Amazon offering night delivers of Call of Duty: Black Ops III for Prime members

So this is an interesting concept, as Amazon is looking to deliver to your door Call of Duty: Black Ops III starting at midnight EST on release day. The catch is that you have to live in one of 20 metropolitan areas that offer the Prime Now 1-hour service and order and reserve your delivery slot in the Prime Now App starting Nov 4th. In addition it sounds like you can order snacks to be delivered with your game is you so choose. The current cities where Prime Now is offered include Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Manhattan, Miami, Minneapolis, Orange County, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, San Antonio, San Francisco, San Jose, and Seattle. If you live in one of these areas and have Prime, then you will have a two-hour delivery window and no delivery fee to have the game in your hands.

While I applaud Amazon for trying a new service to get new titles in gamers' hands as close to the midnight sell time as possible, heading out to a midnight release or downloading it from a digital format (Xbox Live, PlayStation Store or Steam) seems like a more logical and likely long-term solution for those wanting to get that instant fix. Regardless of what I think, if the consumer demands it and Amazon deems it is a success, then this could be commonplace in the future. You just have to wonder if their drones will be required to have blinking red landing lights when dropping off your order at 2:00 a.m…

Prime Now Offers Special Release Night Deliveries Starting at Midnight Eastern of Call of Duty: Black Ops III; Amazon Prime Members Can Skip the Line and Get the Most Anticipated Game of the Year Delivered Right to their Doors

In the 20 U.S. metropolitan areas where the Prime Now 1-hour delivery service is available, Amazon offers the ultimate opportunity for gamers to get Call of Duty: Black Ops III, snacks and other gaming essentials just as the blockbuster game is released
October 30, 2015 05:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced its Prime Now service will offer special delivery windows for Prime members wanting to get Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops III delivered just as it becomes available at midnight eastern standard time on the game’s release night – Friday, November 6.

“Why wait in lines on release night when we’ll bring Call of Duty: Black Ops III right to your door? We’re making it easy for hardcore gamers to download the app, reserve a coveted delivery window for midnight delivery and sit back while the game comes right to their doors. Our Prime customers will be on their way to ranking up before they know it, and all without having to leave the comfort of their house,” said Stephenie Landry, Amazon’s worldwide director of Prime Now. “We love offering exclusive opportunities for our Prime members and the gaming community, and now they can get the most anticipated game of the year, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, moments after it is released.”

Developed by Treyarch for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC platforms, and published by Activision, Call of Duty: Black Ops III launches worldwide on November 6. The title was recently named by Nielsen as the “most anticipated multiplatform holiday game” of the year.
Release night pre-orders must be placed using the Prime Now app with reservations starting at midnight eastern standard time on November 4. Customers will be able to choose a special delivery window, select additional items they might need for their late night mission -- such as beverages, snacks or extra gaming controllers -- and pre-order the game for late night delivery on its release night, Nov. 6. There is limited availability within each delivery window so customers are urged to download the Prime Now app and be ready to reserve their delivery on Nov. 4 at midnight eastern when pre-orders begin in the app.

Prime Now is currently offered in Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Manhattan, Miami, Minneapolis, Orange County, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, San Antonio, San Francisco, San Jose, and Seattle. For these special, late night Call of Duty: Black Ops III two-hour delivery windows, there will be no delivery fees.
Tens of millions of members around the world already enjoy Prime. In the US, membership includes unlimited Free Two-Day Shipping on more than 20 million items, instant streaming of tens of thousands of movies and TV episodes, more than one million songs, more than one thousand playlists and hundreds of stations with Prime Music, free unlimited photo storage through Amazon’s Cloud Drive with Prime Photos, early access to select Lightning Deals and access to over 800,000 books to borrow through the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library.

Learn more about Amazon Prime Now at www.amazon.com/primenow. Download the Prime Now app to learn more about Prime Now’s Call of Duty: Black Ops III release night delivery program.