Today two separate promotions were announced, both dealing with Rock Band track giveaways.
First up, Best Buy and the band Disturbed are teaming up. If you pre-order the latest Disturbed album from Best Buy, you get access to both “Inside the Fire” and “Perfect Insanity.” This offer is only available to Xbox 360 owners.
The other giveaway deals with the South Park season 11 DVD set. Apparently when you purchase the DVD, out later this year, you will get three unspecified Rock Band tracks. Unfortunately there are no other details.
Read: Disturbed, South Park Get Free Rock Band Tracks.
Matt D. shares a horrifying experience he encountered with a cashier and manager that think they run Best Buy. In attempt to purchase Assassin’s Creed, he was rejected by the cashier and manager because they believed he was purchasing it for his underage brother. Read along as Matt tells us about this extremely odd situaton:
I stepped up to the [cashier] and she immediately gave me a look of disgrace as if I did something wrong. I replied with a “hi” to make the tension less awkward. She immediately asked me for my ID. I’ve never been carded for a video game before so I politely handed it to her while asking my brother for my gift cards I gave him while I was busy shuffling through my car just 20 minutes earlier. Continued…
First Best Buy suffers through the porn-stealing scandal, and now this: censorship advocate Jack Thompson is suing the retail chain for allegedly selling M-rated games to minors.
Thompson claims Best Buy is in violation of Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.
Best Buy requires a credit card to purchase an M-rated game, a common practice meant to prevent minors from purchasing such games without parental involvement.
The Entertainment Software Rating Board is also included in the suit: Continued…
XBLRadio alleges that nationwide electronics retailer Best Buy is tacking a $3 “tax” to Xbox 360 accessories, in anticipation of the release of Halo 3 on September 25. Continued…
