Just one day before it launches, Activision's Modern Warfare 3 has already got people pulling out real weapons and committing crimes. Two French lawbreakers held a delivery truck up, stealing 6000 copies of the game worth an estimated €400,000 (£342,770), local newsagency Agence France Presse reports. Modern Warfare 3 The …

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Monday 7th November 2011 14:35 GMT Anonymous Coward

Maybe the French are so keen on the game to garner the skills needed to defend Paris. Something they've not managed before.

Anonymous Coward for faitl obvious reasons!

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1. Monday 7th November 2011 18:57 GMT Destroy All Monsters
  
  It's easy playing big tough Internet Guy from behind a sea channel.
  
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Monday 7th November 2011 14:35 GMT That Steve Guy

Games cause crime...

And this time Grand Theft Auto is nowhere to be seen!

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Monday 7th November 2011 14:36 GMT Rob

Seems to happen a lot...

... in France to tech-laden vans. They always seem to have someone on the inside and know exactly which vans/lorries to hit.

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Monday 7th November 2011 14:36 GMT My Alter Ego

Proof that violent games beget illegal behaviour.

I bet they trained for the heist using a custom MW2 map too.

Oh please won't somebody think of the children!!!!11111eleven

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Monday 7th November 2011 15:47 GMT mike2R

Changing Times

Trying to figure out why this is in Reg Hardware... I guess that actually corralling up those ones and zeros and imprinting them on an actual physical disk counts these days... :)

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Monday 7th November 2011 23:20 GMT LarsG

SANCTIONED BY SARKOZY.......

How else will they keep the euro afloat, a way to raise funds so watch out for them on eBay.

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