Walmart opens Gamecenter online store
Walmart has opened a new online store for video games: "
Gamecenter" (not to be confused with the
GameFly mobile app of the same name). From the looks of it, Walmart is out to compete with
Amazon, specifically in the online pre-order business. Gamecenter is offering lots of pre-order incentives, including e-credit and bonus game content, for several of the big releases this year. There don't appear to be many, if any price reductions on standard retail games if pre-ordered (compared to Amazon typically knocking several dollars off of the competition's price), and Walmart's shipping for a single game is set at just under a dollar.
The best pre-order deal on Gamecenter currently offers a $50 eGift card when you pre-order three games together from a predefined list; and your choices must be for the same platform, Xbox 360 or PS3. Still, there are some noteworthy games on the list, including
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood,
Crackdown 2,
Dead Rising 2,
Medal of Honor,
Fallout: New Vegas and
Final Fantasy XIV.
There are also several offers on single pre-orders, with
Call of Duty: Black Ops including a $20 eGift card. The Legendary and Limited Editions of
Halo: Reach also come with $20 credits, and several other pre-orders include $10–20 cards.
