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Gamestop Steals from Deus Ex Customers

You’ve probably heard this already, but I think it’s important to spread news like this as much as possible. Gamestop have been caught with their pants down after opening and removing vouchers from PC copies of Deus Ex: Human Revolution. The vouchers were for a free copy of the game via OnLive’s cloud-gaming system.

GameSpy broke the news and even provided a quote from a nonchalant GameStop suit: 

“Square Enix packed the competitor’s coupon with our DXHR product without our prior knowledge,” said GameStop public relations representative Beth Sharum, “and we did pull and discard these coupons.”

Even a five-year-old would know this is wrong. It’s a bummer that GameStop has such a deathgrip on the game retail marketshare that Square Enix simply doesn’t have the choice of saying “fuck you” to the chain.

I guess this should be taken as a strong reminder to support your local game sellers like record stores or dedicated game shops. As Public Enemy once said, “We gotta fight the powers that be.”