Originally Posted by scblueeyedguy The preorder numbers were probably bombing so the publisher had to do something otherwise they have retailers stuck with a bunch of unsold copies.

I think it might be the opposite. They did a big pre order push on steam with three tiers of giveaway stuff. Tier 3 was getting civ v free and they hit that last week.

So I think the game was flying under the radar but pre orders have jumped so the deals are coming out to further push it. Oh and it's been the #1 or #2 top seller on steam for the past several days.

I bought 2 copies for day 1 (one is for my brother). From everything I've seen on this game, videos, developer plays, multiplayer, it's going to be something special. Previews have been very positive so far. I have no doubt that this will be my personal GOTY.

Originally Posted by SevereTireDamage Anyone else find it weird that all these offers for XCOM are showing up a week before release, instead of say, a month ago?

The Best Buy deal is a couple of weeks old, and they did sell out of the PC version. This is a big month for game releases (RE6, Dishonored) so I'm not shocked that XCOM is getting lost amongst the console crowd.

Went with bestbuy po with $15 gift card. Goty for me too. Loved the originals
Simply can not wait

Like many of you, I want to support this game but I'm still skeptical and want to see a demo first. Also, I agree, this probably will drop in price pretty quickly and I still have a backlog so I'll only buy a few games at launch.

And i haven't seen Amazon give out general gift cards for years, it's been nothing but gaming credits for a while now - not sure why some people chose this post to complain about something that's been the norm for years.

But have the promo credits had such a quick expiration date for a long time now? The $10 Borderlands 2 one caught me off guard with the short expiration date and I almost didn't use it in time.

those assholes. lol I JUST canceled my amazon preorder and ordered at best buy. bah whatever, i can use my $15 gift card and preorder WWE 13 at best buy with it then, same thing. haha

Edit: Mugatu, you can play the demo on PC to at least get an idea of what the game is like. I saw videos at PAX East earlier this year and I was sold just from gameplay videos alone.

Well hell now I have to reconsider my Newegg deal, even though I got a flat discount on the price instead of a GC. Knowing them it will take a day or two to show up; Amazon didn't notify me of shipping my BL2 chest until the night before release and still got it to me on Tuesday.

New trailer on the game released today. Also gameinformer is giving it a 9.5...for whatever that is worth. Full review coming soon.

9.5 woot

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Anyone get their promo credit or bonus elite soldier pack yet?