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• Halo 3 Xbox 360 pre-orders go live

  Published: August 9, 2007, 1:23 pm

  Tags: Ebgames, Gamestop, Halo, Halo 3, Halo3, Limited Edition, Limitededition, Microsoft, Pre Order, Rare, Sales, Special Edition, Specialedition, Xbox 360, Xbox360

  which reportedly shatters "pre-order records in the video game industry." Also noteworthy is the tidbit about the "exclusive Halo 3 Gamer Pics and Theme" that comes bundled in with the special edition package, and while we doubt this minutiae will sway you one way or another, at least you now know precisely what your $399.99 will be buying.Read

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• HTC Shift gets a price: $1500 on Dynamism

  Published: August 14, 2007, 11:03 pm

  Tags: Htc, Pre Order, Shift, Umpc

  Mobile 6 Professional, has a pre-order price of $1500 over at Dynamism. No date is listed on the site, but with units in the wild (or, at least, a unit in the wild) we're hoping it won't be so long.[Via jkOnTheRun] Read Permalink Email this CommentsOffice Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to

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• Crysis Special Edition Announced

  Published: August 20, 2007, 10:44 pm

  Tags: Electronic Arts, Crytek, Computer, Games, Game Platforms, Game Companies, Art, Concept, Crysis, Crytek, Edition, Electronic Arts, Inon Zur, Making Of, Nanosuits, Pre Order, Soundtrack, Special, Special Edition, Steelbook

  is now available for pre-order at most major retailers and will also be available at retail stores in North America and Europe on November 16, 2007.” “This 3-disc set contains a tremendous amount of extras including behind the scenes looks and interviews with the minds behind Crysis at Crytek, and some of the breathtaking art

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• Hellgate: London Beta Followup

  Published: September 7, 2007, 4:14 pm

  Tags: Electronic Arts, Computer, Game Platforms, Game Companies, Bandai, Beta, Electronic Arts, Flagship Studios, Hell Gate London, Hellgate, Hellgate London, Namco, Namco Bandai Games, Pre Order, Rpg Fps

  of time for the Beta. Online orders will be emailed the Beta Key only. Best regards, GameStop/EBgames.com Customer Support So the beta opportunity looks to be legit; however, the start date is now uknown. That’s still good news for those who pre-ordered. Just a little more patience… Thanks for the heads-up, Scapes! Via Hellgate Guru

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• Hellgate London Lifetime Subscription Offer

  Published: September 12, 2007, 4:24 am

  Tags: Electronic Arts, Computer, Game Platforms, Game Companies, Beta, Beta Test, Beta Testing, Electronic Arts, Flagship Studios, Hellgate London, Pre Order, Rpg Fps

  “soon”. If you pre-ordered the game and have received a pre-order card with a special code on it, looks like you are good to go. You will still need to go ahead and create a beta account (mind the fact that this will be the same account used for retail). As a sort of bonus, you will get a Dye Kit and Founders Offer (previously

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• Pink and blue Xbox 360 wireless controllers get street dates, color changes

  Published: September 12, 2007, 2:02 pm

  Tags: Blue, Controllers, Microsoft, Pink, Pre Order, Preorder, Wireless Controller, Wirelesscontroller, Xbox 360, Xbox360

  Filed under: Gaming For all you fashion plates and bon vivants (and also little boys and girls), we don't want you to forget that Microsoft is introducing two new colors into its multi-hued, wireless, Xbox 360 controller-world on October 2nd: blue and pastel pink. The weird thing here is that in Japan, a baby blue version of the controller will

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• Hasbro's Power Tour guitar finally launches

  Published: September 14, 2007, 10:05 am

  Tags: Axe, Guitar, Hasbro, Kid, Kids, Power Tour, Powertour, Pre Order, Sale, Tiger Electronics, Tigerelectronics, Toy

  Filed under: Gaming, Portable Audio It's been a long time comin', but the Power Tour guitar we peeped back in January is nearly ready for your youngster's hands. Modeled after a Gibson SG, this axe enables your little ones (or you, it's alright) to plug in any source and rock right along with it, and the built-in learning mode should do a decent

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• Takara Tomy's i-SOBOT available for pre-order in US

