[wallinbl]

In music, when an album is to come out on 5/20, it will be in stores for sale on 5/20. This doesn't seem to be the case with video games in my experience. Today is the release date for several games, but when I actually go to a store, I won't find them. Are there stores that actually sell the games on their release date?

[Dakar the Fourth]

EB used to be one that I could rely on. Then it got bought by gamestop. Can't tell you about their reliability.

[ort888]

Big games are always out on the actual release day, but for smaller titles, the release date is actually the ship date. So you have to wait 2 days or so, depending on where you are in the country.

As much as I hate them with a passion, Gamestop is probably your best bet for getting games like this a day before everyone else.

[Starsixer]

Also, places like GameStop will sometimes fabricate release dates just so you can reserve yourself a copy. A good example would be Wrath of the Lich King, Blizzard has yet to announce an official release date but when I went to pay off the rest of the game they told me October.... They're probably pulling this for people reserving Starcraft II if I had to guess.