I think it ships the 13th and releases the 14th but Gamestop just called to tell that my brothers copy of SvR '08 will be in tomorrow since he reserved it and they both ship the 13th so Im also confused about it.
SvR 2008 is coming out tomorrow because it's street dated. Which means it's shipped out prior to it's release date and held until that day. Only a few titles do this. Such as Halo 3, Mass Effect and Beowulf(most recent games to do this other than SvR). Not entirely sure why some do it and others don't though. Assassin's creed is not street dated so the 13th is the ship date and therefore all the stores will get it in their shipment on the 14th.
I know cause I work for Gamestop. We have a list of what is shipped early and what's not. I think it's a judgement call of the developers, so people can have release parties. But it's a pain cause if people don't know what their doing they sell it early and that means huge fines.
Ok places that allow pre-orders will get the game in on the 13th(Gamestop/Eb games, Game crazy etc. Retail stores ( Fred myers, kmart, walmart, target, bestbuy and circuit city) wont get it til the 14th or 15th
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