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CAGiversary!
This is a silent release (therefore: rare), and I didn't find out about it until reading forums on the digging that some gamers did in Steam's registry today for Alan Wake's American Nightmare (unrelated to this situation).
So I was Googling for articles on that but came up with some articles on Legacy Interactive having the official distribution rights for the physical PC release of Alan Wake in North America instead. If you didn't know, Legacy Interactive is like Big Fish Games and Popcap, meaning they are known for those cheap PC games that old ladies buy that are usually in thin cardboard boxes or the thin CD jewel cases, often being ripoffs of other big name games (like I Spy; but instead would be called "Eye Spy" or whatever).
Anyway, I was digging and ended up finding out that Legacy Interactive delayed the physical release to a week or so AFTER April 16 (the original release was supposed to be April 3rd or whatever). If my math is correct and if they follow typical release date procedure, that makes the release Tuesday, April 24, which is tomorrow.
Now, since I work for Walmart and come across these types of games every so often, it is entirely possible that these WILL NOT be in typical shipping boxes but instead they'll more than likely be in "directs" boxes (at least, that's what my co-workers call them). Since I am a part-timer, I don't experience these things as much as I'd like to, but they are usually just thrown in random boxes filled with all kinds of electronics-based goods like ink cartridges and camera cases and come right off the truck. Please note that NOT ALL WALMARTS ARE THE SAME!
Anyway, the reason why this is in the DEALs section is because this may be just as rare as the PC release of Twisted Metal 2. Now, if somebody could get me the 12-digit UPC number for Legacy Interactive's release (NOT Nordic Game's European release), I could find out if it will actually be carried at Walmarts/Targets. Walmart typically uses the first 11 digits of UPC numbers, and I can print out a dummy barcode for Targets to scan since they use a funkily-named system.
So I was Googling for articles on that but came up with some articles on Legacy Interactive having the official distribution rights for the physical PC release of Alan Wake in North America instead. If you didn't know, Legacy Interactive is like Big Fish Games and Popcap, meaning they are known for those cheap PC games that old ladies buy that are usually in thin cardboard boxes or the thin CD jewel cases, often being ripoffs of other big name games (like I Spy; but instead would be called "Eye Spy" or whatever).
Anyway, I was digging and ended up finding out that Legacy Interactive delayed the physical release to a week or so AFTER April 16 (the original release was supposed to be April 3rd or whatever). If my math is correct and if they follow typical release date procedure, that makes the release Tuesday, April 24, which is tomorrow.
Now, since I work for Walmart and come across these types of games every so often, it is entirely possible that these WILL NOT be in typical shipping boxes but instead they'll more than likely be in "directs" boxes (at least, that's what my co-workers call them). Since I am a part-timer, I don't experience these things as much as I'd like to, but they are usually just thrown in random boxes filled with all kinds of electronics-based goods like ink cartridges and camera cases and come right off the truck. Please note that NOT ALL WALMARTS ARE THE SAME!
Anyway, the reason why this is in the DEALs section is because this may be just as rare as the PC release of Twisted Metal 2. Now, if somebody could get me the 12-digit UPC number for Legacy Interactive's release (NOT Nordic Game's European release), I could find out if it will actually be carried at Walmarts/Targets. Walmart typically uses the first 11 digits of UPC numbers, and I can print out a dummy barcode for Targets to scan since they use a funkily-named system.