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Amazon bears the best deal on Crystal Bearers
Amazon's awesome Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers offer has gotten even better. The online retailer is still taking pre-sales at $44.99, with an exclusive calendar, but it has now added a $10 credit on future game purchases to the package. So the game is effectively $34.99. With The Crystal Bearers coming out after Christmas, it seems poised to take advantage of gift money and/or returns of items gamers don't want. However, this pre-Christmas deal may require some budget-conscious gamers to spend against their presumed future cash gifts. Or, for those of you with enough disposable income, you can just buy it. [Via GoNintendo]
EA to partner in new digital avatar concept
The last time that you were playing your favorite MMO, did you stop for a moment and think "Sure, killing dragons and raising my baking skill is great, but what I'd rather be playing is Deal or No Deal"? Well, EA is hoping that their new TV/video game hybrid technology will make you do just that, implausible as it may sound.In one of those mysterious, forward-looking announcements that seems just tailor-made to help investors sleep at night, the company has announced that they'll be working with European TV company Endemol to create Virtual Me, which combines, according to the press release, "cutting edge avatar creation technology from EA with popular TV formats." There's no word on if it will be relegated to Europe or on more basic issues like, you know, how it will work, so it will probably be a while before you get match wits with Howie Mandel for non-existent money. If you just can't wait though, we guess it's pretty lucky that there's Pat Sajak's Lucky Letters to help you fill the empty hours.
Nintendo and Toys "R" Us make a "Deal"
Toys "R" Us has a new promotional tie in with NBC's choose-it-or-lose-it game show Deal or No Deal. It seems there's a game piece offering the choice in recent store circulars. Choose "deal," get 10% any single item in store. Go for broke and choose "no deal," and you might have a chance at a Wii (second prize) or a DS Lite (fourth prize). The store is handing out 50,000 Nintendo systems as part of the promotion. That's a whole lotta systems right there. Of course, the grand prize is a million bucks, but does that really stand up to some sweet Ninty merchandise? Then again ... that could buy a whole lot of games. The catch with the super sweet "no deal" option is that you have to take the game piece into the store to get it scanned, and the winners won't be announced until November 24, so that's a bit of a wait if you're one of the lucky few. Still, if that's all it takes to pick up some free stuff, maybe that's a sign we need to go dig through the paper.Didn't get one of the ads? Never fear -- you can mail in a request for a gamepiece. Check after the jump for the address.
