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Man steals 100 copies of Modern Warfare 2 from GameStop
Lydia Sung - Friday, November 13th, 2009 | 1:15PM (PT) 2 Like Favourites (0)


Nearly $7000 in stolen goods, just by vaguely threatening the clerks

Man steals 100 copies of Modern Warfare 2 from GameStop Image 1

If some guy in Pennsylvania approaches with an offer to sell you Modern Warfare 2 at a cheap price, be very suspicious.  It's not that this copy is fake, just that it's likely stolen.

Around 7:00 PM on Tuesday, a man waltzed into a GameStop in Meadville and told the clerks he had a friend waiting outside, ready to shoot them both if they called the cops.  He then took 100 copies of Modern Warfare 2 from behind the counter, along with some other items, racking up $6,900 in stolen merchandise.

Well, guess that's 100 copies Activision and Infinity Ward won't be seeing profits from.  Don't worry, they've already sold 4.7 million in North America and the UK, so we doubt they'll miss the stolen units.  We're still hoping the police catch the thief and his friend, if he actually had an accomplice.

  • 0 thumbs!
    gerard way owns you since Aug 2007 | Nov 13, 09
    I'm almost certain they can use some kind of product ID number or something to find these copies if they are used to play online...there has to be SOME way.
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    Northern49 since May 2005 | Nov 13, 09
    I doubt it heavily. Console games don't really have any form of client-side security, like a CD-Key.
  • 1 thumbs!
    Northern49 since May 2005 | Nov 13, 09
    PS: And even if they did, I doubt Gamestop would have had the serial number of each game that was stolen. There's no way to differentiate between 1 copy and another copy. They're all just copies.
  • 1 thumbs!
    Frost since Mar 2008 | Nov 14, 09
    This game is some serious business. Wow.
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    blazeboy11 since Sep 2005 | Nov 14, 09
    What a douche, might as well just download it.
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    THM since Jan 2008 | Nov 14, 09
    This game attracts enormous amount of attentions worldwide...

    Please show them the strong arms of the law for criminals!!!!!

    Besides, the popularity of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is becoming bigger and bigger as time goes by....
    Last edited by THM :: Nov 14, 09
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    Team Xtreme since May 2004 | Nov 14, 09
    Now this right here is pirating.
  • 1 thumbs!
    Supernova1332 since May 2009 | Nov 14, 09
    Classic piracy ftw, he doesn't need your fancy interwebz to steal games haha..
    Of course it would be pennsylvania... Why can't it be any of the other states with the crazy people, it always has to be here...
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    Coby Shadow since Feb 2008 | Nov 14, 09
    Those clerks must have been real pussies if they gave away games like that just for a threat.
  • 1 thumbs!
    Yorkieboy since Nov 2005 | Nov 15, 09
    yeah it sounds so easy i might try it. (not really)
  • 1 thumbs!
    killerkid22 since Jun 2007 | Nov 15, 09
    oh man, if that was me, i woulda just looked him in the eye and be like "i dare you"
  • 1 thumbs!
    Honor since Jan 2007 | Nov 15, 09
    i don't care what happens to infinity ward or activision after infinity ward made such a shitty pc game
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