It’s one of the biggest releases of the year so far, and retail is preparing a huge operation to welcome EA’s Battlefield 3 to UK retail.
Both GAME and Gamestation will be opening hundreds of stores on midnight on the night of Thursday October 27th.
Most will open at around 11:45pm to allow those hoping to trade-in against their purchase to get fully prepared for the handover of the game at 00:01am.
Here’s the complete list of GAME openings, while the Gamestation details can be found here.
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