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[11.07.11] 'Modern Warfare 3' stolen in armed robbery

One of the biggest titles of the decade comes out at midnight tonight, but that hasn’t stopped people from trying to get it early. Earlier this week, K-Mart let many copies slip out their door thanks to a shipment error, and it’s likely a few other copies have been quietly sold at mom and pop stores around the country. The question is though, just how far would you go to get your hands on a copy before its release date? Did you cruise to K-Mart when the news broke? Did you think about bribing the employee of the local game store? Would you go so far as to take someone at knifepoint to get a copy? Well surprisingly enough, two men in France did this past weekend.

In something straight out of an action movie, two men rammed their car into a van carrying approximately 6,000 copies of MW3. They sprayed the drivers with tear gas and then stole the van and its contents worth an estimated $550,000. Reports also mentioned that the two men were armed with knives, however if never stated if the victims were injured. There were also reports of a similar robbery taking place later where three men used their van to block the road before commandeering a vehicle with a shipment of equal value. If armed robberies aren’t really your thing though, you could always just bid on a copy on eBay, but if you go for one of the leaked K-mart copies, it could cost you upwards of $1,700!