7-11 breaking Gears of War 2 street date

Posted Nov 6th 2008 11:15AM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News, Gears of War 2

We've been receiving many reports that 7-11 convenience stores are selling Gears of War 2 before its November 7 release (hey, that's tomorrow!). Even Penny Arcade's Tycho managed to grab a copy early. We're not sure how wide spread it is, but if anyone out there is eager to get their Gears fix right now, head to your local 7-11 and see if you can't snag a copy. We'd suggest being coy about it, maybe just ask to see what games they have. Once you lay your eyes on Gears of War 2, you might say something along the lines of "hey, that game looks pretty neat. I'll take it, good sir (or madame)." Then casually produce your payment, grab the game, and run like mad.

[Thanks to dizzy for the image]

Tags: epic, epic-games, gears-of-war, gears-of-war-2, mgs, microsoft-game-studios

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)

11-06-2008 @ 11:24AM

RangerPrimeX said...

Amazon has shipped mine and I am getting it today according to UPS tracking. They still have not shipped my Lancer though.

11-06-2008 @ 1:39PM

SeNiLe911 said...

I've had it for a few days now thanks to Gamergirl
http://x2theg.blogspot.com/2008/11/7-11-breaking-street-date-for-gears-of.html

11-06-2008 @ 11:25AM

webster1990 said...

I just walked around my local town in the UK to check if any of the nearby shops were selling it early like fools. No such luck :/
Although i have finally found a shop opening for a midnight launch so i switched my pre-order pronto.

11-06-2008 @ 1:06PM

honz12 said...

Pre-order from GAME and you're pretty much always guaranteed the game on the Thursday before release day.... I'm already on Act 2! :)

11-06-2008 @ 11:26AM

Neuromancer said...

And you can grab a couple 1/4 Pound Big Bite®
Hot Dogs while you're at it, mmm good!

11-06-2008 @ 11:27AM

Bill said...

7-11 sells games? This is news to me.

11-06-2008 @ 1:42PM

SeNiLe911 said...

Yeah, they been selling a few popular titles ever since Halo 3 came out

11-07-2008 @ 12:55AM

Heber said...

I bought Madden 09 at 7-11 for $10/off with a Snickers bar purchase. I tried to tip X3F, but they didn't listen... But that's awesome that you get your games at 7-11!

11-06-2008 @ 11:28AM

Jigsaw hc said...

Yep, a couple guys on my Friends List got it their yesterday

11-06-2008 @ 11:35AM

aggrazel said...

Strange things are afoot at the Circle K ...

11-06-2008 @ 11:52AM

tony said...

so are circle ks sellin them too?

11-06-2008 @ 12:34PM

Royale said...

lol.

11-06-2008 @ 11:36AM

Spyder said...

they broke the street date for Halo 3 as well, good job guys!

11-06-2008 @ 11:37AM

desistyle3 said...

I checked the 7-11 near my work and they don't carry any games :(

11-06-2008 @ 11:40AM

poorpaddy said...

7-11's in southern California don't sell games unless you consider sracth-offs a game. This must be only in certain markets where they can't make ends meet sell junk food and slurpees.

11-06-2008 @ 1:37PM

AoE said...

They certainly sell them at the 7-11 I frequent in Culver City! I think I've seen them in a Santa Monica 7-11 as well...

11-06-2008 @ 1:39PM

southbay_11 said...

Yes they do I just checked 3 stores in Torrance, CA and all of them have them game but none are breaking the street date

11-06-2008 @ 1:45PM

SeNiLe911 said...

Costa Mesa, CA here and 3 out of 5 7-11's sell video games. I got Gears a few days ago at the 5th 7-11 I went to

http://x2theg.blogspot.com/2008/11/7-11-breaking-street-date-for-gears-of.html

11-06-2008 @ 11:41AM

ChINo said...

Here in Germany it arrived at Tuesday and was sent out directly so we received our copy of it yesterday. ;)

11-06-2008 @ 12:03PM

slimshady said...

where did you order it to get it in Germany?

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