Pre-order bonuses reward players for their day one purchase, but is it worth the gamble?

Alien Isolation brings back the cast of the original film for a pair of missions. But only if you pre-order.

What USA gaming franchise GameStop has in mind for pre-order exclusives just sounds completely wrong.

What USA gaming franchise GameStop has in mind for pre-order exclusives just sounds completely wrong.

You can now cancel pre-orders you've made on steam without having to get a support ticket. Hooray for automation!

Looks like the Ultimate Warrior will be donning the face paint and tassels when he returns to WWE video games.

Valve have announced that a Left 4 Dead demo will be made available on Xbox 360 and PC on November 6. Here is the catch though, if you want the demo on November 6, you will need to have pre-ordered the game. If however, you are one of the many people that couldn't be bothered about pre-ordering a game that will obviously be in steady supply, the demo will be released to everyone on November 11. The demo will include both single player and multiplayer, with the multiplayer component being reported to end on November 18, the day of the games release.

I don’t really know how to feel about this to be honest… I think it’s quite clever but it just feels a bit subversive. What is it that I am talking about? Well I was just over at Destructoid reading about the upcoming time trial mode for Mirror’s Edge, it’s really a good read so click here to take a …