Alex Zane ‘rocked the mic right’ last night at London’s Oxford Street hmv store, in front of 2,000 Final Fantasy fans! This making it the biggest game launch ever in hmv launch history!
Tim Ellis who is the head of the games department at HMV was thrilled:
“Last night’s Final Fantasy XIII signing at HMV’s flagship store on Oxford Street was the biggest game launch the store has ever seen. With thousands of fans queuing up round the block it even beats our stores previous best game launch event which was for World of Warcraft.
“They say games are the new rock and roll, and this incredible turnout certainly proves the point. We could organise album launches and DVD signings by major stars but I’m sure none would come close to attracting the size of crowd and enthusiastic response that we saw last night.
Well if they say games are the new rock and roll we truly rocked up! Our video coverage will be up sometime later today!
Firstly, for those who are off to buy Peppa Pig this morning for their loved ones your going to have wait an extra hour as GAME and Gamestations will be having a early morning meeting!
A statement has been given out by the company saying that they will be shaking up their staff’s working hours, hopefully not physically because I’m sure that’s pretty illegal. The good old statement follows!
“We continually review the sales patterns across our entire store portfolio to make sure that we have the right number of people in place to serve customers throughout the day,” said the company in a statement.
“Today we have held meetings with the teams in our stores to discuss ways that each store can better serve the customers in their local area, including a review of staff rotas and shift patterns. We are very focused on supporting our teams, and thank them for their continued hard work and understanding.”
We just hope that no-one looses their job unfairly or working hours somehow disappear down the toilet.
Heavy Rain’s Pre-order bonus included the game’s soundtrack – as we told you before. However Sony have had an issue with their PSN and therefore if you were to redeem your code for your amazing pre-order bonuses, your not going to get your soundtrack!
hmv, the only retailer who are selling the special ‘hmv bonus’ edition of the game, have sent emails around to those who have purchased the special edition of the game.
Sony have reported to us that there has unfortunately been a last-minute technical delay to the Heavy Rain official soundtrack, meaning that customers who have purchased the Heavy Rain Special Edition will not be able to download the Soundtrack until 4th March 2010. Sony recommend that you wait until this date to redeem your Special Edition voucher code which is in the game box – you’ll then receive all the Special Edition content in one batch.
However, if you choose to redeem your voucher code immediately for the other downloadable content, you won’t be able to receive the official soundtrack nor will you be able to use the same code to redeem the soundtrack on 4th March 2010.
So the pre-order bonus is a post-order bonus.
News just in; AvP is the fastest selling game this year and also no.1 in the all-formats chart here in the UK.
SEGA just announced that AvP has become the fasting selling game of the year so far, which does come as a shock to us Xtreme Gamers. The title has sold faster than: Bayonetta, Darksiders, Bioshock 2 and Mass Effect 2, however that’s not to say that it will have bigger sales that those listed.
Thanks to the game being multi-platform everyone has been able to pick up a copy and really cheap if your looking in the right places…the PC version is only £16.95 at Zavvi!
If your a fan of Aliens and a fan of their predators then your probably in luck, there is a game for you that is coming out this Friday.
Now we’ve got to go about searching the public loo’s of most marine barracks to go about finding the cheapest way of getting hold of this such game. Took as a while and there was a lot of literal dirty work to find out.
[Play.com] – Xbox 360 £34.99 – Playstation 3 £34.99 – PC £17.99
[Zavvi.com] – Xbox 360 £32.95 – Playstation 3 £32.95 – PC £16.95
[hmv.com] – Xbox 360 £39.99 – Playstation 3 £39.99 – PC £24.99
[GAME.co.uk] – Xbox360 £39.99 – Playstation 3 £39.99 – PC £24.99
For those of you who have already picked up the demo of Heavy Rain, which hit the PSN this week, what a game ay!?
For those of you that haven’t got around to doing it yet, then shame on you! This is one of the biggest games of the decade, yep you heard me! Decade!
We spoke about this before but the UK has an EXCLUSIVE special edition of the game, thanks to the guys over at hmv. Check it.
Heavy Rain: Special Edition (hmv Exclusive) – £42.99 (free uk delivery!)
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Play a bit of Russian roulette with which Pre-Order bonus your after, thankfully not with live ammunition! Luckily we’re here to give you the run down!
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GAME – Deadly Assassin Outfit
John Marston’s "Deadly Assassin" outfit causes your Dead Eye meter to regenerate at twice the speed. With more Dead Eye, you have more time to place each shot with total accuracy, making you the deadliest gunslinger in any fight.
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Amazon UK – The Golden Guns Pack
The player who wields the exclusive Golden Guns receives more Fame for each kill. The more Fame you get, the more in-game side missions become available. So there will be more opportunities to duel, more kidnapped townsfolk to rescue and you can bribe lawmen for less.
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HMV – The War Horse
There are countless horses to be found in the massive world of Red Dead Redemption, but none is stronger, faster or tougher than the exclusive War Horse. Whether storming gang hideouts, exploring the wilderness for hidden treasure, or outrunning the law, the War Horse gives gunslingers an advantage in nearly every situation.
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Zavvi – Exclusive Brady Games Mini Guide
No official details yet on the guide, although we expect it to run you through the initial starting levels, seeing as it’s a “Mini Guide”.
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Those lovely people over at Zavvi have yet again sparked up some ‘Bioshocking’ Rapture Edition bargains! This is defiantly the cheapest and best place to get yourself a slice of the Big Daddy action.
Not only can you get Bioshock 2 for £29.95 you can also pick yourself up Bioshock while your at it for a for a whopping £9.95! Bargain or What!
See you in Rapture!
Pre-order’s are slowly becoming the most annoying bonus ever to us Journalists, covering all the different ones is rather a big kick in the bollox.
So if you go about Pre-ordering right now from a participating store you’ll be getting:
· Agency Hovercraft
The ultimate in amphibious transport, the Agency Hovercraft is the most flexible form of transport in the game. Equipped with a turret-mounted grenade launcher, you’re guaranteed to blow your opposition out of the water
· Rico’s Signature Gun
Customised by the Agency and adapted for Rico’s shooting style, this deadly accurate and powerful pistol has precision, power and flair
· Bull’s Eye Assault Rifle
More powerful than the standard assault rifle, this lightweight and lethal automatic rifle features increased accuracy and a higher magnification scope
· Chevalier Classic
No agent should be without a hot set of wheels and with an increased top speed and superior handling, you can arrive at your destination in style or make a guaranteed quick getaway
· Chaos Parachute
Featuring a skull motif, make an entrance no one will forget … should you leave anyone alive to remember
I must say that’s a lot of stuff to piss about with! My piss I mean do tactical missions properly when you finally receive the game, makes me feel like not pre-ordering causes you to loose half your game nowadays…
Fancy some RTS action? How about on the cheap? We like that idea, hell yeah we do!
The guys sorting out all the prices on Steam have just given us a great deal for the Company of Heroes Franchise. 75% off in fact!
How much then?:
Company of Heroes – $4.99 (£3)*
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts – $4.99 (£3)*
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor – $7.49 (£5)*
Company of Heroes Complete Pack - $12.49 (£7.50)*
So what you waiting for! Go and head on over to Steam and pickup a bargain today!
*Prices have been estimated for ‘£’
