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Ahead of the release of Kinect Star Wars next week, Blockbuster has confirmed its intention to run a special midnight event on the night of Monday April 3rd.
Held at its Clapham store (24-28 Clapham High Street), the branch will – as well as selling both the game and the Limited Edition Star Wars console – will hand out the R2-D2 themed hardware for free to the first five people in the queue.
The next 45 punters will get a free Star Wars Blu-ray boxset to join their purchase of the game.
Furthermore, customers will have the chance to buy the game for just 99p if they trade-in one of the following – Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, FIFA Street 4, Street Fighter X Tekken, Twisted Metal, Ninja Gaiden 3, Asura’s Wrath, Ridge Racer Unbounded or Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13.
Here at Blockbuster, we are huge Star Wars fans and we know our customers are as well,” games boss James Morton stated. That’s why we’re delighted to be offering such fantastic deals and running this special midnight event.”
