GameStop pulls Deus Ex: Human Revolution PC versions from shelves
Posted by Joystiq Aug 25 2011 01:07 GMT in Square Enix
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GameStop has apparently sent another message out to its retail locations, this time asking all of its stores to pull any PC copies of Deus Ex: Human Revolution off of its shelves, and place them in the backroom, eventually to be returned to publisher Square Enix. This all after this morning's news that GameStop had directed its employees to pull coupons out of the boxes for the OnLive streaming service.

The latest email confirms that GameStop is indeed working on a competing service with its acquisition Spawn Labs, and that because of an "agreement" with Square Enix, all of the game's copies will be recalled back to the publisher. The one exception is reserved copies, which will still be honored for purchase.

GameStop has also pulled the PC version of the game from its website, though the console versions are still for sale. Joystiq has confirmed with local stores that the memo was received and copies were being pulled. We're also contacting GameStop corporate for an official statement on the matter.

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I smell shitstorms, and I'm not talking about the hurricane just outside my door.

Reply by Super-Claus Aug 25 2011 00:44 GMT
I guess it makes sense if Square was violating some agreement w/ GameStop by pimping OnLive
Reply by Francis Aug 25 2011 01:01 GMT
Was GameStop the one who tried to boycott Steam a while back by refusing to sell any games in-store that were available over Steam?
Reply by Gold Prognosticus Aug 25 2011 10:00 GMT
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