  Published: September 17, 2007, 10:28 pm

  Tags: Amazon, I Sobot, Isobot, Launch, Pre Order, Sale, Takara Tomy, Takaratomy, Tomy

  counting on being able to pre-order Takara Tomy's i-SOBOT in America today. Of course, we aren't kvetching or anything, but Amazon is now accepting orders for the creature here in the US of A, and the asking price is at the low end of what we were bracing for. So go on, secure your place in line for $299.99 -- it ought to ship real soon.[Via

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• Valve Expands Orange Box Pre-Order Offers to GameStops

  Published: September 24, 2007, 4:53 pm

  Tags: Half Life, Valve, Gamer Life, Games Industry, Computer, Gamestop, Orange Box, Pre Order, Valve

  GameStop to extend their pre-order offer for The Orange Box to retail stores. Now if you pre-order The Orange Box for PC at any GameStop, you’ll get 10% off the list price as well as a key code and instructions for downloading and activating the Team Fortress 2 beta. This deal has been available for awhile through Steam, and thousands

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• Empire Earth III Hits Stores This November; Pre-Orders Starts This Week

  Published: September 25, 2007, 2:11 pm

  Tags: Sierra, Vivendi, Computer, Games, Empire Earth, Pre Order, Release Date

  in November of this year. A pre-order campaign for the game will also be kicking off this week. Pre-ordering the game will give you access to three exclusive unlockable units: Machine Mortar (Far East Region, Future Epoch) A genetically engineered soldier that launches a devastating, area-affect salvo of shells. Persian Mercenary (Middle

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• Asus' Eee PC up for pre-order... again

  Published: September 26, 2007, 1:22 pm

  Tags: Asus, Eee, Eee Pc, Eee Pc 701, Eeepc, Eeepc701, Pre Order, Sale

  Eee PC first went up for pre-order at NCIXUS just under a month ago, and merely days after the wee machine was exposed courtesy of a Russian review, here it is again on yet another e-tailer's website. The Eee PC 701 is holding down the high-end with 4GB of built-in storage and a $399.99 pricetag, while two versions of the Eee PC 700 are

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• Beta Watch: Savage 2 Enters Beta

  Published: October 4, 2007, 11:40 am

  Tags: Action, Beta Watch, Fps, Pre Order, Rts, Savage 2 Tortured Soul

  the beta testing stage for pre-order customers. What this means is that if you put money down on the game, you'll get a chance to participate in the final testing stages before release. This isn't a try before you buy situation at all - you pay full price and commit to buy the game upon release, going on to help them tune the game for the

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• Japanese Super Mario Galaxy pre-orders exceed 700,000!

  Published: October 4, 2007, 12:15 pm

  Tags: Wii, News, Super Mario Galaxy, Pre Orders, Super Mario Galaxy Pre Order, Japan, Game, Videogame, Wii, Nintendo, Sales

  slice it. The latest retail pre-order sales for Super Mario Galaxy on the Wii have already exceeded 700,000! Pre-orders is a good indication of first-week sales. So what does this mean? It means that Super Mario Galaxy could likely reach over a million units sold within the first week of it’s release, and probably as 2 million by years

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• NCSoft Announces Tabula Rasa Halloween Event

  Published: October 9, 2007, 4:46 pm

  Tags: Tabula Rosa, Ncsoft, Gamer Life, Computer, Event, Halloween, Mmo, Mmorpg, Pre Order, Tabula Rasa

  event as part of their 3-day Pre-Order Headstart. Those who pre-order the game and log into the beta on Halloween will get a chance to partake in the festivities. Players will run missions that involve spreading Halloween goodies. You’ll also be able to collect 9 different masks, like at the right, from the development team that are yours

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• The Unknown Leopard Features: What's New-New in Mac OS X Leopard's 300+ Feature List

  Published: October 16, 2007, 2:42 pm

  Tags: Apple, Apple Store, Available, Feature, Leopard, Pre Order, The Unknown Leopard Features, Top

  in the Path Bar." •Preview has more editing power: "Crop, rotate, resize, and save images in a range of image formats. Selection tools make it a snap to cut and paste images from Preview directly into other applications." •Sync Dashboard widgets across Macs using .mac. •Automator has a cool looking UI recorder and playback,

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