It’s pretty much a given that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be huge. If gamers haven’t seen the trailers for the game, they need to check all of them out because the game looks better than Modern Warfare and the setting of the game looks like there’s a lot more going on than what the first game showed.
In conjunction with the release of Modern Warfare 2, GameStop announced a Surprize Attack sweepstakes, allowing gamers to win some 2600 prizes over the next 40 days.
Red vs Blue has released their final video of their Halo 3: ODST series in the form of a contest announcement. With the help of GameStop, fans can write their own Halo-themed public service announcement script that Rooster Teeth will choose and then create.
Gamers familair with the Red vs Blue series know their PSAs are some of the most hilarious videos out there. Interested fans can get the information here.
The number of vessels for selling and buying used games continues grow. With Gamestop’s sales soaring arguable due to America’s economic stature, we have seen bigs such as Amazon, Toys R Us, Walmart, and more enact plans to buy back gamer’s goods to resell.
GotGame was fortunate enough to trade words with Nicolas Huryn, community manager of a new used media marketplace called Glyde.
Let’s see what its like for a brand spanking new start-up enter the fray amongst the countless others. Read More »
OK, here’s the scenario: The past few years have been good to you; you’ve amassed quite a library of games, and even managed to beat a fair share of them.
Then — due to a sudden change of heart, unruly family members, a need for something new at minimal costs, or the commands of a foreign king — you decide it’s time to unload some of you games like boulders from Everest. Read More »
On Saturday, April 18, 2009; I drove out to Fort Mason in San Francisco to watch the Evo United States National Championships for Street Fighter IV. It was an interesting event as Gamestop, the sponsor, packed in a lot of stuff during the four hour event.
You really have to give it up for the evil genius that is GameStop.
Here’s a company that makes nearly half its profits reselling used games at a price 4 to 5 times higher than the amount paid to the gamers who pawned them. Add in the fact GameStop’s financial clout allows it buy out seriously threats and bulldoze the rest, and it’s easy to see why gamers have no choice but to accept “The Man” of video game retail as a necessary evil.
MCVUK reports that North American Game analyst the NPD Group has confirmed that gamers still prefer hard copies of titles rather than digitally distributed versions, with the Group asserting that 58% of gamers have never downloaded a game.
Street Fighter fans best start honing their mad Dragon Punch skills. The biggest Street Fighter IV tournament ever (and consequently the biggest fighting game competition to ever grace the planet) is calling out any and all challengers later on this month, according to a recent Kotaku article.