I just got word from a member (GhOst) of an online community that I'm part of. He just returned from a local retailer here in South Africa, BTGames, where COD MW2 was released at 00:00 tonight – about 1h30minutes ago – with his brand spanking new legit copy of the game he pre-ordered @ ~$60 and whatnot in hand he rushed home.

Some nice shots of the retail box:
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What makes this story newsworthy though is this picture below. A picture is worth a thousand words indeed…
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Edit:
And this is after everyone were promised the game will work 100% after the street date here in SA – hence the midnight release and everything.

Update:
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Game started working at 00:00 GMT (we are GMT+2) sharp! He just had to wait those 2 hours. So it is after 4am here now and he is fully enjoying it now…

Screenies:
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