Thieves hijack truckload of Modern Warfare 3
DarkMatter
08 Nov 2011
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I’m still expecting someone to reveal this is an elaborate viral marketing stunt, but Eurogamer points out that Agence France Presse have got the story, so apparently it’s true: over the weekend in France, a pair of criminals ambushed and hijacked a van carrying 6,000 copies of Modern Warfare 3.
The van stopped when it was involved in an accident with a car (presumably staged by the thieves). The drivers stepped out of the van, at which point two men attacked them with tear gas before getting into the van and driving away with 400,000 euros worth of on-rails shooter and popular multiplayer.
According to the AFP report, a second robbery happened on Saturday, when three armed bandits hijacked another van’s worth of games, and the total loss at this point is over 780,000 euros, and another win for French surrealism.
The van stopped when it was involved in an accident with a car (presumably staged by the thieves). The drivers stepped out of the van, at which point two men attacked them with tear gas before getting into the van and driving away with 400,000 euros worth of on-rails shooter and popular multiplayer.
According to the AFP report, a second robbery happened on Saturday, when three armed bandits hijacked another van’s worth of games, and the total loss at this point is over 780,000 euros, and another win for French surrealism.
http://www.pcgamer.c.../thieves-hijack
Someone want his MW3 copy real bad...
Update not included in the article: yesterday another truck got hijacked, the stolen amount now rise to... 780 000 euros.
Wd40z
08 Nov 2011
Lmao!
I watched the countdown to MW3 this morning for the lulz, not even that awesome, more like MW2.5.
That's hilarious though.
A whole truckload.
I watched the countdown to MW3 this morning for the lulz, not even that awesome, more like MW2.5.
That's hilarious though.
A whole truckload.
DearEngineer
08 Nov 2011
wait, can't they just make it so the copies that are stolen can't be played online or something? Like by I dunno, tracing product code, delivery/shipment code and then illegitimizing all copies of the game in said shipment?
andrena
08 Nov 2011
DearEngineer, on 08 November 2011 - 04:15 PM, said:
wait, can't they just make it so the copies that are stolen can't be played online or something? Like by I dunno, tracing product code, delivery/shipment code and then illegitimizing all copies of the game in said shipment?
There are infinitesemally few product lines that feature individual unique tracking outside of large appliances and expensive electronics. I would be extremely surprised if EA or the product manufacturer wasted the cash on a database that tracked when and where each product key went (including the liability of that info being comprimised). Product keys are ran off at production and put in boxes...the upc outside the boxes is identical.
shinigami852
09 Nov 2011
I just read this after playing MW3 and feel sorry for the people who couldn't get the game because of this...
KanakoVoWG
09 Nov 2011
Welp, I'm not hurt. Sucks for everyone else, though.
But still, what exactly are they gonna do with them? Put 'em on the black market or something?
But still, what exactly are they gonna do with them? Put 'em on the black market or something?
chk
09 Nov 2011
It would be cool if these exact copies of the game would rise in value now, becoming rarities. Pretty similar to the Cheetahmen II games 
Mayson
10 Nov 2011
Looks like these robbers...
*puts on sunglasses*
...were just toying around!
*puts on sunglasses*
...were just toying around!
shinigami852
10 Nov 2011
shigihito, on 09 November 2011 - 10:19 PM, said:
Hahahaha! Trucks and France..... (play the game)
Oni Neko
10 Nov 2011
I suppose they must have set up claymores by the door and stuff.
If this was for any reason other than money, I worry for humanity's future.
If this was for any reason other than money, I worry for humanity's future.
