EL33TONLINE: News tag archive: preorder
The Mass Effect series of space opera action RPGs have a long, storied history of featuring bounteous amounts of pre- and post-release downloadable content to entice gamers into pre-ordering the respective franchise entries, with pieces of armour, new weapons and entire new story arcs promised as reward.
Mass Effect 3 is no different.
Sony is giving its North American customers an opportunity to pick up PS Vita a week before its official launch on February 22nd by means of the ‘First Edition Bundle’. This means you can be playing on your very own PS Vita as early as February 15th next year. This pre-order offer is currently only available at Amazon but may also be extended to other retailers in the coming weeks.
If you want to ensure that you get PS Vita on the day it launches in South Africa then you’ll be pleased to know Kalahari is now accepting pre-orders for the handheld.
Those of you who subscribe to kalahari.com’s gaming newsletter should already have read about the company’s planned giveaways at this year’s rAge expo.
The online retailer is offering vouchers valued between R75 and R500 to every person who visits their stand (Stand 11) during the event, which runs from September 30th to October 2nd at the Coca Cola Dome in Johannesburg.
EA and developer 38 Studios have detailed the in-game bonus items you can look forward to when pre-ordering Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.
North American gamers who pre-order this RPG will be able to enjoy exclusive armour, dynamic weapons and fate-altering treasure hunter packs. Read more about the details for the three different bonus items below:
EA’s comments to investors at the end of July revealed that pre-order numbers for the publisher’s upcoming blockbuster Battlefield 3 were, at the time, sitting at roughly ten times those of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 in a similar timeframe.
This achievement is quite outstanding considering Bad Company 2 went on to sell two million units on launch, no doubt spurred by healthy pre-order numbers of its own.
With just under two months to go until the release of Battlefield 3, what kinds of pre-order numbers are we looking at now, over a month since the initial ‘ten times greater than Bad Company 2’ claim was made?
Sony Computer Entertainment has today announced a massive PlayStation Network promotional programme that will soon allow all PlayStation Store browsers to pre-order four upcoming PSN games and be eligible to receive special bonus gifts with every purchase.
Starting August 9th in North American and August 10th in European territories, the four games included in the PlayStation Network PLAY promotion range from Street Fighter III Third Strike Online Edition to BloodRayne: Betrayal, with a special bonus fifth game on offer in the form of PAYDAY: The Heist.
[Update] Added pre-order information for the US. [End of Update]
While confirming the news that pre-order numbers for EA’s Battlefield 3 are currently sitting at ten times those of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 in a similar timeframe, the Battlefield 3 Limited Edition has been announced and further details on intriguing UK-specific pre-order bonuses have also emerged.
Gears of War 3 is all set and ready for its worldwide release next month, September 20th, and we’re all extremely excited to wade back into the fray in the fight against the Locust in this final chapter of the epic Gears of War trilogy!
With under well under two months to go until release, the standalone version of Gears of War 3 is now available to pre-order in South Africa, and if you decide to secure your copy of the title through participating retailers, you’ll net yourself some exclusive downloadable content for the game.
If you’re a WWE fan then you’ll be happy to hear that if you pre-order WWE 12 on the Xbox 360 or PS3, you’ll get WWE superstar The Rock as a playable character.
In a new post on the official Battlefield blog, community manager zh1nt0 answers a few burning questions regarding the upcoming multiplayer beta test for EA and DICE’s massively anticipated Battlefield 3, as pre-order numbers for the game are hinted at.
EA and Bioware today finally revealed pre-order offer information for the publisher and developer’s upcoming epic online RPG, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and although there are three versions of the game to choose from and promises of beta test periods in September, it’s also been revealed that the game will see a limited launch supply run.
[Update] The lack of pre-order availability in regions of the world outside of North America and Europe has since been confirmed by Bioware. Get the details over here . [End of Update]
So you live in South Africa and want to pre-order Star Wars: The Old Republic? Or perhaps you’re in another region of the world that isn’t North America or parts of Europe?
You’re out of luck, I’m afraid, because only “certain regions worldwide” are currently able to pre-order EA and Bioware’s upcoming online RPG.
[Update] It seems as though Star Wars: The Old Republic isn’t available to pre-order in certain regions of the world just yet, including South Africa. Find out why over here. [End of Update]
EA and developer Bioware have today revealed pre-order information for the pair’s upcoming epic Massively Multiplayer Online RPG (MMMORPG), Star Wars: The Old Republic, while also revealing ‘beta test weekends’ and three versions of the game “designed to delight RPG and Star Wars fans worldwide.”
At this point in time, the Call of Duty franchise is a force of nature and has grown in leaps and bounds with every iteration of the series as each subsequent entry has gone on to outsell the last.
The biggest surprise came last year when Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops went on to break videogame sales records and outsell Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (which had previously broken sales records itself) with 5.6 million units sold on day one of availability in the US and the UK, generating $360 million in revenue.
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