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GRAPEVINE, Texas -- (Business Wire)
GameStop (NYSE:GME), the world’s largest video game and entertainment
software retailer, today announced that it will host events at 4,250 of
its stores Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, leading up to the midnight release of
Infinity Ward’s Modern Warfare 2. This represents the largest
number of stores opened for a midnight launch event in GameStop history.
With festivities at stores kicking off Monday at 9 p.m., Modern
Warfare 2 fans will have an opportunity to play the highly
anticipated game prior to launch, as well as to enter the “going camo”
face painting contest and Call of Duty trivia contest.
“A blockbuster title such as this places the spotlight on video gaming
as mainstream entertainment,” said Tony Bartel, executive vice president
of merchandising and marketing for GameStop. “We anticipate Call of
Duty®: Modern Warfare 2 will not only be the biggest video game
launch of the year, but the biggest launch in GameStop’s history.”
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