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Update 10:50 a.m. ET Saturday:As stores open, there was a Boxing-Day-like pandemonium at many locations. Full story with pictures here.

Update 1:25 p.m. ET Friday:We’ve had a lot of questions on Twitter and in the comments section about the veracity of the deal that Future Shop is offering. So just to clear things up, here is the head of corporate communications for Future Shop confirming the deal is true and that the story is accurate. Hope that helps:

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Holy amazing offer, Batman! My email, phone & Twitter are going bananas. It’s true what @thehartley wrote this am: http://t.co/3PoDzEs0Kz — Elliott Chun (@elliottchun) November 8, 2013

With the calm before the next generation console storm upon us, the eyes of many gamers are firmly fixed on the launch of the PlayStation 4 next week and the Xbox One a week later.

But for those Canadian gamers looking to get their hands on some of the fall’s biggest launches for the current generation of systems, retailers Future Shop and Best Buy are running a promotion this weekend that will likely be of some interest.

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