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GameStop gives $50 gift card to Deus Ex PC buyers, apologizes for removing OnLive coupons

2011-08-26T19:32:00-04:00

When it gets caught with fingers in the anti-competitive cookie jar, what's a major video game retailer to do? Apparently, hand out gift cards to any affected customers as a form of apology. Kotaku reports (and we've confirmed) that GameStop is giving Deus Ex: Human Revolution PC buyers a $50 gift card and an instant "buy two, get one free" offer just for bringing in their original receipt. Yes, that means you get a $50 giftcard and get to keep your original game. It's hard to say exactly how many free titles GameStop will be handing out, since the company recalled Deus Ex PC shortly after the fiasco began, but it's admittedly a pretty sweet …

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GameStop recalls Deus Ex: Human Revolution PC over OnLive spate

2011-08-25T18:21:20-04:00

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GameSpot and Wired Game|Life are reporting that the video game retailer is changing its approach to the surprise OnLive coupons found in copies of Deus Ex: Human Revolution PC; GameStop is recalling all the offending copies of the video game and returning them to publisher Square Enix, citing a desire not to promote the OnLive streaming games service. Interestingly enough, Square Enix representatives say the company actually condones the practice of removing the coupons. OnLive has declined all requests for comment.

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GameStop removing OnLive coupons from PC copies of Deus Ex

2011-08-24T14:12:00-04:00

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In the world of Deus Ex it's the pro-augmentation crowd versus the precious bodily fluids-ish "purists" that would like to leave well enough alone. A similar battle is happening between online and retail game distribution, and GameStop is exactly in the thick of things. The retailer just got caught red-handed issuing orders to its employees to remove coupons for the OnLive version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution from brand new PC copies of the game.

According to a GameStop representative, speaking to GameSpy, "Square Enix packed the competitor's coupon with our DXHR product without our prior knowledge and we did pull and discard these coupons. …

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Deus Ex: Human Revolution PC comes with OnLive digital copy

2011-08-23T18:03:12-04:00

If a tricked-out cyborg protagonist wasn't reason enough for tech fans to pick up Deus Ex: Human Revolution today, this might help: the PC version of the game comes with a voucher for a free OnLive digital copy as well. That should mean wherever you've got a fast, low-latency internet connection, you can play the game - regardless of whether you're using a gaming machine, netbook or even a tablet with wireless controllers.

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