I'm talking about before the scheduled release date. It's rare to even be able to do it. I was in a Sam's Club and they had Halo CE: Anniversary on the shelves. This was November 13th on a sunday. So I walked up to the cash register... bought no problem. Got home and played it(offline of course.. not getting banned because of that shit).
So anyone else?
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In the UK, shopto.net almost always delivers games early. The notable exception for me was BioShock Infinite, but, if this is compensation in any way, I received DmC a full five days early. Fingers crossed I get GTAV early, because I'm going away for a week on launch day...