012
04:44 GMT

Telltale Gives Fans Chance to Get Walking Dead Role via Pre-Order

Video game developer Telltale Games has launched a new video which shows players how they can join the cast of the Walking Dead. They have to pre-order the video game based on the comic book franchise from the official store of the company before the actual launch date. The lucky winner will get a role as a human ch...

10 April 2012
07:46 GMT

GoG Offers Fallout 1 for Free, Unveils New Deals and Pre-Orders

Good Old Games, the special digital distribution service ran by CD Projekt Red, has begun making the changes it teased since last year, starting with the introduction of pre-orders and the arrival of special Premium Edition games. Good Old Games was first started as a service that distributed classic games without a...

6 April 2012
04:34 GMT

New Assassin’s Creed III Pre-Order Bonuses Surface

A set of new images depicting pre-order bonuses for the upcoming Assassin’s Creed III title have appeared on the web, showing off extra content for both the single-player campaign and the multiplayer one. Assassin’s Creed III is definitely one of the biggest titles that will appear later this year so Ubi...

3 April 2012
15:31 GMT

Indie Royale’s April Fools Bundle Now Available for Pre-Order

Indie Royale is getting ready to release a new bundle, in the form of the April Fools one, and customers can pre-order it without actually knowing what games will be a part of the package. Just like with previous bundles, this April Fools one from Indie Royale contains all sorts of titles made by independent develop...

3 April 2012
03:46 GMT

Nokia Lumia 900 Now on Pre-Order Outside the US Too

Nokia Lumia 900, the new Windows Phone flagship from Nokia, has just become available for pre-order in more countries around the world, in addition to the United States. The device is set to launch through AT&T in the US on April 8th, and the carrier kicked off the reservations period for it last week. Today, the...

2 April 2012
09:12 GMT

Sony Xperia P on Pre-Order in the UK on Pay-Monthly Contracts

Sony’s latest Xperia devices are moving closer and closer to making an official appearance on shelves in the UK. The Sony Xperia P smartphone is now up for pre-order in the country over at BuyMobilePhones, on various monthly contracts through several wireless carriers.The handset is expected to become available...

2 April 2012
06:01 GMT

Nokia Lumia 900 Free for Online Pre-Orders for New AT&T Customers

Yesterday, AT&T made available for pre-order its first LTE-enabled Windows Phone, the Nokia Lumia 900. The mobile phone will arrive on shelves with a price tag of $99.99 with the signing of a two-year contract agreement with the wireless carrier. Initially available for reservations only through the carrier&rsquo...

31 March 2012
02:46 GMT

Assassin’s Creed III Already Breaks Pre-Order Records for Ubisoft

Barely has Ubisoft begun accepting pre-orders for its upcoming Assassin’s Creed III and already the French company has revealed that the game is on track to become the most anticipated game in its history. The Assassin’s Creed series has become extremely popular in recent times but, thanks to the yearly ...

30 March 2012
17:21 GMT

Nokia Lumia 900 Now Up for Pre-Order at AT&T

Today, mobile phone carrier AT&T kicked off the pre-order availability of Nokia Lumia 900, its first LTE-capable Windows Phone. The handset was made official in January at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and earlier this week its availability on the wireless carrier’s network was confirmed, start...

30 March 2012
11:36 GMT

Max Payne 3’s Pre-Order Bonus Brings a Pill Bottle to the Multiplayer

Rockstar Games has just unveiled the first pre-order bonus for its upcoming Max Payne 3 title, announcing that anyone who puts money down for the game before April 15 will get a special Pill Bottle item for the title’s multiplayer mode. Max Payne 3 is coming in May and is set to deliver not just a great single...

30 March 2012
02:42 GMT

Bayonetta Appears in Anarchy Reigns as Pre-Order Bonus

Sega has just unveiled a pretty interesting pre-order incentive for its upcoming Anarchy Reigns brawler, offering the sultry Bayonetta as a bonus character. Bayonetta was a very impressive game that delivered a thoroughly acrobatic hack and slash experience and the main character, a witch with a bodysuit made of her...

