Upcoming Games to Pre-order (September to November)

Gaming at the end of 2008 is going to be awesome, with many great titles heading on to the shelves. I currently have 16 games on my shortlist for the end of this year, but have pre-ordered six… for now, to cover me gaming wise for September and some of November This post ties up nicely with my last one!!

The list I have compiled is mostly a collection of PC and Xbox 360 games, but there might be some that are also going to be released on multiple platforms, such as PC, 360, PS3, Wii, etc. – Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for example, which will be on 360, PS3, PS2, Wii and DS. I’ll be ordering my list by Date Released, starting with the closest to release, to furthest away and then Alphabetically should any dates have more than one release.

I am not going to give a huge description of why you should buy each game on the list, because there are plenty of websites and magazines that would do a much better job of hyping them up than me, but here are some titles you should definitely be keeping an eye out for/on.

Saving some money on pre-orders @ Game UK

Expired, as of 01/10/08

Hi everybody. Here is something I discovered at GAME online.
I was about to pre-order a selection of games, that I would have bought upon release, with a £3 off voucher code I came across.

Here’s the thing. It was suggested to me by a mate on irc that I should not buy them all at once, but buy each game individually. This was a bit of an eye-opener for me, as well as a “duuuuuhhh” moment.

This £3 off code: ID734TJAW takes £3 off your order (my cheapest item was £29.99), but I do not know how long it lasts or if there is a minimum spend.

EDIT: It looks like it could be £30, looking at somewhere online, but my cheapest item was £29.99 and I still got the £3 discount, so not sure about that one.

I pre-ordered 4 PC games (Spore, Brothers in Arms: HH, Fallout 3, Far Cry 2) and an Xbox 360 game (Fable 2). The total cost of these came to about £180, however, they are not all released at the same time (They’re released at multiple dates across the next two months) and GAME only charge your card upon dispatch.

This means that I have until around 2 days before the release date to cancel should I change my mind. I have saved £18, by ordering each game separately and applying the ID734TJAW code each time. I also selected the Free Delivery option.

In addition to this, GAME offers double points for pre-orders, so I earned about 3000 – 4200 points (about 12-14 quid).

That’s a total saving of around 27-29 quid on a bunch of games I would have bought anyway, and the 12-14 pounds of reward points I can use for the next game (In fact, I’ll probably save them for now )

If GAME decide to be stingy and take away the discount on 4 of the items, I still have made a £3 discount and the reward points. I’ll update on any changes.

Happy buying!

It’s been a while…

Ok, as it has been over a two months since I have written a real post, I thought I’d try and get back into the swing of things. On the list of things I have done in the last couple of months is:

• Secured a third year placement (A Job)
• Secured accomodation for the year (Moved house)
• Passed all but one of my exams (retake tomorrow!! :Z )
• Got paid… twice! Woo!
• Spent more money than I have
• Saved money for the first time in years
• Taken out an ISA
• Taken out a Credit Card
• Worked out my Student Loan Debt

And of course, various other happenings also.

So where do I begin?