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Halo 3 street date broken, absolutely no one shocked

7:23 AM on 09.19.2007, Nex 54 comments

Halo 3 street date broken, absolutely no one shocked photo
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It looks like the inevitable has, um ... inevitably come to pass.

Nick Millen sent in a tip a few moments ago revealing that UK retailer Argos has begun selling copies of the über-anticipated Halo 3 a full week before they were supposed to hit High Street. Taking a few moments off from the enviable task of being one of the first people on the planet to play the gold copy of Halo 3, Nick sent in the above picture to prove his new acquistion.

Of course, Microsoft can't be too pleased about this situation so we're assuming it's only a matter of minutes before a team of Daleks arrive at his home hellbent on vaporizing his guts, hair and any other part of him even remotely recognizable as belonging to a human. Tom Baker, wherefore art thou?

[Thanks Nick, and seriously we all hate you right now.] 

[UPDATE: I covered the last 4 digits of his credit card that were still exposed to stop you larcenous, jealousy-fuelled kiddies from trying to swipe his life savings so you could ransom it all for a video game. That's my good deed for the week. From here on out, it's pure evil, 24/7. -- Nex] 


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brainderailment's Avatar
brainderailment at 09/19/2007 07:23
nerdgazm
Azereki's Avatar
Azereki at 09/19/2007 07:24
BTW, don't play it while connected to Live dude. You could risk getting banned!
Firehead's Avatar
Firehead at 09/19/2007 07:24
Hmm... you can see a bit of his credit card informations..
Mabec's Avatar
Mabec at 09/19/2007 07:26
lol, he prints recipe!
lem's Avatar
lem at 09/19/2007 07:27
Bleh, go up the stairs, that would stop proper daleks.
Kryptinite's Avatar
Kryptinite at 09/19/2007 07:28
Eh, I can wait a week.

No I can't, I'm a liar. I hate that guy.
B-Radicate's Avatar
B-Radicate at 09/19/2007 07:29
Damn, he's the first person to get to trash talk lil kids on Live. So jealous.
BlindsideDork's Avatar
BlindsideDork at 09/19/2007 07:30
Eh, game will be suck.

Quick, someone see if his card number is on the receipt!
BS3 Owner's Avatar
BS3 Owner at 09/19/2007 07:37
He just bought me a copy here in the States!

Nick Millen for let me borrow your CC#!
Nice Lad he is!
AngelsDontBurn's Avatar
AngelsDontBurn at 09/19/2007 07:50
Shh, you hear that? It's the sound of Halo fanboys crying and cutting themselves.
Neonie's Avatar
Neonie at 09/19/2007 07:58
I need one of those dual monocole things.
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atheistium at 09/19/2007 07:58
I rang up argos and sadly they dont answer their phone but I tried ordering it over the phone and no luck. I might pop in tomorrow and try my luck.
Lance Cardigan's Avatar
Lance Cardigan at 09/19/2007 07:59
WTFZOMG!!!! There is a HALO 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HAD NO IDEAR!!!!
Halo 2 is like the bestest game evarz! Why didnt anyone tell me they were making a sequel? And to keep it a secret until this close to launch. Those doods at Bungie are amazing!!! I wonder if they will port it to the PS3 so i can play it when im done mastering the speedrun of Lair, my favoritest game of all times! This is totally why i read the internets!
bhive01's Avatar
bhive01 at 09/19/2007 08:05
<-------- Shocked O_o
SpiderChrist's Avatar
SpiderChrist at 09/19/2007 08:09
Destructoid's getting a helicopter?! Sweet!!!
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RICHARD BLOCKER at 09/19/2007 08:14
Buck fitches has a .gif of the destructoid helicopter.
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Sinnix at 09/19/2007 08:19
A helicopter that drops flying Daleks... that's what we REALLY need.
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Kif at 09/19/2007 08:26
Be right back guys, I'm going to Argos.
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Upgrayedd at 09/19/2007 08:38
I'll have to scope out the local stores, but with all of them advertising midnight releases I kind of doubt any will break it.
V3r1n's Avatar
V3r1n at 09/19/2007 08:41
I tried to get a copy, it went something like this:
Me: "OmGz!1! Teh Hal0z iz outzz? CaN i Has?"
To which reality replied, "No, you can not."
DGX Goggles's Avatar
DGX Goggles at 09/19/2007 08:43
Darn it, I want!
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Excremento at 09/19/2007 08:50
Does anyone else think that he looks like a hostage for the Taliban? Holding the receipt in his mouth as a proof of the date? They should just go ahead and lop off his head off with a PVC saw. We have teh Haloz, if you want to ever see your plump little boy again you must release all hostages from Abu Gharib, and pull your forces out of the US!!!
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TheExit at 09/19/2007 08:51
I can wait, no biggy. I have skate, thats all that matters.
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Mr Kryptonite at 09/19/2007 08:55
I wonder; can he or the store get sued for this. Microsoft might want to castrate them financially for this
ZMTToxics's Avatar
ZMTToxics at 09/19/2007 09:00
Whats the point? *sigh.

