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While the official American release isn’t until Tuesday, it seems some retailers are selling the game early. The picture below is of the PC version and was taken at Wal-Mart yesterday. While people may get lucky and find it this early, you won’t be able to play multiplayer in the PC version until Tuesday due to the Steam activation.

In related news, you can find some new concept art and alternate cover art from the game in this thread. There’s another couple of reviews over on TechDigest (4/5) and SeraphicGaming (8.6/10). Sega also posted their Community Q&A they did a few days ago. There’s a lot of interesting questions on there. Thanks to Donald for the news.

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Console versions as well?

(you won't be able to play multiplayer in the PC version until Tuesday due to the Steam activation.)

huh..?? yes you play through steam.. but im told if you buy the PC version from disc you can simply play online... no need for steam crap lol   :D     but the master server is not online yet.

Some retailers are selling console version as well.

And I'm fairly sure you need to activate it on Steam to play it regardless.

Really? Steam... had problems in the past with that why cant we just play it online just like AVP2?

Anyway its out in the UK aswell.

I have a good feeling that AVP will released early aswell i think monday feb 15th i hope

I have only one thing to say:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLni3wbndls

Ok,the normal version is out in some stores,but whats with the hunterversion?   :(  

This happens to almost every game. Whether it is leaked on the internet or not.

they took our jobs!!!   :o      :o  

this so bullshit, us UK boys gatta sit here an watch tht clock run, and we dont even f**kin get the game till friday   >:(      >:(  

And I have to wait for the 19th???


FFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU

huh?? i ordered hunters edition. 19th release date? not fair....hmv better deliver mine on 18th r 19th, cant wait anylonger. im goin cold turkey. or  coldxeno.

Now this is bull!!!

Hey guy's anyone based in the UK , reason I ask is because Play.com is selling AVP on PS3

http://www.play.com/Games/PlayStation3/4-/8990028/Aliens-Vs-Predator/ProductReviews.html

Look at the link, its saying it's in stock and will be dispatched within 24hrs?

They took my job!

OMG

Makes me wish I'd waited to buy the retail box, instead of pre-ordering it on Steam...  Well, sometimes they change the release date when somebody breaks the street date...  Maybe we'll see Steam unlock early?

WTF PLAY.COM NOW IN STOCK.....i pre-ordered with them few weeks back. WTF is going on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have no idea what is going on with Play.com and if they are doing this to get sales in early , I wanted to email then direct to see why and if they do have them in stock to post out! Very strange! any ideas?

It means they have their stock.

They will not dispatch until Weds.
They'll get massive fines for dispatching before a certain date. So sadly, you'll have to wait.

The same thing happened to me several times with Play. You'll have it for release date, but not before.

The XBOX 360 version has bad framerate?!   ???    
Why? Is it not the PS3 who makes always the problems
with framrate???
And how much will the Hunter-Edition cost???
The reviews are not bad   :)    
GameInformer is shit   ;D  

I hate that

Ok by now SEGA should really lift the release date commitment and give green lights, otherwise  this will upset a lot of people. All retail and online shops have their copies of the game already anyway.

This sucks, I can't get this game until the 21st because I'm going to Florida tomorrow.

i hate to wait until the 19th.

Just ordered AvP (X-Box 360) from Amazon in the UK, to my suprise I also saw Aliens: Colonial Marines available for pre-order as part of the same package but no release date.  So is A:CM actually happening, can anyone shed any more light on this??

@ x-M-x

No you won't be able to play until thuesday , developers aren't idiots.. just like with MW2 launch they probably have files that arent on the disc, you'll need to download them from the steam service in order to activate the game and even get it running.

Retailers sometimes get the games a whole week before the date, just because they've them in stock doesn't mean it will go out before the date , jeez ffs grow some brain?

well I got Mass Effect 2 a day before the official premiere
I think that lately shops give away games earlier so that they can arrive on time

Avp is a title that isn't street dated unlike games like Halo, Cod, or Bioshock 2. It can be sold whenever with no fine.

Oh yeah,this is looks like Counter-Strike!   :o      ;D  

@ RoaryUK - A:CM has never been cancelled, it was only rumours.

If play.com has it in stock then by all means go for it. I have had loads of things off them 1, 2 even 3 days early.

Don`t you just love different release dates on different continents?    >:(     Why is it so hard to release the game the same day around the world? No wonder piracy is blooming, because of this kind of BS!

