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Three GameStops in Jersey City, N.J. put Assassin's Creed II and Left 4 Dead 2 on sale today, calling in customers to pick up their preorders. Clerks said corporate authorized the move, blamed on a rogue independent breaking street first. More »
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You might be able to snag an early copy of the PC version of Borderlands from street-date ignorant vendors, but that doesn't mean you'll be able to play it. More »
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A street date broken by GameStop late last week had Demigod publisher Stardock scrambling to get enough multiplayer matchmaking servers up to handle the sudden rush of players. More »
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Convenience store chain 7-Eleven may be adored for its employees' street date cluelessness, but corporate — and probably the odd publisher and retail competitor — aren't fond of its reputation as a place to score video games early. Now that the company is going whole hog into the games selling biz, it wants to put early sales behind it. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5098374&view=rss&microfeed=true Convenience store chain 7-Eleven just cannot seem to get the hang of the whole street date thing. Last week it was Gears of War, and now this week they've been spotted selling the World of Warcraft expansion Wrath of the Lich King Days before release. Witness the guys from 1UP as they venture into a local store and purchase their copies. More »
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One of these games shouldn't be sold to the public. No, it's not Viking: Battle for Asgard, but that's a very good guess! We're talking about Fallout 3, which, at least at some Wal-Marts just west of the Mississippi, is publicly available, even though it shouldn't be. More »
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I am a little confused about the reports of late Wii Fit shipments throughout North America when the package, as far as retailers are concerned, hasn't even gone on sale yet. While Nintendo did see fit (pardon the pun) to release their balance board on the 19th, I've seen boxes of the product at several retailers with giant "Do Not Sell Until May 21st" stickers on them. The shipments aren't late...they're dated. More »
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Barely an hour goes by without a tip popping into our magical Kotaku mailbox regarding broken street dates for Halo 3. Copies are appearing on eBay around the world, companies are shipping out their copies too early, and in some instances, people are just being asshats. UK gaming site Pro-G got their hands on a copy from high-street retailer Argos through their website, which this morning was allowing customers to order the game with an in-store pickup date of today. Before popping the game into their 360, however, they wisely contacted Microsoft. A rep for the company confirmed that anyone playing Halo 3 before the release date will have their Xbox Live accounts banned, going on to warn that simply playing offline will not work, as the moment you connect to live your play history will get you flagged for a ban. For those getting their hands on early copies, enjoy that new game smell...you've only got a week tops to wait!
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