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GameStop Responds; MW2 Broken Street Date A Corporate Decision

2:20PM Owen Good | GameStop’s top spokesman contacted Kotaku on Sunday evening to confirm that certain of its North American stores broke Modern Warfare 2’s Nov. 10 street date and began selling the game this weekend. GameStop corporate authorised the sales, he said. More »
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Street Date Smash: Dragon Age Arrives Prematurely

1:00PM David Wildgoose | Reports have been flooding in to the Kotaku tips line saying that Dragon Age: Origins has gone on sale two days early. We’ve heard EB is already selling it. More »
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Snag An Early PC Copy Of Borderlands? Good Luck Playing It

7:00AM Mike Fahey | 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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Street Date Smash: Grab That Loot Today

1:00PM David Wildgoose | Yep, Borderlands is now on sale, two days ahead of schedule. Looks like EB put it out today and now everyone else is following suit. More »
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Street Date Smash: Drake Delivers

1:00PM David Wildgoose | Well, not quite. We’ve yet to hear of a retailer putting Uncharted 2: Among Thieves on sale before tomorrow’s street date. But we have heard of one retailer delivering it early. More »
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Street Date Smash: Rocktober Has Begun

12:30PM David Wildgoose | BrĂ¼tal Legend is out. Although not scheduled for release until Thursday, we’ve heard that EB has put Tim Schafer’s heavy metal fantasy on sale this morning. More »
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Street Date Smash: Dead Space Sees Early Extraction

9:00AM David Wildgoose | Dead Space Extraction, last year’s acclaimed survival horror reworked into a “guided” shooter experience for Wii, isn’t meant to be out until next week. More »
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Street Date Smash: It’s Batman Again

4:00PM David Wildgoose | Just a quick note to let you know at least one retailer has started selling Batman: Arkham Asylum early. That being JB Hi-Fi’s Galleries Victoria store in Sydney. More »
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Street Date Smash: Joker Escapes Asylum Early

4:00PM David Wildgoose | It’s always the way: highly anticipated game ships into retail ahead of its intended release date, highly anticipated game ends up being sold to customers ahead of its intended release date. More »
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Broken Street Date Or Not, Don’t Play DQIX Just Yet!

2:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Square Enix role-playing-game Dragon Quest IX doesn’t go on sale until July 11 in Japan. That still hasn’t stopped at least one mail order retailer from breaking the street date — though, with a special request. More »