I am ashamed to even know halo fans :p.
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Snaileb at 09/19/2007 09:00
Blindside you might be the only one of us not playing this game.
Morrius's Avatar
Morrius at 09/19/2007 09:11
Sweet. I spose I'd better finish Halo 2 first though.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 09/19/2007 09:15
Boy, I hope nobody posts the ending on YouTube.
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DolphGB at 09/19/2007 09:47
And now Microsoft are planning to ban the Live account of anyone who plays it online ahead of the release date.

That tells you everything you need to know about MS really. They screw up by allowing the units to be released a week early instead of making it a 'just-in-time' delivery or putting in place massive penalty clauses for retailers, and then the gamer has to pay for it by having their account banned!
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The Dude at 09/19/2007 10:07
"They screw up by allowing the units to be released a week early instead of making it a 'just-in-time' delivery"

It takes a while to get 2 million copies of a game around the world. teh Haloz has been complete for a bit now, they had a couple weeks to ship it everywhere. Its really the stores fault for breaking the release date. MS is just trying to level the playing field by banning anyone who goes on live. Besides, who is he going to play against? The one kid from Norway who got a copy?
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PockyBum522 at 09/19/2007 10:20
@lem: Nah man, they can float.
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TorpedoTed at 09/19/2007 10:55
Im thinking this game will sell like hotcakes, so my plan is to wait a month until all the dudes ahve completed it, then pick it up on ebay for a tenner ;¬)
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hollywooda at 09/19/2007 11:16
I'M SHOCKED!......
Njackson's Avatar
Njackson at 09/19/2007 11:35
They cant really ban you..

1. you cant play online as the server is not up.
2. the achievement list is not even there..(im on the 3rd chapter with no achievements unlocked..)
3. not my fault the store sold the game early..


Mwahahaa
ZMTToxics's Avatar
ZMTToxics at 09/19/2007 12:12
Njackson, your dumb. Someone was already banned till the year 9999. Read the news.
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jorgiex at 09/19/2007 12:24
@The Dude, with a pre-order of over 1.5 million orders you can't just send everyone the shipment at the same time and time it to with in one day...get real. SONY only wishes they had any game ever on any SONY console did this good. Also to NJackson---yes MS can ban you and they will even if you don't play online or even if you disconnect from the internet connection completely once you log in after the official launch day you will still be banned because of the systems history will list when you originally started playing the game. Please don't be dumb and say it's the stores fault so blame them, nope..? Blame your self for knowing that you shouldn't have it and you still bought it anyways. So the only reason anyone would want the game early is to not have to stand in line on launch day. If you've played it already I;m sorry because your doomed already. Since when an account is banned your IP (from internet provider) is blocked and your XBOX 360 serial number is blocked as well. I know since my friend was banned for (*******) reasons and he tried to bring it to my house to connect and it would not log in no matter what. Peace
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jorgiex at 09/19/2007 12:29
*edit* last post the first part was aimed at DolphGB..sorry The Dude I mixed up names since I read the quote from your post. sorry man. peace

Again this was aimed @ DolphGB the sony fanboy.
Cheeburga's Avatar
Cheeburga at 09/19/2007 12:55
What a bastard.
Where does he live?
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Knives at 09/19/2007 13:09
@ZMTToxics and jorgiex

There's a big difference between Njackson and the guy that got banned till 9999, the banned guy got access to a non-public build by illegal means (glitching) Njackson BOUGHT the copy, but yeah, in the end MS CAN ban him, it's in the contract ;)
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Necros at 09/19/2007 14:02
Someone's gonna get banned...
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balth at 09/19/2007 14:07
Wow. I so don't care! Except for the duocles. Those rule.

I'm working the Halos3 launch, I will have more than my fils of it by 2am, I'm sure, especially when I have to work at 7:30am ugh.
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brotherkirk at 09/19/2007 14:10
Wherefore actually means why, not where. Juliet's not asking Romeo where he is (he's right there under the balcony), she's asking why he's a Montague. The whole rose/name/smell thing comes from that. So, you'd be asking Dr. Who why he is, not where he is. Anyway, I'm a jerk and the guy who has halo right now instead of me is one, too. I pulled a nerd muscle.
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SenorCalavera at 09/19/2007 14:23
I'd be eatting the receipt too if it said I had purchased Halo 3 before everyone else. mmmmm...delicious
jorgiex's Avatar
jorgiex at 09/19/2007 15:55
I guess NJackson has nothing to worry about anyways since now Microsoft has changed the policy to customers and is only targeted to Microsoft employees. Here's the link: http://www.pro-g.co.uk/news/19-09-2007-6492-1.html
Njackson's Avatar
Njackson at 09/19/2007 16:06
Yea looks like im not such an idiot after all.. make sure you clarify everything before you go running your mouths off!!

Booya!! I'll get back to finishing the game off!!
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KyleGamgee at 09/19/2007 16:52
@Azereki:

The receipt is in his mouth because the one hand holds the game and the other hand holds the camera to take the picture.
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Dan Paranoir at 09/20/2007 04:11
Halo?
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