Giant Bomb Video Game News

Sony posted a quick update on inFamous to its official blog today, confirming a North American release date of May 26. The game had previously been announced as a June release.

Additionally, a demo will be made available. If you're some regular dude off the street, you'll be able to get that demo on May 21. But if you pre-order from a participating retailer, you'll get demo access on May 7. I would just like to say again that trying to make demos a commodity is still totally annoying. OK, with that out of the way...

Other pre-order bonuses include a costume for PlayStation Home and an exclusive power for your character called "Gigawatt Blades." Here's the official description for that:

Sounds like this won't be the sort of addition that breaks the game balance, but this whole notion of people being forced to choose from a list of available pre-order items doesn't feel right. I mean, obviously, the Gigawatt Blades bonus is the one you want since it actually figures into the game you're pre-ordering. But what if you're some kind of PlayStation Home fanatic with an obsession for new outfits? Why should you be torn in two like this? Why should I have to break my loyalty to one retailer for another just to get one trinket over the other? Either way, we can probably all agree that it's not a very customer-focused plan.