Gearing Up for Mass Effect 3

Written by Craig Will (puffkix) Saturday, 18 February 2012 15:04

Are you ready for Mass Effect 3? Do you know which pre-order bonus you’re going to take advantage of? If not, take these opportunities to get the PC digital downloads of Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2 for cheap and compare these bonuses.

The GoozerNation team recently had an internal conversation about which systems we would be playing Mass Effect 3 on and the statement was made that the PC is the superior system and since I upgraded my computer to be better at gaming I’ve started to prefer playing non FPS games on the PC. Unfortunately my Commander Shepard lives on my 360 and I thought I’d be stuck continuing the fight there because I didn’t want to spend $40 to $50 to rebuy the games for the PC. Luckily, Amazon came through for me and they can for you too (until Monday the 20^th).

Amazon is offering the digital download version of Mass Effect for $5 and the Deluxe Edition of Mass Effect 2 for $7.50 (the standard edition is $5).

Finally, where should you pick up the game? Well if you’re a Gamers Club Unlocked member at Best Buy then the Mass Effect 3 pre-order bonus gets you a $20 gift card on top of the normal bonus of the M55 Argus Rifle (360 and PS3). This means the Collector’s Edition of the game, which comes with a metal case, hardbound art book, Mass Effect comic, fabric N7 patch, lithograph, soundtrack and a plethora of in-game content including a robot dog and more guns, effectively costs the same as the standard game. And if you’re not a member of the Gamers Club Unlocked then I suggest you become one – it’s basically the same as Gamestop’s Game Informer deal: pay $15 for a year’s worth of the store’s gaming magazine and get more for trade-ins and special offers. The biggest difference is that Best Buy’s @Gamer magazine comes with hundreds of dollars of coupons in each issue.

Amazon is offering most editions of Mass Effect 3 with a $10 gift card and the M55 Argus Rifle, the exception being that the PS3 Collector’s Edition does not come with the gift card.

Walmart is following suit and offering a $10 gift card with the preorder.

Gamestop is giving out the N7 Valkyrie Rifle and Defender Armor on top of the M55 Argus Rifle.

As for me I’ll be picking up the PC Collector’s Edition (I’m a sucker for CEs) at Best Buy and getting a $20 gift card as well as adding points to my Reward Zone account (which can be cashed out for even more gift cards). What about you?

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Comments  

 

# vanyel 2012-02-19 11:02

I had pre-ordered the PC Collector's Edition from Walmart in July, but they just canceled it today saying they were out of stock. So it looks like I'm going to be getting it from Amazon instead.

 

 

# vanyel 2012-02-21 10:58

As it turns out both Amazon and Gamestop are out of stock on the PC collector's edition. So it looks like I get to see if Target will actually ship it or if they're just going to cancel it like walmart did.

 

 

# Michael Rohde 2012-02-21 12:24

That's too bad it's sold out everywhere. You'd think they'd make enough for everyone. After all, it's a Collector's Edition and not a Limited Edition.

 

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