Armed Robbers Steal 100 Call of Duty: Black Ops Copies from GameStop

Published on 11-09-2010 02:39 AM

It seems that Call of Duty: Black Ops is enough of a reason to commit armed robbery, as two thieves with semiautomatic weapons held up a local GameStop store and stole 100 copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops.

Activision's upcoming shooter, Call of Duty: Black Ops, is set to be one of the best selling games of all time, and will attract a lot of people, given the impressive features it will have, and because of the popularity of the previous game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

It seems that a couple of guys couldn't wait until the game's official release, on November 9 (tomorrow), for the PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and DS, so they decided to take matters into their own hands.

Alongside those matters, they also took two semiautomatic weapons, and went to their local GameStop store, at the Festival in the Bel Air shopping center, near Baltimore.

According to the Harford County, MD. sheriff's office, the robbery occurred Saturday evening, with the thieves waiting until closing hours and then holding up the employees in the store.

Two customers stopped by, and were subsequently forced into a storage area alongside the rest of the GameStop staff.

The robbers didn't hurt anyone and made off with 100 copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops.

According to the deputies, these people are also suspected for another GameStop robbery near Aberdeen, Md.

The law enforcement officers advise inhabitants in the area to report any person that offers Call of Duty: Black Ops before the official release date, and said that they are monitoring known areas where such trade-offs might happen.

Activision is also helping this endeavor, as a few weeks ago it hired a special detective agency to track down people that are selling copies of Black Ops before the game's official release tomorrow.

Source: Softpedia

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10 Comments

Shinzen - 11-09-2010, 03:52 AM
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Guess people cant wait to get their hands on games and started to take extreme measures so this means we can expect early release now may be today or tomorrow ?

mr. nails - 11-09-2010, 05:51 AM
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see? piracy isn't so bad.

Expeto - 11-09-2010, 08:30 AM
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I hope some of the copies ends up in the hands of a release group

duke0102 - 11-09-2010, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by mr. nails

see? piracy isn't so bad.

True, if the governments/companies stopped all piracy this sorta thing would just happen I would have thought

IdolEyes787 - 11-09-2010, 04:41 PM
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Just as long as they used the CZ75 over the M1911 I'm fine with it.

Shinzen - 11-09-2010, 06:05 PM
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SKIDROW Released it Could it be...........?

Cabalo - 11-09-2010, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by IdolEyes787

Just as long as they used the CZ75 over the M1911 I'm fine with it.

The M9 is the standard for this type of hits. It's quite reliable, if you have to put some geek kneeling down and begging for his life.

IdolEyes787 - 11-09-2010, 07:57 PM
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Where then is the challenge I ask you ?
If those robbers had any guts they would have gone in there with only a combat knife and pwnd the fuck out of them.
Remember they were only Gamestop geeks .You could probably have held up a replica light-saber and got them to hand over the keys to the safe.

darkmawl - 11-09-2010, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by IdolEyes787

Where then is the challenge I ask you ?
If those robbers had any guts they would have gone in there with only a combat knife and pwnd the fuck out of them.
Remember they were only Gamestop geeks .You could probably have held up a replica light-saber and got them to hand over the keys to the safe.

I work in a store. If someone would come up with me with a knive I would gladly open the save and wave them goodbye. The only company loosing money would be the insurence company so really not point to fight again that.....beside that if a cosumer dies it will be bad for the store reputation, insurence does not cover that I guess

darkstate01 - 11-09-2010, 10:53 PM
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I don't work in a store but hey, If someone came up to me with any kinda weapon I'd give them what they asked for, I aint putting my life on the line for my boss ffs. You only live once.