UK retailer Zavvi.com has an awesome Pre-Order bonus for ordering Silent Hill Downpour and HD Collection a Toluca Lake T-Shirt! How adorable is that? I’m happy to see there’s cool swag to be had for UK Silent Hill fans!

Order Silent Hill Downpour: Xbox 360 | Playstation 3

Order Silent Hill HD Collection: Xbox 360 | Playstation 3

Now for some more great news we have official word from Konami on FB that Downpour is scheduled for a March 29 release. I hope we will get some sort of official press release soon.

Source (Zavvi.com | Konami FB) Thanks David for all this info!

Dean over in Greece stumbled on some cool Downpour Pre-Order bonuses today and sent them my way:

Seven Spots – Says Downpour is Releasing March 16 and offers a Downpour T-Shirt with Pre-order
http://www.sevenspot.gr/gr/GamesInner/9152cafbc91c8f89decd218085bba8fc/548-28443.html

Plaisio – Says Downpour is Releasing March 09 and offers a Downpour T-Shirt with Pre-order
http://www.plaisio.gr/Gaming/Games/XBOX-360/Konami-Silent-Hill-Downpour-XBOX360-1-19-07-08-003.htm

Public Says Downpour is Releasing March 30 and offers no sort of Pre-Order Bonus…

http://www.public.gr/prod/gaming/games/ps3-games/silent-hill:-downpour-ps3-games/prod1760019pp/

Source (Seven Spots|Plaisio|Public) Thanks so much Dean for the heads up and the translations!

After seeing Best Buy’s disappointing pre-order bonus today I just had to write this…

The Pre-order bonuses in the US totally suck! We aren’t getting any sort of physical items only a variety of in-game weapons, which is so lame given that the inventory system in Downpour won’t let us hang on to said bonus in-game weapons as we play! What makes it even worse is that other countries are offering some kick ass physical goodies for pre-ordering in addition to the same bonus in-game weapons.

In Mexico they are giving away mugs, flashlights and laptop cases While in Australia two retailers are offering a very cool Downpour t-shirt and poster combo.

I am le sad. I put an order into Amazon so at least I won’t have to pay sales tax, I get the game on the release day with free shipping and a $10 Amazon credit. Also since I pre-ordered HD Collection there as well I can take $5 off my Downpour purchase.

I also put in a pre-order to Australian retailer JB Hi-Fi (who’s willing to ship internationally) so at least I’ll have some cool Downpour bonus items coming for my Silent Hill collection.

So are you guys disappointed as well? If you are pre-ordering which retailer are you going with?

The Best Buy website has finally revealed their pre-order bonus for Downpour and it’s…in-game weapons.

Well that wasn’t a big surprise given the trend with other American retailers just offering weapons. At Best Buy you can get a code to download a rifle and a golf club which are the same in-game weapons offered by Mexican retailer Gamers Retail. We get more of a description about the weapons on Best Buy’s site though:

If you are in the US and still on the fence about who you should order from Best Buy is also offering 15% off the Official Downpour game guide with the purchase of Downpour. Though to get that deal you don’t have to pre-order.

As for me I’ve gone with Amazon!

Source (Best Buy) Thanks to Ashbolea for the heads up!

Yet another Mexican retailer is offering Silent Hill Downpour/ HD Collection Pre-order bonuses! Game Rush, Blockbuster’s video game division, is offering two in-game weapons: Nail Gun and the Double Axe along with laptop cases for both Downpour and the HD collection.

How awesome! I’m curious to see what the cases will look like!

Source (Game Rush FB: Dowpour Promo, Game Rush FB: HD Collection Promo) thanks Alfredo Flores!

Amazon is offering a pretty sweet deal for those looking to order all the Silent Hill titles coming this March. You can get a $5 Credit for pre-ordering the HD collection to put towards the purchase of Silent Hill: Book of Memories or Silent Hill: Downpour!

Pretty sweet deal if you ask me! So you could knock off $5 off Downpour by pre-ordering HD Collection and another $10 off Book of Memories by pre-ordering Downpour!

Source (Amazon) thanks Cj for the heads up!

Looks like Gameplanet isn’t the only Mexican game retailer offering in-game weapons now! Gamers.vg, who was already offering a snazzy Downpour mug for pre-orders back in August, has now added two new in-game weapon codes to their bonus for a golf club and what looks to be a rifle or a shotgun…I can’t tell which as the picture is too small.

No word on how they will stack up to the 45 pistol, baseball bat, nail gun or double axe offered by other retailers.

Source (Gamers.vg)

Adding salt to my wound of disappointment over the lack of decent bonuses here in the States it looks like fans in Mexico can now add in-game weapons to their pre-order bonuses. Gameplanet is now offering the bat and pistol 45 Amazon is offering with their pre-order in addition to the Downpour flashlight and Korn Opening song Documentary on a USB stick.

Wow American fans really got the short of the stick this time around! Hehe Anyone in Mexico willing to make a pre-order for me? 🙂

Source (Gameplanet FB) via Silent Haven

Amazon has revealed their pre-order bonus… two in-game weapons a “Pistol 45” and “Baseball Bat” along with a $10 Amazon credit just for pre-ordering the game.

The $10 credit definitely makes Amazon’s pre-order deal more appealing than Gamestop’s in my opinion…but offering in-game weapons just seems so silly considering Downpour’s inventory system. You wouldn’t be able to hang on to them for long 🙁 I would much rather a physical item!

Source (Amazon) thanks Cj!

Gamestop has revealed it’s Downpour pre-order bonus which is a code to get some in game weapons: a nail gun and a double axe.

I got to say I’m very disappointed, I was hoping for a shirt or even a poster like the bonuses offered in Australia… heck even Mexico’s flashlight and mug with the usb stick with a making of Korn’s theme song would have been cooler in my book…but I’m a fan who likes physical items I can add to my collection. What do you guys think?

Source (Gamestop) thanks Cj!