Argos blames admin for 'Halo 3' glitch

After chaos broke out in the games industry yesterday, high-street catalogue retailer Argos has said an administrative error was to blame for putting Halo 3 on sale a week before its official launch.

A statement submitted to MCV read: "Argos would like to make it clear that it does not endorse breaking street dates and continues to be committed to preventing pre-release sales through its stores and website.

"However, we are aware that a genuine administrative error has resulted in a small number of cases where Halo 3 has already been sold.

"We are currently ensuring that there are no further sales of this product in-store until the official release date, Wednesday, September 26. We have already taken steps to ensure that Halo 3 is unavailable on the Argos website for reservation or purchase until the correct date.

"We accept that this incident falls short of the usual high standards we aim to achieve and operate within and we will be taking steps to ensure this doesn’t happen in the future.”