Gear Games News: In Case You Had Forgotten WHY You Hate GameStop ?

I have made a rather big deal about the release of Deus Ex: Human Revolution this week, and in the few hours I have had to play it so far – it is clear we finally have a true follow-up to one of the greatest video games of all time. As I have gone to an ‘all digital’ gaming world, I had pre-ordered it through Green Man Gaming, and since the game is SteamWorks based I was able to add the game to my Steam account and have it fully pre-loaded when it was released! For those who bought the game as a physical copy at retail or through an online retailer, they got a surprise: OnLive included a free voucher for a copy of the game on their service! When I read about that I thought – what a great move! OnLive is a great service, and this provides a way for new customers to experience the service right along-side the game they just bought! Apparently the retailer GameStop – who bought casual game service Kongregate a couple of years ago and just acquired digital retailer Impulse as part of a strong digital push – didn’t think too highly [...]

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