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Shocker: Gears of War 2 street date smashed, 7-11 to blame

7:24 PM on 11.05.2008, Jim Sterling 39 comments

Shocker: Gears of War 2 street date smashed, 7-11 to blame photo
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Another high-profile videogame, another broken street date. Once again, a marquee title has suffered from premature ejaculaunching, as it seems several 7-11s are accidentally selling Gears of War 2 ahead of its worldwide release on Friday.

A number of reports have been floating around the Internet, but tipster "DirrtyBird" has been kind enough to send us pictures of his brand new copy, complete with a handy warning on the case spine that reads: "DO NOT SELL BEFORE 11/07/08." Oh dear.

Our lucky gamer had to do some hunting, though. It took three or four calls before he struck Gears-flavored gold. If you want to get your chocolate-covered hands on a copy, grab a phone book and get dialing.

The rest of you ... do nothing!


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timtheterrible's Avatar
timtheterrible at 11/05/2008 19:23
Jesus, Jim is a prolific blogger today.
GorbushPeepwood's Avatar
GorbushPeepwood at 11/05/2008 19:31
i can wait till friday.... way tooo many games to play right now
Darkknight37's Avatar
Darkknight37 at 11/05/2008 19:34
Narc
Chicken008's Avatar
Chicken008 at 11/05/2008 19:36
O noes, 2 days.
Michaelonfire's Avatar
Michaelonfire at 11/05/2008 19:39
... 7-11's sell games?
MrSadistic's Avatar
MrSadistic at 11/05/2008 19:40
I wonder if game companies are going to stop pooping their games off at 7-11 because of the rash of early releases.
mix's Avatar
mix at 11/05/2008 19:42
@Michaelonfire

x2....
wardrox's Avatar
wardrox at 11/05/2008 19:43
I saw a box full of gear wars, I was like, lol
falinter's Avatar
falinter at 11/05/2008 19:55
@Michaelonfire

It where I go to pick up all my media entertainment.
mrdurden4's Avatar
mrdurden4 at 11/05/2008 20:02
after 3 great years from day one, my xbox just RRoD. But seriously a day before gears2?!?!
Link39's Avatar
Link39 at 11/05/2008 20:03
...man, how come that games that IM looking forward to never get leaked?

Hahahaha.

I'll bet the publisher is just happy it got leaked instead of stolen.

I mean, it's a convenience store.
grafkhun's Avatar
grafkhun at 11/05/2008 20:07
Not really such a surprise actually.
odhen's Avatar
odhen at 11/05/2008 20:11
7-11 sells games?

(I moved to a state 10 years ago without 7-11s, so I only really visit them when I go back to Kansas to visit family)
Lemon's Avatar
Lemon at 11/05/2008 20:24
I think Gears of War is a pretty cool guy. eh kills aleins and doesnt afraid of anything.
RedWon's Avatar
RedWon at 11/05/2008 20:33
Sorry guys, ive been playing since last night. havent been online though!! i work at a blockbuster!!!FTW
thebza's Avatar
thebza at 11/05/2008 20:55
i also bought mine at 7-11.. wrote a cblog about it too... also posted a picture about it too... i did this like 9 hours ago... glad DirrtyBird read my blog and started checking the 7-11s, maybe he'll give me props for giving everyone the heads up... or maybe not =D
saxiums's Avatar
saxiums at 11/05/2008 20:56
::Quickly does nothing:: Thanks for the update
thebza's Avatar
thebza at 11/05/2008 20:57
i also bought mine at 7-11.. wrote a cblog about it too... also posted a picture about it too... i did this like 9 hours ago... glad DirrtyBird read my blog and started checking the 7-11s, maybe he'll give me props for giving everyone the heads up... or maybe not =D
thebza's Avatar
thebza at 11/05/2008 20:57
i also bought mine at 7-11.. wrote a cblog about it too... also posted a picture about it too... i did this like 9 hours ago... glad DirrtyBird read my blog and started checking the 7-11s, maybe he'll give me props for giving everyone the heads up... or maybe not =D
thebza's Avatar
thebza at 11/05/2008 20:58
woah! sorry for the triple post there, wtf happened
Monodi's Avatar
Monodi at 11/05/2008 21:05
@aborto thefetus

I clicked here to say "massive blueballs epidemia onwards"
Vkidgamer's Avatar
Vkidgamer at 11/05/2008 21:38
lol the fine for breaking street date is $4000 per copy sold. So 7-11 has a heafty payment to make. Just like Wal-mart with LittleBigPlanet.
jediyoshi's Avatar
jediyoshi at 11/05/2008 21:43
I'll wait to buy it at CC with those lovely free MS points
Gamer Named Tim's Avatar
Gamer Named Tim at 11/05/2008 22:08
@jediyoshi:

That's what I'm talkin 'bout.
Kakihara_The_Killer's Avatar
Kakihara_The_Killer at 11/05/2008 22:14
lol! who's gonna go in at 3am to buy beer and pick up a $60 game?
Link39's Avatar
Link39 at 11/05/2008 22:40
Hmmm, I just noticed something.

You'd think of all places, 7-11 could wait til 11-7.

You see what I did there?
MotoRobo's Avatar
MotoRobo at 11/05/2008 23:37
I see what you did there Link69.
I'm fine w/the games being sold as soon as they come in. How it should be done anyway.
Chronic Logic's Avatar
Chronic Logic at 11/05/2008 23:49
I sold Gears of War 2 too early? 11/07/08? Shit bitch, I thought it said don't sell before 1908, hahaha.... I'm not going to get fired am I?
Michaelonfire's Avatar
Michaelonfire at 11/06/2008 00:15
@Link39

I see what you did there.
I'm still amazed that 7-11's sell games...
paulink's Avatar
paulink at 11/06/2008 04:14
here at an army base in korea, I picked up my copy on wedsnesday. I t specifiacally had a sticker that said DO NOT SELL BEFORE. But these guys never have a clue.

oh well, pre launch win for me.
Noah's Avatar
Noah at 11/06/2008 04:35
^^^

Hey I'm in Korea, too....in Gwang Ju

Yeah well I still think China get's the 'breaking street dates' award...they were selling factory printed bootlegs like 2 weeks ago.
Orionsaint's Avatar
Orionsaint at 11/06/2008 04:39
I know people who've had it since Monday.
Infneon's Avatar
Infneon at 11/06/2008 07:15
I'm in the UK and my copy from Game arrived this morning. I've had Fable and Fallout a couple of days early too
Up2NoGooD's Avatar
Up2NoGooD at 11/06/2008 07:19
do not sell before the 11th of july ^.^ its fine
big filth's Avatar
big filth at 11/06/2008 09:13
SHOCKER: jesus christ.

at least

"premature ejaculaunching"

was funny.
Holyetheline's Avatar
Holyetheline at 11/06/2008 09:45
*does nothing*
Faith's Avatar
Faith at 11/06/2008 10:17
I'm sure the 7-11 people can buy their way out of this with slurpees and microwave burritos.
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