anybody whos dissing their campaign is plain silly...

what did you guys expect the ACTORS to do? beat each other senseless?

for an actors stand point, they were doing a good job showing the fighting style that will be in the game with some good solid action without actually breaking any bones and bleeding, remember, the movie IS NOT REAL LIFE...

dumanue

lol that is fairly lame.
That room is actually IGN Australia's own mini theatre, shared with the rest of the offices there (MySpace, Rotten Tomatoes, Fox etc), a nice little place where they can showcase whatever they like up on the (very) big screen!

And props to Cam Shea (of IGN) for his cries of "security!"! Haha

Y2Jason

Paul Oakenfields would give it major points but it never got to the best parts of the track so that takes away even more. Shame Austrailia... you should no you're not in the clear for all the games you dot classify.

SaanZ

This doesn't make me want to buy the game anymore then I did a few minutes ago. I would've just preferred to see Matt Damon come in and get his assed kicked that would've done it.

Jacktherip

oh look! A shaky camera just like in the real Bourne movies!

lol_wut

it was probably even less interesting in real life without the hectic editing and music.

i'm surprised the popcorn to the face trick didn't bring security down. always seems to work when i get into theater brawls.

moominsean

I laugh. Humored. Point?
I'd rather see hawt chixors, but I guess they were promoting the Bourne Game. Maybe, hawt Chixxors fighting?

Black_Ops_19

Even though it's fake, I thought that was a nice stunt. It's definitely interesting and it's relevant too.

Samos42

There's no way in hell anyone working as a games journalist can fight for that long without tiring themselves out anyway.

XenonXylophone

*sigh* I wish my fights had their own soundtracks

Spiderbait

If it wasn't really supposed to be convincing, it kinda works. If it is, though, it fails miserably.

Roto13

WTF?

is there a point?

Thumbs up to the b grade movie security guard, moving his hands around like he knew karate or something. What game journalists know the slightest thing about fighting anyway? let alone have the physique for it.

Rowr

They slug? I thought they wrestle rather than slug. Look at Steve Irwin. Wait isn't Luke Plunkett Australian? Should we ask him?

ban_hammer

@ChiZ_MacT: He's not a Maori, he's a pacific islander. Maoris are bigger, darker and would have ended that "fight" in half a second :P

And yeah, if that guy that was shoved were your typical Aussie, he would have clocked the guy rather than sitting down and calling security like a pansy, but we have your garden variety nerds here too...

Tribal

@ChiZ_MacT: Hmm, I don't reckon he sounds like a kiwi at all... What makes you think that?

The_Mo

NEEDS MOAR SHIRTLESSNESS.

aelfin

That was really sad. I couldn't watch the whole thing because I could only think about how they were just rolling around on the ground to racing music. Does this sell games? No wonder the sales charts are always so abysmal.

Krytha

Hang on, look at that headline... If something is "unbelievably fake" then surely you can't believe it's fake, and therefore think it's real?

flubbity

The journalist had bellbottoms on.

schizogony

The fact the MC thanks them for fighting makes it obvious it's not "real".
Was this done to show the fighting in game, were these the guys who were involved in the mocap ?

If so I can't wait to play the game and try out the, slapping someone with paper move.

Danmagic

@Channing: Good point but then they need to make it a good marketing campaign.

I'll correct myself. "Less terrible PR stunts, more game play videos to get me interested in a movie tie-in game please!

N1tch

*rolleyes*

GuiltyDragon

Was the cameraman trying to play Track & Field with his zoom buttons or something?? I mean, COME ON!

Protector one

@ArmyofJuan:
Accent, and the fact he looks mauri.

I've been in that theater, just before resistance 1 came out! an IGN hosted event.

ChiZ_MacT

@Motivated: how can you tell? probably an ignorant question but it's not as clear compared to someone from the states who lives in the south and someone who lives in new york

ArmyofJuan

Australian PR - Finding new lows is our promise.

r1nce

Damnit, can we at least get an Aussie to do this staged fighting instead of some damn Kiwi...

Motivated

@One Way Mule: has anything happened to him? like jail or ass beaten or anything? i cant find anything on youtube except for the same interview from when it first happened, the news segment about the fight and when he left some radio show

ArmyofJuan

@ArmyofJuan:
Thanks to him the media launched a crusade against all young'uns...

Every Current Affair program has a report about how useless/violent/horrible/uneducated/lazy/videogameplaying my generation is.

One Way Mule

@One Way Mule: i take that back. i just watched that corey "party boy" delaney fight video on youtube.

ArmyofJuan

That was painful to watch, I mean why? Honestly.

Bal-Cleric

Lets hope the crazy mixed martial arts are alot better in the game than at this press conference because that was one of the better elements in the Bourne film trilogy.

Nexus6

Damn wheres Crocodile Dundee when we need him?

FelicioLostHorizonPT

Needs more Matt Damon.

Nowell

He should have stabbed the guy with a biro for that authentic Bourne vibe!

photoboy

@N1tch:

I disagree. If I'm not going to buy the game I'd at least like to remember it as having a great campaign.

Channing

Nice PR stunt I guess.... it worked as it got a story on Kotaku however the place looked so empty I'm not surprised they had to do soemthing like that!

Less PR stunts, more game play videos to get me interested in a movie tie in game please!

N1tch

@ArmyofJuan:
Oh we more than just fight in we brawl. Can't let all that practice wrestling Crocodiles go to waste now can we?

One Way Mule

I think this is the deadest I've ever seen Kotatu. I love those voices though, I could listen to members of the other founding Commonwealth nations talk all day long and not get bored.
Also, I think I have that same security jacket. I bought it for 5 bucks.

Xerxes 8933A

I knew it was fake as soon as paul okenfold chimed in.

Plus i know australians dont fight. they throw huge parties.

ArmyofJuan

That was painful to watch. The music and shaking camera was funny.

Actaeus

Wheres plunkett?

aphexacid

The fact that they had to pull a stunt like this to get people interested in their game is not a good sign.

DaftDethMonkey

Lol, cheesy as hell.

Jnas

I don't understand the point of this but I guess it's better than sexy girls.

...what am I saying?

Channing

Why bother? It's just embarrassing the second you know it's not real. *bites fist*

Rovient

How silly...

will