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Front the cash for Madden NFL 25 at GameStop before release date and you’ll receive three classic 49ers players for Connected Franchise and Ultimate Team mode – former owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr, former coach Bill Walsh and four-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Joe Montana, according to Joystiq. Madden 25 celebrates the franchise’s anniversary, and hits PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in late August. A special Anniversary Edition is available.

Sony has confirmed that a bunch of Tearaway DLC will be made available as a free bonus to those who pre-order the title.

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GameStop pre-orders of Shin Megami Tensei 4 will score a bonus downloadable costume. Siliconera reports the offer is valid in North America, and nets you a red-and-gold oriental motif outfit. As detailed in yesterday’s Nintendo Direct, the 3DS exclusive Shin Megami Tensei 4 releases on July 16 as a Limited Edition Box Set including a strategy and art book, soundtrack CD, and deluxe slipcase.

Capcom has opened Steam pre-orders for Resident Evil: Revelations, the HD remaking of the 3DS title which is considered a little more old school than Resident Evil 6, which also arrived on PC recently. The publisher is running one of those rolling pre-order incentive schemes; the first tier offers an artbook and soundtrack; the second includes Lost Planet: Extreme Conditions; and the third throws in a DLC season pass. The first tier has already been unlocked. Revelations will set you back $50.

Thanks, Capcom Unity.

Paradox Interactive has opened pre-orders for Heart of Darkness, the upcoming expansion for Victoria 2. The new, colonisation-focused content pack will release on PC on April 16, and set you back $20. To those who pre-order, some retailers are offering a free Complete Edition of the original Victoria, while others have 75% off the whole franchise. Hit the break for a trailer.

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Square Enix’s director of marketing, Cord Smith, would like to see an end to retailer-specific pre-order bonuses, to the benefit of all parties.

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Cal of Duty: Black Ops 2 pre-orders granted access to an exclusive Nuketown 2025 map, but just one week on from launch, it vanished from XP-generating multiplayer playlists. After an outcry from gamers the map has been re-added, along with a new chaos match type.

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If you pre-order Insomniac’s latest effort Fuse, you’ll score a couple of neat bonuses. Although most seem to be purely cosmetic – Hyperion Prototype skins for each of your characters and weapons – the last one is a team perk called Quickdraw which speeds up one-handed weapons use. Could be useful, although its the unique weapons powered by the titular fuse you’ll utilise the most I imagine. Visit the co-op shooter’s site for more information. Fuse is due on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in March 2013.

Thanks, Joystiq.

PES 2013 has a spiffy steelbook case which will be provided for free to those who pre-order at GameStop in the US or EB Games in Canada. The limited edition casing comes in two flavours – one features an “homage to the UEFA Champion’s League”, and the other has Copa Libertadores. I’d love to show you some photos but Konami’s asset mirror actually hates me. There’ll be a new PES 2013 demo this week ahead of the full game’s launch in September on PC and HD consoles, with portable, PS2 and Wii releases to follow.

Tekken Tag Tournament drops in mid-September, so there’s not much time left to get a pre-order in. Here’s a run down on what you’ll be missing if you wait for launch day.

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Cancel your retail pre-order because Capcom’s online store clearly has the best offer on Resident Evil 6. The publisher’s web frontage is offering US pre-orders a bonus umbrella branded with the Umbrella Corporation logo. Whether you are sheltering from the rain or the sunshine, everyone will know you belong to the most disastrously inept and totally badass conglomerate ever to not exist. Supplies are limited, so throw money at it here. Resident Evil 6 hits PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in November.

As usual, Atlus has arranged a special bonus for North American pre-orders. Pick up Persona 4 Arena from one of 11 participating retailers to score a free soundtrack CD. The RPG spin-off fighter hits PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in early August; a European release has not been dated but is expected soon.

Sony has opened pre-orders on LittleBigPlanet Vita, and offered a tempting bonus for those who slap their money down – a set of five costumes for your Sackperson. BioShock’s Big Daddy and Little Sister join a knight in armour, damsel in distress and dragon, with the latter three coming in an exclusive colour which will never be offered elsewhere. LittleBigPlanet Vita has not been dated but is expected this year.

EA Sports has outlined a number of retailer-specific pre-order bonuses for NHL 13, which drops in September.

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As in the UK, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 will favour US retailers with exclusive DLC characters. Best Buy and Amazon offer both Michelle Chang and Angel with pre-orders, while GameStop pre-orders include four characters, with Ancient Ogre and Kunimitsu making up the numbers. The tag-team fighter arrives on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in September.

Square Enix has outlined a number of pre-order bonuses for Hitman: Absolution, including exclusive weapons and suits.

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Lost Mayan Ruins, a DLC mission included with one of the three special editions for Assassin’s Creed III, will be available as a pre-order bonus at Gamestop. There are at least two other DLC missions and a multiplayer package on offer through the various bundles, so assuming other retailer-specific offers pop up soon, there may actually be some way to get them all with one purchase. Assassin’s Creed III is due on October on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Thanks, Shack.

Check out the Mercenaries mode maps you can score by putting your Resident Evil 6 pre-order in through specific retailers.

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Square Enix is letting Europeans in on the transforming weapon madness too, offering Noel’s Muramasa weapon as a pre-order bonus through “certain retailers”. It can be a sword, a spear, or I don’t even know, some sort of enormous sword thing. The new bonus comes in addition to a number of extras included in a previously detailed pre-order pack. Final Fantasy XIII-2 releases in early 2012 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Thanks, Joystiq.

If you pre-order your copy of Final Fantasy XIII-2 at GameStop, and happen to be a member of the PowerUp Rewards scheme, you’ll receive a second pre-order bonus on top of the previously-announced alternate costume for Serah. The Genji Bow is a transforming weapon that allows for both ranged and melee attacks, and even increases Serah’s attack speed.

Final Fantasy XIII-2 is expected on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in early 2012.

Thanks, GameInformer.