everyone gets them 1 to 2 weeks before they are release and they hold them until there release date and i am thinking that "In 8 days this medium will metastasize" thats when they are going to ship it to retailers and then tell everyone that it will come out on aug 24 i will keep looking around work to see if we have anything in electronics that we can not sell until aug 24 and i will open it and seee if it is halo 2, and i will tell u guys, and if u guys just call like eb games or an electronic store ask them if they have recived halo 2 yet, cause they normally get them in and just have them in the back and just leave them there until there release date, and they should tell u if they have it in the back or not if there nice, and i will tell u guys if i see anything at my work.