Ubisoft has pulled the plug on a Canadian promotion that allowed EB Games/GameStop customers to pre-purchase Haze, then receive its full price in store credit if they traded it in within a week.
The promotion was the result of garbled communication between Ubisoft's Canadian offices and EB Games in Canada, MTV Multiplayer reports. The deal has since been nixed.
It's not terribly surprising to learn that the promotion wasn't quite what Ubisoft had in mind. The deal not only undermined any positive buzz Haze might be gathering, but it also would've ended up costing the company money as EB customers scooped up pre-played copies of the game.
That must have been some truly mangled communication between Ubisoft and EB, indeed.
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Ubisoft: Incredible Haze Canadian GameStop-EB Program Nixed [MTV Multiplayer]
