At the height of one of the biggest gaming seasons in recent times, people are showing their enthusiasm in a variety of ways.
Some chose to stay up a full 24 hours playing Bethesda’s newly released RPG epic “The Elder Scrolls V: Land.”
Then there are those who take their gaming fervor to the extreme.
Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games’ monumental sequel “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3” was released worldwide last Tuesday. Many dubbed it the most anticipated game of the year, and several copies leaked early. One eager fellow paid more than $1,700 for an early copy.
Instead of paying an absurd amount of money to play a game a few days early, two men in France decided to pull a stunt seemingly straight from the game itself.
Last Monday morning, one day before “Modern Warfare 3” was released, two men crashed their car into a transport van. When the van driver escaped from the wreckage, he was attacked with tear gas by the masked men baring knives.
The men then stole the delivery van, which reportedly carried 6,000 copies of “Call of Duty” worth approximately 400,000 euros, according to a report from Agence France Presse.
You seriously cannot make this stuff up.
As over the top as this little stunt was, this goes to show how massive the “Call of Duty” franchise has become.
“Modern Warfare 3” broke the first-day sales record, generating about $400 million in sales in its first 24 hours in stores.
The record was held previously at $360 million by last year’s “Call of Duty: Black Ops,” which beat the $310 million of the 2009’s “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare City.”
If you’re looking to simply follow the droves and play a rehash of a five-year-old game, then stick with “Call of