A Kotaku reader just got his hands on Killzone 2, as you can see. That’s because a Gametraders – ah, good old Gametraders – store in Canberra has broken the street date. Anyone else managed to find an early copy?
UPDATE: To clear up all the confusion, reader Steven has sent in a snap of the box and his receipt. Believe!
[Thanks Steven and James]
AreYa
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 3:27 PMCalled games warehouse (Silverwater Rd. Silverwater NSW) and they told me i could come pick a copy up + Gametaders Canberra said “over the phone”, they had been given permission to sell.
wanston
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 3:32 PM@ Casey
Great point, I didn’t even notice that. Definitely not Australian.
Josh
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 3:36 PM@ wanston
This is an Aussie copy, you can see the bright red MA15 logo (blurry as hell I’ll admit) on the disc, along with the UK 18+ logo. Most PAL PS3 games tend to have classifications from several different regions…
kincuri
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 3:38 PMThe MA15+ rating is right there on the disc, above the Sony Computer Entertainment diamond on the right side of the disc.
matt30822
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 3:41 PM@wanston and casey
You might want to look above that R18 symbol and the sony entertainment logo and you clearly see an Australian MA15+ Rating.
Korwin
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 3:42 PM@wanston and casey
Trust me Its genuine I’m holding it at the moment. Plus if you look at the photo there OFLC MA 15+ logo is on the disk on the right hand side (be it a bit out of focus)
sane
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 3:44 PMThe 18 is the EU classification. AU and EU both use pal so share disks. if you notice just above that label is the AU MA15+ label
RogerTI
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 3:48 PM@ The guys going on about it not being an Aussie copy: I’m sitting here looking at my copy purchased in Australia from an Australian retailer who sources stock from an Australia distributor and the disc is European.
Have you guys seriously never noticed that discs for Aussie games are more often than not from Europe/UK?
ede
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 4:02 PMAny chance of getting a close up of the receipt a bit difficult to show my local retailer unless they can specifically read the receipt
avsky
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 4:05 PMDamn, still a lot of places not selling. I was hoping Dungeon Crawl in Melbourne would, but apparently they won’t til Thursday!
Broken date
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 4:14 PMSorry guys after being told we could sell by our supplier we have since been told that is incorrtect, so GT Hyperdome in Canberra has stopped sale of killzone 2. Cheers
dartmerc
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 4:17 PMGT seem to be the best bet, if they have stock they are likely to sell it. You can even visit their website and search for ‘Killzone 2′ in the store location page, and it’ll list everyone with stock. Pretty nifty.
edee
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 4:19 PMAnyone in Sydney, City know if any of the stores around here have started selling??
Ken Kutaragi
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 4:30 PMCalled a couple of local EB stores here in QLD with this news, but the aren’t budging!
Casey
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 4:36 PMI pointed out the 18+ thing once. Been corrected about 20 times tho :P Kinda makes the point again how stupid we are here releasing an 18+ with the 15+ classification… but that’s a totally different thread
Good luck with the game.
cragga
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 4:47 PMMy housemate is trying his hardest to get EB in Wollongong to break the release date :D Best of luck to all of you too.
Kincuri
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 6:45 PM@Broken date – Whoa, if this is true, I’m so glad that left Uni early to pick up my preorder before you had to stop!
Morkai
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 9:04 PMah come on, if the street date had been “smashed” everyone would have it, just because there’s a photo of one person, with a copy, doesn’t mean it’s been released… i could have taken a photo when the stock arrived in store on monday.
mikezombie777
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 9:21 PMAre people really this stupid? It’s common place for Europe and Australia to get exactly the same discs, equipped with the BBFC, USK and OFLC rating on it. It’s been happening since the days of N64. A lot of the time you’ll find that even the case of a game has the 18+ label on it with an MA15+ sticker over the top. My PS3 FEAR 2 disc has the BBFC 18 rating printed on it, for example. Also, unless you’re totally fucking blind there is clearly an MA15+ logo on the disc.
Well a pic of the case and receipt has been posted now so who the fuck cares.
Kai
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 10:06 AMNSW/QLD border report: JBhifi/GAME/EB
Stock is in, strictly at this point nobody is selling. If any EB shops have broken the date, your lucky, it was not a management decision. All have said strictly tomorrow, via Sony instruction overnight. My local Big W and Kmart also have an embargo they will not break.
Servers go LIVE today at some time.
AreYa
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 12:55 PMApparently “Sony” are trying their hardest to keep release till tomorrow. Denying the break that occurred in multiple stores, and stopping EB + Gamesmen etc. selling. This is unfair for them as the game was being sold over the counter at Games Warehouse, and Gametraders. I’d be fining Sony the big 50 grand for loss in sales lol.
Aron
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 3:23 PMI can comfirm 100% that here at GAME Eastland (VIC) we have been told to start selling. So if anyone is hovering around looking for a place to pick it up early, get down here and we’ll sort you out!
Will
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 4:32 PMJust bought a copy from EB Games Brisbane CBD (near Adelaide Street) @ 3:30pm.
Pete
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 4:35 PMGot a phonecall from GAME in Sydney about 40 minutes ago telling me it’s available for pickup. Just got back to work with it in my hot little hands. Not sure about EB, JB, etc, but your local GAME should sell it now
El_Funko
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 4:54 PMJB Hifi in Hay Street Perth is selling copies after Target broke the street date.