23 March 2012
04:49 GMT

Nokia Lumia 900 Pre-Orders Now Live at Rogers

Canadian wireless carrier Rogers has just gone live with the pre-orders for Nokia’s third smartphone powered by the Windows Phone operating system, namely Lumia 900. Today, mobile phone users in Canada can head over to the wireless carrier’s website and pre-order one Lumia 900 for when the device becom...

19 March 2012
08:01 GMT

Resident Evil 6 Tells Rival Games to Get Out of the Way

Developer and publisher Capcom has announced that, although there are more than seven months until the launch of Resident Evil 6, the game is already doing better when it comes to pre-orders than any other video game in the franchise. Christian Svensson, who is a senior vice president at Capcom, told Game Informer t...

14 March 2012
20:51 GMT

Indie Royale’s St. Patrick’s Day Bundle Available for Pre-Order

The Indie Royale team is back with another impressive bundle, this time in celebration of the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day, and has now revealed the first few details about the package. After presenting the Alpha bundle last month, through which people could help fund upcoming independent games, Indie Royale is ...

13 March 2012
13:41 GMT

Yakuza: Dead Souls Gets “God Bless America” Pre-Order Bonus

Yakuza: Dead Souls is getting ready for its release this week in Western markets and Sega has now posted a special video that shows off the variety of pre-order bonuses fans will get if they put their money down for the title at retailer GameStop. Sega’s Yakuza series may be extremely popular in its native Jap...

12 March 2012
05:31 GMT

Darksiders II Pre-Orders Upgraded to Limited Edition, Receive Free DLC

THQ and Vigil Games have confirmed that anyone who pre-orders the upcoming Darksiders II hack and slash title will see their copy of the game be upgraded to the Limited Edition, thus earning them free access to the first DLC, called Argul’s Tomb. After Darksiders I impressed quite a lot of people with its grea...

8 March 2012
03:24 GMT

Capcom Confident in Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City’s Success

Capcom has shared some details about its upcoming Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City tactical shooter, this time saying that it expects impressive sales based on the pre-orders that were collected up until now. Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City marks a pretty big departure from the franchise's survival h...

5 March 2012
19:11 GMT

GameStop Opens 3,600 Stores for Midnight Mass Effect 3

The video game retail chain GameStop has announced that it plans to open up 3,600 of its stores in the United States in order to host midnight launches for the BioWare-made action and role-playing game Mass Effect 3. The events will include competitions, early sale of the game and a special live stream which will fe...

2 March 2012
05:57 GMT

Game of Thrones RPG Offers Art Book Pre-Order Bonus

The developers at Cyanide and publisher Atlus have announced a new pre-order bonus, a complex art book, for those who are willing to pay money early to buy the upcoming Game of Thrones, the role playing game that is based on the A Song of Ice and Fire books from R.R. Martin.The bonus is available for a limited number...

25 February 2012
03:56 GMT

Spec Ops: The Line Out in June, Pre-Order Bonuses Available

2K Games and Yager have finally pinned a release date on their Spec Ops: The Line shooter, which is set to appear on June 26, in North America, and June 29, in the rest of the world, for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.Spec Ops: The Line was announced back in 2009 and, since then, the game has seemingly went through several...

22 February 2012
14:21 GMT

From Ashes Launch DLC Introduces Prothean Character to Mass Effect 3

Video game developer BioWare and publisher Electronic Arts have confirmed the existence of the From Ashes downloadable content package for Mass Effect 3 and revealed that the new content would be offered to all those who pre-order the game on launch day.Writing on the BioWare Social Network, Michael Gamble, who is a ...

22 February 2012
05:56 GMT

Mass Effect 3 Gets Digital Release on PSN, Has Pre-Order Bonuses

BioWare and Sony have confirmed that next month’s Mass Effect 3 will also be available as a day-one digital download for the PlayStation 3, via the PlayStation Store.Mass Effect 3 is set to appear on March 6, in North America, and March 9, for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 platforms.Besides the regular retail releas...

