K-Mart Lets Mass Effect Slip Ten Days Early
BioWare’s highly anticipated sci-fi RPG Mass Effect may not officially hit store shelves for another ten days, but copies are already being spotted in the wilds of the internets.
A lucky Shacker named only ‘Crw22′ got his copy from K-Mart in Crofton, Maryland this evening. You can read the thread that spawned the discussion or see the full-size photographic evidence.
A few members of NeoGAF also reported scoring copies.
BioShock, released in August for the Xbox 360, was another immensely popular title recently sold prior to its official release: Toys R’ Us came under a great deal of scrutiny (not by fans, mind you) by letting the game slip out a week early.
It may be worth taking a run over to your local K-Mart/Target/Wal-Mart/Toys R’ Us/etc. tomorrow morning if you’re interested in picking up the game. If you do not see a copy out on the floor, just ask the most competent-looking salesperson for a bit of assistance.
As always with premature releases, your mileage may vary. But honestly, what else were you going to do after stumbling out of bed on Saturday morning?
We’ll update this post if any more reports surface and after doing some investigation of our own in the morning. If you have any success stories to share, kindly leave a comment below.
Update #1- The K-Mart in Braintree, MA has at least two copies (As of 1:25 PM on Saturday, November 10)
Update #2- Destructoid reader/blogger/robot-lover ‘BuckF1tches’ snagged a copy from Hamilton, Ohio’s K-Mart. (4:15 PM Saturday, November 10)
Update #3- ‘WhoZeDuke’ left a comment below, revealing that Hyattsville, MD’s K-Mart has or at least had copies (11:40 PM Saturday, November 10)
Update #4- ‘Embassy’ also left us a comment, with a photograph of his happy face and the copy he picked at the K-Mart West Palm Beach, Florida (Noon on Sunday, November 11)
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Lucky dawg, wish KMart had shops in UK and then screwed up like in the US.
[Sigh]
tb
[...] To the few people who were lucky enough to have grabbed your copies nearly 10 days early- ENJOY! I am super envious, but there’s so many awesome games to play this season… the wait shouldn’t hurt too bad. Damn lucky bastards! Source: Destructoid / NeoGAF / Primotech. [...]
[...] To the few people who were lucky enough to have grabbed your copies nearly 10 days early- ENJOY! I am super envious, but there’s so many awesome games to play this season… the wait shouldn’t hurt too bad. Damn lucky bastards!& UPDATE: It seems some online retailers are listing the game as ‘In-Stock’ .. check the links in the sources for more details.#xA0; Source: Destructoid / NeoGAF / Primotech. [...]
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Just wanted to let you know that I checked the Braintree, MA K-mart (Big K) around 5:45pm today and there weren’t any copies. Man in electronics dept. had no idea what we were talking about and just told us to look in the display case for the game.
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Three of my friends picked it up today in Hyattsville MD
MWAHAHAH
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/8761/hpim0305bq3.jpg
i got this at the lake park Kmart in West Palm Beach, Florida
its hidden behind project slypheed!
i saw at least 2-3 more.
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Thanks for the “blue light special” tip. I tried it here in Tallahassee and no luck. In fact, they were paying too much attention.
I went in, looked through the display case and saw no ME. I asked someone to open the case so I could look down at the bottom through the games that were stacked on each other. No luck. When the guy asked I told him it was my dad’s 55th B-day and I got him an XBOX 360 and I was really looking for this game called Mass something…Effect, I think… and I think it is new and just came out. The sales guy says oh yeah, I have that in the back be right back…SCORE!!!
Then he comes back and says it is something called a “fresh new” and they could not sell it until the 20th. I asked again…not even for my sick father who is 55 today. He just smiled and said no and apologized.
Oh well…I tried.
lessthan12parsecs
I don’t believe I missed this! I waited until the release like fool :(.