I’m going to put it on the line — I fully believe Modern Warfare 3 is going to hold street date. There have been rumours, and there are a handful of places where you might have a chance of picking up Modern Warfare 3, but a full blown street break? It’s highly unlikely at this stage.
According to all official statements from Nintendo, Ocarina of Time on the 3DS is on sale today – but most of us have been playing the game since last Friday. It was the strangest, most covert street break in Australian history – a street break that threatens to transform the way games are sold in this country. We spoke to all the major retailers, and Nintendo itself, to try and uncover precisely what happened, and why.
Just a quick note to let you know that Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands has wall-run, somersaulted and ducked under a swinging blade to arrive on retail shelves three days sooner than expected.
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.
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.
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.
Brütal 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.