22 February 2012
04:58 GMT

Darksiders II Gets Late June Release Date, Pre-Order Bonuses

After promising that Darksiders II will arrive in June, THQ and Vigil Games have now posted an actual release date for the hack and slash adventure game, as well as a list of pre-order goodies players will be able to get before the launch. Darksiders impressed plenty of people despite the fact that it borrowed many ...

15 February 2012
14:21 GMT

Pre-Orders Suspended for Nikon D800 36-Megapixel DSLR Camera

One would think that a product whose price is of multiple thousands of dollars wouldn't draw so many customers, but Nikon's D800 totally subverted this expectation. It was only a few days ago that online stores finally began to accept pre-orders for this small technological wonder. Now, they have stoppe...

9 February 2012
08:02 GMT

Collector’s Editions for Mass Effect 3 Exhausted, BioWare Will Not Make More

Video game developer BioWare and publisher Electronic Arts have confirmed that they have shipped the entire Collector’s Editions for the upcoming Mass Effect 3 to retailers and that they simply do not have the time to create more of them. This means that those gamers who were only now coming around to the idea...

8 February 2012
07:05 GMT

Indie Royale’s Valentine’s Bundle Now Up for Pre-Order

Indie Royale is preparing a brand new independent games bundle, just in time for Valentine’s Day, that can now be pre-ordered even if the actual titles that are included in the package haven’t been announced. We’ve been flooded with many indie bundles in the last few months, as services like the Hu...

8 February 2012
05:24 GMT

White Nokia Lumia 800 Already on Pre-Order in the UK

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia announced a new, white flavor of its Lumia 800 smartphone only a few days ago, and the device is already available for pre-order in the UK. Lumia 800 is the first Windows Phone device from Nokia, and has been available for purchase in the UK ever since November. However, mobile ph...

8 February 2012
04:05 GMT

Risen 2: Dark Waters Gets Exclusive Pre-Order Steelbeard Story Quest

The developer Piranha Byes and the publisher Deep Silver have announced that they are offering a special pre-order bonus for all those gamers who are ready to pre-order the upcoming Risen 2: Dark Waters. Those who put down money now can download for free a special extra story questline which will see them chase the ...

1 February 2012
09:02 GMT

Prototype 2 Hardened Steel Pre-Order Bonus Available from Best Buy

Activision has just announced a brand new pre-order bonus for those interested in Prototype 2, as they’ll be able to get the Hardened Steel Vehicle Armor upgrade if they pre-purchase the game from Best Buy in North America. Prototype 2 is getting ready for its April release later this year, so Activision wants...

30 January 2012
03:54 GMT

Art Book Gets Mass Effect 3 Fans Access to Exclusive Assault Rifle

Dark Horse has announced that it will be soon publishing an art book called “Art of the Mass Effect Universe,” which will allow fans of the fictional universe to get an exclusive download code linked to the Mass Effect 3 video game. A number of conditions apply: gamers need to pre-order the art collectio...

26 January 2012
07:02 GMT

Sony’s Xperia ion on Pre-Order at $569.50 Unlocked

At the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Sony (who bought Sony Ericsson several months ago) unveiled two new handsets in the Xperia family, namely Xperia ion and Xperia S. Both of them are powered by Google’s Android operating system, but Xperia ion also packs LTE connectivity, and was anno...

23 January 2012
06:31 GMT

Three Playable Clans Offered as Pre-Order for Total War: Shogun 2 – Fall of the Samurai

Video game publisher SEGA and developer The Creative Assembly have announced the pre-order bonuses that will be available for those who are ready to get the Fall of the Samurai standalone expansion before the official launch date.There are three clans that can be chosen depending on where the player pre-orders:- The ...

16 January 2012
10:20 GMT

Prototype 2 Pre-Order Bonus Brings Impressive New Ability

Those interested in the upcoming Prototype 2 open world action game now have one more reason to pre-order the title, as GameStop is offering a bonus ability, in the form of “Sgt. James Heller’s Devastating Bio-Bomb Butt Kicker Ability.”Activision and Radical Entertainment are getting ready to releas...

9 January 2012
03:45 GMT


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