You've heard of big game titles like Gears of War 3 and Dead Island
getting midnight launches — why not smartphones?
Not exact matches
You never once smacked one of those kids, the ones there on full scholarship with visions of patched sport coasts in the Ivory Tower, you never once icily mentioned that you were working full time, going into debt, commuting two hours to school, that you had three small babies at home, that you worked in a fast - paced and exhausting industry under tremendous pressure just to come home, kiss your kids for a brief moment,
launching into that thesis until well past
midnight, just to
get up at 6 the next morning and do it all over again, relentlessly.
I will find out tomorrow at 10... Well actually, it'll be like 20 after 10 till I
get home and hook that system up and make my profile and such... Damn you GameStop... No
midnight launch...
Each week, we have a look at games that are either due out at
midnight or have just
launched, so you can
get an impression of what strikes your fancy.
Did some legwork and it appears that the
Midnight Edition
got a few changes after being
launched.
Midnight launches, the initial swatch of reviews hitting, which version of the console people were picking up and what games to
get — I love that stuff.
Halo 4 gave out dog tags to the first 3 people in line (I was 4th but I was only there to
get LittleBigPlanet Karting) Nothing happened at the PS4
midnight launch sadly (though the best buy down the street had a day 1 buyer smash his PS4 with a bat).
I still remember
getting mine at
midnight at launch with SSX, Timesplitters, Midnight Club, and Smuggle
midnight at
launch with SSX, Timesplitters,
Midnight Club, and Smuggle
Midnight Club, and Smuggler's Run.
Halo 5 Guardians
launches tonight and EB Games Australia is opening up at
midnight for gamers to
get their hands on the latest in the Xbox exclusive series.
I decided to pick up the game at the last second at my local
midnight launch taking advantage of being able to trade in two fairly old worthless games trade in value wise I mean, I loved the games (MK vs DC and Uncharted 1) and
got FF13 for $ 20.
Thousands of people lined up to
get the game at
midnight; news channels covered the game's crazy
launch, there was no escaping the hype behind Halo 3.
For people picking up the game at the
midnight launch events, you
get the inFamous Second Son Artbook.
If you've not pre-ordered a 3DS and you're worried that they'll sell out like hot cakes before you can
get to a store, which is a distinct possibility, then GAME may have saved your proverbial bacon seeing as they're holding a
midnight launch in over 100 stores across the country for the release of Nintendo's new handheld on March 25th.
You used to turn up to a
midnight launch and it would just be you, your mum (who drove you there) and a large sweaty man who you would later learn was
getting the collector's edition because he wanted the lifesize statue of the game's protagonist's torso.
Motorola Moto G5S
Midnight Blue edition is priced at Rs. 14,999 but with
launch offer you can
get it for special Diwali price of Rs. 12,999.
The phone was shown in four colors during its
launch in October (
Midnight Blue, Titanium Gray, Mocha Brown, and Pink Gold), but it seems like the UK is only
getting the Titanium Gray model, at least for now.