Halo 3 street date broken… in Norway

If you post a picture of yourself on the internet holding something that isn’t supposed to be out for another two weeks, you can expect someone to be angry at you… if not the people making the game, then all the other people who desperately want to play the game you managed to snag. This is the story of one of those games: Bungie Studios‘ Halo 3.

Apparently, a Norwegian game retailer known as Expert broke the street date for Halo 3, selling at least two copies to the public. In addition, a picture has surfaced showing off one such lucky gamer who managed to snag himself a copy of the game, with the thing seemingly already playing in the background.

There are two things of import to us with regard to the picture above. First off, that is one swell TV to be playing Halo 3 on, and we wish we had one. Second, as much as we wouldn’t mind hearing about another busted gamer, we hope that these early adopters of Master Chief‘s adventures are smart enough to remember to keep their consoles away from Xbox Live. While a Norwegian SWAT team seems out of the question for the sake of the game, getting caught with an early copy of Halo 3 could result in yet another massive banhammer.

If you post a picture of yourself on the internet holding something that isn’t supposed to be out for another two weeks, you can expect someone to be angry at you… if not the people making the game, then all the other people who desperately want to play the game you managed to snag. This is the story of one of those games: Bungie Studios‘ Halo 3.

Apparently, a Norwegian game retailer known as Expert broke the street date for Halo 3, selling at least two copies to the public. In addition, a picture has surfaced showing off one such lucky gamer who managed to snag himself a copy of the game, with the thing seemingly already playing in the background.

There are two things of import to us with regard to the picture above. First off, that is one swell TV to be playing Halo 3 on, and we wish we had one. Second, as much as we wouldn’t mind hearing about another busted gamer, we hope that these early adopters of Master Chief‘s adventures are smart enough to remember to keep their consoles away from Xbox Live. While a Norwegian SWAT team seems out of the question for the sake of the game, getting caught with an early copy of Halo 3 could result in yet another massive banhammer.