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Deus Ex: Human Revolution Pulled From Gamestop Shelves, Square-Enix Supports Decision

by Widro on August 25, 2011

Since the story broke that Gamestop was tampering with new copies of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, the internet was livid. Now a day later, there are some new and interesting developments.

To quickly recap, Square-Enix included a voucher in boxes of the retail PC version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution that allowed for free download of the game on the OnLive streaming game service. Gamestop, which considers OnLive a competitor to its own Impulse platform, chose to open sealed packages, remove the voucher, and put them out as new games.

After releasing a statement that curtly defending the process of removing the vouchers, backlash continued. Gamestop changed its policy last night, instead choosing to PULL THE GAME FROM SHELVES entirely until Square re-ships boxed copies with no voucher.

Square-Enix, shockingly, DEFENDED GAMESTOP, in this statement:

“As part of Deus Ex: Human Revolution’s boxed offering on PC, Square-Enix included a third party coupon”, says a statement released by the publisher. “GameStop was not made aware of this inclusion and Square-Enix respects the right of GameStop to have final say over the contents of products it sells and to adjust them where they see fit in accordance with their policies

Tags: Deus Ex: Human Revolution, gamestop, PC, Square-Enix

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