GameStop Rewards Members Can Get Early Access to Gears of War: Judgment Demo

<p>It has recently been announced by <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;majornelson&period;com&sol;2013&sol;01&sol;28&sol;get-early-access-to-gears-of-war-judgment-overrun-mode-through-gamestop-pre-order&sol;">Microsoft&comma; Epic and GameStop<&sol;a> that those who pre-order <em>Gears of War&colon; Judgment<&sol;em> from the retailer&comma; and are also PowerUp Rewards members&comma; will get exclusive early access to <em>Judgment&&num;8217&semi;s<&sol;em> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;Fvdf8tuBrI8">OverRun multiplayer mode<&sol;a>&period; The early access starts on March 15th and runs until the 18th&comma; while all Xbox Live Gold members will be able to play the demo on March 19th&semi; the game&&num;8217&semi;s launch date&period; XP earned in the mode will be carried over to the full game&comma; should those that participate in the demo pick up &lpar;and play&rpar; the game within the first week of launch&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; for anyone who pre-orders the game from GameStop&comma; a Young Marcus skin&comma; as well as a Lambert Weapon skin will be offered&comma; but if pre-ordered from another outlet&comma; the Classic Hammerburst will be received&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I&&num;8217&semi;ve never really seen the point of holding off demos for games until the game is actually out&comma; because some people like to make decisions ahead of time&comma; but only giving early access to PowerUp Rewards members just seems to be adding more steps to the process than necessary&period; Before&comma; all you had to do was pre-order from GameStop&semi; now you have to sign up for their rewards program too&quest; God forbid if you just want to play the game and nothing more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrace;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;majornelson&period;com&sol;2013&sol;01&sol;28&sol;get-early-access-to-gears-of-war-judgment-overrun-mode-through-gamestop-pre-order&sol;">Major Nelson<&sol;a>&rcub;<&sol;p>&NewLine;