HOLY CRAP! Halo 3 in stock in Italy?
According to photographic evidence posted on Xboxkings.com, copies of Halo 3 have been received by Mediaworld, the largest electronics store in Italy.
Go to XboxKings.com to check out the photo. It certainly doesn’t LOOK doctored. Is this legit?
Oh man… Halo 3 is so close I can TASTE it!
UPDATE: According to a Bungie post on HBO:
We don’t know who REDDOGG is… he could be MS, it may even be someone at Bungie who is out of the office and grabbed a disc.
At this point, a FEW people have legitimate copies of the game. These people are not supposed to be playing the game on Xbox LIVE.
No actual copies are avaialble to any retailers yet. The photos that surfaced earlier were EMPTY promotional/pre-order copies of the game. Many retailers have had these for a while now. It was a hoax.
However, we are just days away from real copies starting to legimitately leave the manufacturing plant. We are doing everything we can to try and keep the game story secret and not have the game get out early but sadly this is probably inevitable. The earliest anyone will officially get a copy is some members of press which will be around 9/22. Reviewers are playing it beforehand but only at Bungie or MGS controlled events. Nobody gets a disc. And then their reviews are under an embargo until 9/23 and even then, they are agreeing to not disclose story spoilers in their articles. We’re trying our best but once this baby gets momentum nobody will be able to contain it.
For now… you should seriously be careful where you go online and what you read. There are jerks out there who will stop at nothing to intentionally ruin your day one game experience. Be warned.
The REDDOGG referred to above was found to have played Halo 3 on Xbox Live.
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Richard (Aeropause)
