Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 pre-order bonus details

Activision has been encouraging users to pre-order Black Ops 2 since, well, since before the game was actually announced. "Pre-order now" banners were slapped all over the Black Ops 2 website thataccidentally went livehours before the official reveal.

Now they're stepping up their game, revealing the incentives that will be offered to players who pre-order the game through North American game retail mega-giant, GameStop.

The pre-order bonuses will be launched in four different waves. Right now, a pre-order will earn you a two-sided poster, as well as a Modern Warfare 3 prestige token.

However, nobody yet knows what those bonuses will be. In the retail pre-order war GameStop, Walmart, Best Buy, and Amazon are constantly vying to convince potential buyers to pre-order through their outlet. GameStop's new gambit is the old "mystery box" routine.

With such a huge amount of money on the line with the impending launch of Black Ops 2, we're betting the other retailers have their own plans in motion as well.

Andrew Groen

Andrew is a freelance video game journalist, writing for sites like Wired and GamesRadar. Andrew has also written a book called EMPIRES OF EVE: A History of the Great Wars of EVE Online.