Gamertell

Square Enix has just announced the preorder offers for Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers, which seems appropriate since the game will be out December 26, 2009. Like most companies, there isn’t going to be one set preorder deal. Depending on where you order your copy of the game,… Continue Reading »

Preorder items quite often determine where someone will actually pick up a certain game. When it comes to the forthcoming Wii on-rails shooter Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles, players have a choice. They can go with the ever-so cool, but slightly impractical, zombie face t-shirt preorder that is only available at… Continue Reading »

One of the downsides of using a mail rental service for games, movies, etc. is the number of middlepeople involved. Between the shipping facility, the post office and the mail carrier there are a number of places a game can get damaged, lost or outright stolen. That’s what former Postal… Continue Reading »

In a move drawing a lot of industry attention, GameStop director Leonard Riggio has sold 2.3 million shares of the company’s stock. He earned $60.2 million from the sale and reduced his ownership in the game retail company from 6.9 percent to 5.5 percent. The timing seems odd as the… Continue Reading »

Gamers that have been trading in games to GameStop, Blockbuster and similar stores will be pleasantly surprised at some of the deals Toys ‘R’ Us is offering in its rookie year of game trading. A $60 game purchase commonly garners between $20 and 25 in trade credit if one were… Continue Reading »

Retail giant Walmart is staking its claim on the billions of dollars to be made through used game sales, as it now lists preowned games on its site. Used game sales and the game trade-ins that fuel those sales are a huge component of GameStop’s profits and other major retailers… Continue Reading »

The Ft. Worth Star Telegram reports that Grapevine, Texas-based retailer Gamestop’s quarterly net profit dropped 32 percent for the company’s second quarter. GameStop CEO Daniel DeMatteo blamed the recession and a so-so gaming lineup in the first half of 2009. “Due to the effects of the recession and strong prior… Continue Reading »

The game retail market could be getting a little more competitive, if the photo of a recent Best Buy ad is any indication. An eagle-eyed Cheap Ass Gamer reader in Utah spotted a Best Buy advertisement proclaiming the retailer would match GameStop and Game Crazy’s used prices on new games.… Continue Reading »

September 9, 2009, can’t come soon enough for fans dying to get their hands on The Beatles: Rock Band. The appearance of Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr at Microsoft’s E3 2009 press conference went a long way in getting the game’s name out in the mainstream along the the news… Continue Reading »

While the obvious stars of the Gamestop Street Fighter IV national tournament were the 16 finalists, there was yet another group of individuals who deserved a nod - Supreme Soul. Supreme Soul is a dance crew which gained fame by competing against others in the MTV show called America’s Best… Continue Reading »