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Man threatens employee after messing up his Modern Warfare 3 pre-order.

In now the second story about Modern Warfare violence, a man in Colorado became very angry after his local Best Buy screwed up his Modern Warfare 3 pre-order. Lomorin Sar, a 31-year-old man, started asking employees what time they were done working so he could shoot them in the parking lot as they left. Then, for good measure, he threatened to blow up the store.

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Modern Warfare 3 sells a bajillion copies on day one.

We all knew that the launch of Modern Warfare 3 was going to be big, but I’m sure most wouldn’t have thought that the game would clear over $400 million in its first 24 hours of release. From just two territories.

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It's a quick look, but it's sure to get some people pumped.

Spike TV's Video Game Awards has become a popular place to stage major release reveals.  Last year’s show saw the announcement of Skyrim which will see release this Friday and a host of other major releases such as Portal 2, Batman: Arkham City and the still mysterious Guillermo Del Toro’s Insane.

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If this fellowship had borne the Ring of Power, things may have ended very differently.

It’s plain to see what Snowblind Studios was trying to do with Lord of the Rings: War in the North.  They wanted to create a game that would appeal to fans of the books and films while simultaneously creating something new – telling a tale that had not yet been told.  I applaud them for attempting to strike out on a new path, but there is a big difference between expressing the intent to do something and actually following through with it and unfortunately War in the North falls short of their self imposed expectations and fails to innovate in any real meaningful way.

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