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Capcom Zombies Invade London
4:40AM Mike Fahey | Celebrating the end of the London Games Festival and the upcoming release of Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, Resident Evil fans took to the streets of London on Halloween for an Undead Pride parade. More »
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Red Faction Guerrilla’s Smashing London Promotion
1:40AM Mike Fahey | Promoting the release of Red Faction Guerrilla in London, THQ yesterday packed a car with 100 copies of the game, chained a sledgehammer to it, and let nature take its course. More »
EA BattleDome To Invade Trafalgar Square
12:40PM Stuart Houghton | EA are once again bringing their Be The One extravaganza to Trafalgar Square, London as part of the London Games Festival. More »
Authorities Pull Plug On London Mercenaries 2 Gas Giveaway
12:40AM Mike Fahey | While EA’s free-gas publicity stunt to promote Mercenaries 2: World in Flames may have gone off with relatively few hitches when it hit Los Angeles last week, the company wasn’t so lucky when they took the show to London. Introducing the LA promotion to the folks across the pond also had the side effect of introducing LA traffic, causing gridlock conditions during morning rush hour. The giveaway started around 6:30 AM with £20,000 worth of petrol to be had, with authorities shutting them down around 11:00, with £9,000 still on tap. Liberal Democrat MP for Hornsey and Wood Green Lynne Featherstone scolded EA appropriately. “Whilst a lucky few might have got some free petrol, hundreds of local residents have faced misery on their daily journeys this morning…They deserve an apology for being the victims of such an ill-thought out media stunt”. Oh come on Featherstone, it’s not like they strapped cash to babies and set them loose in a busy intersection. Free petrol stunt causes chaos [Telegraph via Game Politics] More »
