16,000 copies of new Ubisoft game go missing as thieves take £600,000-worth of software
Retailers beware: a massive batch of stolen PS3 software is AWOL in the UK.
According to The Sun, thieves made away with seven pallets of PS3 titles, including 16,000 copies of Ubisoft’s Brothers In Arms: Hell’s Highway – worth £600,000 in total.
The haul was originally found by police in a Renault lorry, but it was stolen from their pound again hours later.
When police found the lorry again, all the stock had been removed.
A police spokesman said: “We are pursuing a number of lines of enquiry, including eBay transactions where a number of the games have been potentially identified as being advertised for sale. Arrests have already been made in respect of this.”
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Police are appealing for witnesses to the thefts or info on the games.
Ubisoft said: “Fans needn’t worry as more stock is being parachuted in.”
Comments
i smell
the work of PR here.
shame but.
no company deserves to have this happen, but they have been charging independant retailers £39 a copy is that robbery?
Re: shame but.
Reports that Ubisoft are checking to see if the 16,000 units can be added to the charttrack figures are unconfirmed...
Re: Re: shame but.
So they were stolen,
Found
The re-stolen from the police.....
That sounds like a video game itself. Good to know the tax payers money is being well spent on the contry's police force
Not much to add.
Les bâtards français volants reçoivent leur récompense.
Re: Not much to add.
@ 3... lol!
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