Walmart is just doing this to make money, if this game wasnt street dated how come gmestop(US) aint selling it. I WANT MY HUNTER EDITION!!!

hey guys i pre-ordered avp with play.com on the 3rd of feb. but one thing is worryin me....thy havnt took any cash out of my bank. but i got a email sayin its gettin dispactched and etc.  should it of been paid for by now or is it becuase its a pre-order or something? need help   :-[      ???      ???  

Drakolowe they will send you another e-mail when it is confirmed dispatched. You don't always get something early off them but you never know. I got Wolverine DVD five days early last year.

This sucks!!! SEGA should release the game now!!!!!!! a lot of people are gonna be upset with this!.

cheers batman, if i dont recieve ths email by wed, im off the the local store to buy it friday morning.

Because they are effin walmart. They get better shipments then other stores. Gamestop isn't selling it because they don't have it in yet. Just like myself. I'm currently at my gamestore working and wishing it was in so I can sell it to others and myself. :P Maybe monday will be the lucky day, but doubtful.

i have decided i am not touchin tht feckin demo again. this is going to be one HELL of a long week!!!   >:(  

So, Wal-mart has released it then?

I work in a Multimediashop and rules go as follows:

Games are not to be sold before releasedate unless there is a strict conformation concurrentstores sell before you.

Or you can sell them when the supplier gives a green light.

If you do sell, (wich is always shown in the computer) you can expect fines up to 10.000 (€) So just play nice :P and stay out of trouble

Once again.


Play.com will have copies, But do not have the ability to distribute copies until a date specified by the publisher. If they do so, They will be in breach of contract and fined.
They aren't going to take a fine (last I heard, £30,000) happily.
They're allowed to dispatch to guarantee Release Day arrival, so Thursday is likely.

Play.com do not debit you until the order is Dispatched.

Retailers like Wal-mart, who are huge moneymaking machines can risk the fines.
You'll also see retailers like Wal-mart doing Release Day specials.

For example. In the UK, MW2 and Fifa 10 were £25 on release day because the massive sales they have will offset the lesser profit per sale.

AvP isn't on that scale of release so don't expect that however.

Alpha Defekt:
AvP is street dated. 16th in the US. 19th in UK.
Release date = Street Day.

Again, Walmart isn't going to be fined. This title is not street dated. Sure it was supposed to release the 16th, but if stores get it early they can begin selling as soon as possible. I'm looking in my computer at work right now. It doesn't have 'street dated' written next to it like other big release titles. So buy it if u find it.

Again @alpha  they're still not allowed to official sell it until 16th , 19th however sometimes they will send copies days before so people have it in their inbox on release day or one day before.

Besides your product on PC at least is useless until 16th anyway.

The Q an A said no queen in multiplayer, sorry alien fans, maybe for DLC? A "bring down the queen player" gametype like avp2 perhaps?

Well to be safe us Americans should just curl up on the couch and wait for the good stores like Gamestop to open Tuesday and then run in to go get the game so we don't get fined.

Walmart probably won't get fined for breaking Street Date. No one will most likely.

Walmart can risk it alot more than independent retailers though. They also have better lawyers to contest fines and such if they wish.

@thegreekgods  

They don't fine individuals, it's not your responsibility as a customer, it's the retailers responsibility to not sell it until they're allowed to.

Why cant they just releas it today :( !!!!!!!

You CANNOT get a fine if you BUY it in a store (like walmart) but the STORE ITSELF can. Depends wich contracts are made ofcourse. Sometimes the release date is just an indication.

@The store where i work, the goods come in 2 or at least 1 day ahead, only for the fact that itll be instore on the day of release at opening times. Not to be sold when you recieve it. I expect AVP to come in this wednesday or Thursday. (Europe)

Never has our store been fined for a game that clearly isn't street dated if sold early. Why? because they can't be. Certain games clearly have a street date warning on or in the box. Avp in our computer isn't such a title. So you ca be damn sure our store would sell it before the 16th if we got it in early. Sue me. ;)

@Alpha Defekt: Same here, i wouldnt be surprised if it would be released Wednesday, though i also hope my personal order of the hunter edition will be delivered too by then.

I got assassin's creed 2 a day before release here in the uk, was that dated? I guess they send a few days early so you get it on the day, I suppose it's possible to receive a day or two  early? I dunno how avp and ac2 compare in terms of legalities though...

I just did a run to 3 of my local Wal-Mart's here in Washington.

Nothing.

@Mikey,i did the same [New York] looking for the console version.
Nothing.

