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Enjoy a Family Night in with GameStop's "Love the Movie-Live the Game" Promotion

May 11, 2009
Receive a Free Movie Ticket with Participating Game Purchase

GRAPEVINE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 11, 2009-- Are you looking for a different way to enjoy your favorite movies without leaving your living room? GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME), the world’s largest video game and entertainment software retailer, is inviting movie fans to get the family together and enjoy video games developed around this summer’s hottest movies. There’s nothing better than a family night in to enjoy game titles featured in GameStop’s “Love the Movie-Live the Game”.

With limited funds for activities out there these days for the entire family, parents are looking for more creative ways to get everyone involved. Video games are a great entertainment choice as they can offer 70-80 hours of family fun without breaking the bank.

Beginning today through June 30, movie and game enthusiasts can purchase any of the participating movie-based video games from GameStop and receive a free movie ticket worth up to $10. Offer must be redeemed online by June 30 and tickets are valid at participating theatres through July 31, 2009, on the movie of your choice. The list of movie-themed games offered throughout the promotion is enough to get any movie fan excited and show an entirely different side to the action.

GameStop’s “Love the Movie-Live the Game” Titles:

  • Resident Evil 5 (Rated: M) is the newest video game from the Resident Evil franchise. It will take you to Africa where new challenges present themselves that need to be solved in order to find the truth behind the terrifying events.
  • Hannah Montana: The Movie (Rated: E) is the latest game in the Hannah Montana series. It allows you to live the rockstar double life of Hannah and Miley from wardrobe changes to her life back in Tennessee.
  • X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged and X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Rated: E10-M), based on the newest movie in the X-Men franchise, allows the player to unleash the razor sharp claws of Wolverine.
  • Destiny of Zorro (Rated: E10+), based on the hit motion picture, takes you back to the early 1800s in Spanish California with the infamous Zorro.
  • Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (Rated: E-E10+) video game brings history to life once again inside the walls of the Smithsonian Institution.
  • Terminator: Salvation (Rated: T) releases on May 19, allowing you, as John Connor, to battle for survival against the far superior forces of Skynet while encountering a new list of enemies.
  • UP (Rated: E) is a new game releasing on May 26 that will take you on an exciting adventure inspired by the events of characters Carl Fredrickson and his young sidekick, Russell, from the new Disney-Pixar animated movie.
  • Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings (Rated: T) is the latest video game in the Indiana Jones franchise. Beginning June 9, it allows you to whip your way through a new and exciting journey.
  • Ghostbusters (Rated: E-T), available June 16, gives players the chance to once again save the lives of the people of Manhattan from the threat of new ghosts and supernatural forces.
  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Rated: T) releases on June 23, unleashing the power for players to determine the fate of the Earth in an ultimate war raging across the globe.
  • Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Rated: E-E10+), in stores June 30, gets the crazy characters of the Ice Age franchise back together in a game based on the upcoming movie.

For more information and to redeem your movie ticket, visit www.gamestop.com/moviecash.

About GameStop Corp.

Headquartered in Grapevine, TX, GameStop Corp., a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company, is the world's largest video game and entertainment software retailer. The company operates 6,207 retail stores in 17 countries worldwide. The company also operates an e-commerce site, GameStop.com, and publishes Game Informer(R) magazine, a leading multi-platform video game publication. GameStop Corp. sells new and used video game software, hardware and accessories for video game systems from Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft. In addition, the company sells PC entertainment software, related accessories and other merchandise. General information on GameStop Corp. can be obtained at the company's corporate website: http://www.gamestopcorp.com.

Source: GameStop Corp.

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