Published: August 01, 2011
"It Pays to Be a Tyrant" with GameStop and Kongregate
GRAPEVINE, Texas - (BUSINESS WIRE) - GameStop (NYSE:GME), the world's largest multichannel video game
retailer, is giving gamers the opportunity to become a tyrant when they
play War Metal: Tyrant, the number one massively multiplayer
online game on Kongregate.com. The "It Pays to be a Tyrant" promotion
kicks off today and runs through Aug. 22, 2011.
GameStop customers will receive a card in-store containing a unique code
to enter in War Metal: Tyrant to play for the chance to win a
$10,000 GameStop gift card. Players must reach levels five and 10 in
order to receive entries in the grand prize drawing. PowerUp Rewards
members who link their GameStop PowerUp Rewards and Kongregate.com
accounts will receive PowerUp Rewards points and earn entry into the
grand prize drawing by reaching certain levels in the game.
Level rewards:
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Play the game as a Kongregate user and PowerUp Rewards member: Receive
50 PowerUp points
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Reach level 2: Receive 100 PowerUp points
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Reach level 5: Receive 250 PowerUp points and one entry in the grand
prize drawing
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Reach level 10: Receive 500 PowerUp points and a second entry in the
grand prize drawing
PowerUp Rewards members that link their accounts with Kongregate will
also receive a GameStop exclusive in-game Leonidas tank card, a powerful
card for new players that makes initial progression in the game easier
and helps to win more quickly in the Arena.
War Metal: Tyrant is an online collectible card game consisting
of interactive battles where players are forced to defend against a
massive onslaught from the brutal Raiders, vile bloodthirsty beasts and
the mysterious Xenos. The levels include missions in which the player
and the opposing commander alternate turns choosing cards to reduce the
enemy commander's life to zero. Each mission shuffles the player's 10
cards and presents the player with three cards to choose from for each
turn. War Metal: Tyrant is available now on Kongregate.com.
For more information, visit www.kongregate.com/Tyrant.
About GameStop
GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company
headquartered in Grapevine, Texas, is the world's largest multichannel
video game retailer. GameStop's retail network and family of brands
include 6,573 company-operated stores in 17 countries worldwide and
online at www.GameStop.com.
Our network also includes: www.Kongregate.com,
a leading browser-based game site; Game Informer(R) magazine, the
leading multi-platform video game publication; Spawn Labs, a streaming
technology company; and Impulse, Inc., a digital distribution platform
available at www.impulsedriven.com.

GameStop
Jennifer Henricks, 817-722-7069
jenniferhenricks@gamestop.com
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