Delivering a small blow to the stable foundations of various anti-piracy contentions that "piracy hurts the games industry" is the announcement that the almost pathologically anticipated Xbox exclusive first person shooter Halo 2 has broken virtually every pre-order sales record in the same week as the French version was leaked onto the internet. According to gamesindustry.biz, this guarantees "first-day revenues higher than any movie in history". Yowza.
For those who prefer to play above the board, the release date in the US is on 9 November. For us in PAL-territory land (i.e., Europe, Australia and the rest), we get our monumental kicks two days later on the 11th.
