As if we needed reminding of how big a commercial event the release of a new Call of Duty game is, word comes from France that a truck full of copies of the game has been hijacked by professional thieves.
On Saturday, the truck, driving through Créteil in southern Paris, was rammed by another vehicle. After the dust had settled, two men emerged from the car and used tear gas to subdue the truck's driver, making off with an estimated 6000 copies of the year's biggest game, valued at around €400,000.
6000 copies of Modern Warfare 3 stolen in truck heist [CVG]
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