Yeah. I was sadened by the news of it not being street dated. Because normally non sd titles come out the day after ship date. In this case AvP's shipdate is the 16th meaning it would hit most retail stores on the 17th after coming off of flight shipments from the 16th. However ...seeing the news of it selling at Walmarts already gives me hope of a possible 16th sale. Fingers crossed!!!

alpha it comes out on the 16th x_x Hence why it says release date 16th not 16th plus waiting for shipment

  :)    Can't wait until Console versian comes out.

Check Kmart guys, I bought mine there and i saw them for all the platforms... bought it friday night. sorry for the UK guys...

@ Cloud
Alright, let me make this clear. Even though it says the 16th doesn't mean it will hit stores by that date. Only titles with an official 'street date' come in early for retail stores to sell by said date. Titles such as big name games like Halo, Call of Duty, Bioshock etc. Games which are not street dated normally come in the day after its shipdate. Recent example Star Ocean on Ps3 was supposed to be in stores in the 9th however it wasn't SD like Dante's Inferno or Bioshock 2 so it came in on the 10th. Judging by what the list of preoder games at my job, Avp didn't have 'street date written next to it like DI or Bio2. That's why. I imagine it won't show (at least in my area) until the 17th. However if by some chance they are out early that is great! Because i will buy mine as soon as it hits.

Apparently this doesn't make sense to most except a select few. Which I imagine their job is similar to mine. :/ So I expect to be the 17th if it is sooner? That is just awesome because it will be sooner then I expected. ;)

Every Gamestop I have called says they are getting it on the 17th. I worked at Best Buy for 4 years, and we rarely got a game on it's release date unless it was a Call of Duty or Halo. We always got it the day after.
My Best Buy connections are telling me that all the computers say their trucks will have the game delivered on the 17th.

the 17th? i thought it was suppose to come out on the 16th,that's what Gamestop said.[U.S release]

It releases and ships on the 16th. Shipping normally takes a day to get to the stores.
Some stores are getting it early, so you may get lucky and find it on the 16th.
I know I am going out tomorrow to see if I can find any stores with the game on the shelves already.

@ Mikey
I heard that.

GRRR! no aussie store has broken street date. I tried to get my store to give me my hunter edition early but i  failed.   >:(  

Its annoying having to wait all week till friday, but i think ill just download the PC version cause its bound to get leaked before friday

Great, so I preorder on steam.  Wont get to play till Tuesday, when I could have just walked into walmart and grabbed the game today...

Already playin it, the game rocks, no f**kin framerate probs or else. It runs smoothly and again: ROCKS.

Playin on Xbox360!

yeh yeh yeh   >:(  

For those that have it already, please post some gameplay footage to give the rest of us a taste of what is to come!

i hope game is good

i just got review from gameinformer

they gave it a 5.7

which that is bullshit, I love that

multiplayer is really, i don't know what hell happen

I hate CRITICS   >:(  

f**k the Critics Ladies & gentlemen.
Who loved Avp 1 & 2, will love this shit ;-).

Just wish the Campaigns could be a little longer...
Pred Campaign already done...:P

HAve no possibility to post some footage...would if i could :).

By the way Preatorians, are damn hard bitches in that game...as marine you're so f**ked when one of them comes around...

man i called everyone to see if it was out early but no luck! bummer, i want it for the ps3, i already got it preordered on steam to!  if anyone finds a place thats got em lemme know!

Let me get this right....  Rebellion = UK,,, But AvP is out in America and other places before the UK???  Is this Fox's doing? F--k that....   ???      >:(  

in my country the game will appear in stores in just 25 febebruary - 1 marc

can not wait until then
i dont buy it from the Internet

multyplayes suck hard becous its booring!!
sp is intresting.
stulbie ideoti bljed

yeah but mutiplayer has co-op aswell

and my brother works at sega

@ Alpha

i don't know where you live but in my country when you preorder games you get them at the day of the release date. Street date or not does not have one bit to do with it.

I pre ordered the hunter editon for the ps3 and I just received this text. GameStop:Your Aliens vs Predator order avail Wed PM. Bring trades to save $. Mature Game - 17 or w/parent. Store# 609-702-5720. To end txt msgs reply STOP
I called up the store to see if they ment tuesday and they said no it is wednesday and that 16 is the shipping date and won't be in their stores till wednesday evening. I wish they would let you know that when you preorder it. Was a lil pissed off but im patient and can wait especally for thoes downloadable skings and the 4 extra maps