any press is good press unless you do
any of the following I don’t know for
Christmas is nothing yes come on mama
dad get one for me welcome to
watchmojo.com and today I’ll be counting
down our picks for the top 10 stupid
video game publicity stunts we’re here
to protest on the game by for this list
we’ll be looking at video game publicity
stunts that make you wonder who thought
this was a good idea and who got fired
for this one once here you can sample
edible human limbs including hands feet
and even a human head we’re only looking
at things that were approved by the game
company in question so as terrible and
tragic is that radio stations deadly
hold your wii for a wii contest was it
wasn’t endorsed by Nintendo thus it
doesn’t qualify yeah I feel thick right
now
number 10 gotta go fast we’ll pay your
speeding tickets burn out to point of
impact officer we swear we didn’t
realize we were speeding oh I guess it’s
okay because the claim is covering the
ticket at least that was going to be the
case on burnout twos launch day in the
UK
we understand that burnout is a racing
franchise but did acclaim really think
that covering the costs of someone
breaking the law was a prime promotion
opportunity especially if breaking said
law could lead to the disastrous crashes
that let’s be honest burnout is known
for
fortunately for UK motorists these plans
were cancelled number nine littering
with big bills is still littering mafia
wars Las Vegas
we can all use some extra cash
how does 25000 sound Zingo was generous
enough to grace the sidewalks of San
Francisco with big bucks except the
money was fake and by grace we mean glue
since when was littering a good idea
spoiler it’s never a good idea because
the advertising company responsible for
the stunt had to pay forty five thousand
dollars in fines at least it wasn’t the
ten thousand red balloons being released
into San Francisco for Homefront
drifting into the bay and creating
hazards for wildlife THQ number eight
body parts scavenger hunt Resident Evil
5 did anybody spot you did you get any
funny looks we got you got follow hey
mojo holics would you like a free trip
to africa all you have to do is collect
the most dismembered limbs in London it
ain’t lived Westminster Bridge and
shapka juju at the top of your voice
then you can win a holiday for two in
Africa the really bizarre part capcom
couldn’t find the remaining parts after
the contest ended we’re sure those two
torsos are gonna turn up somewhere right
so far no signs oddly enough
sega attempted a similar stunt with mad
world months later at least the
promotion for Resident Evil 6 was
regulated to one spot if you don’t mind
eating meat made to look like human
flesh while drinking a stool sample
cocktail at Wesker & Son delicious
number seven free gas for all our
scenaries to world in flames
irresponsible all irresistible it
certainly made an impact you know when
you watch The Price is Right and they
offer a contestant free gas for a year
that’s nothing compared to what yay did
hundreds of drivers cute in Stroud green
in North London this morning hoping to
get their hands on free fuel in an
attempt to promote mercenaries to the
company decided to offer free gas to all
drivers about thirty four thousand
dollars worth here beats gonna lie
though well I guess maybe that would
work if they organized it with the
authorities or spread it across several
gas stations but oh no it was actually
one station in northern London do you
think it’s caused a bit of problems of
course it does you think I live in them
too tank but they’d having it there and
they didn’t keep the police any warning
that probably explains why the locals
were less than thrilled especially since
the queue of cars lining up for free gas
caused a string of traffic jams across
all of northern London you give police
advance warning of it um we didn’t give
them a fast warning but they’ve known
about it since very early this morning
number six fake protests at e3 and sin
to win at comic-con Dante’s Inferno
sometimes demo that the world should
never see that so much never play adults
should never play didn’t we just talk
about EA gotta go for those three
strikes I guess
at e3 they staged a fake religious
protest against their own game
because hell is not a gamer something
hell is a real place
surely pretending to be infuriated
Christians wouldn’t anchor real
Christians later in the year for the
same game attendees at Comic Con were
encouraged to commit acts of lust by
taking pictures with booth babes the
person with the most pics would win a
night with thee and I quote hottest girl
at Comic Con booty and more surely that
wording couldn’t upset anyone right
number 5 this is a holdup just kidding
it’s a video game Splinter Cell
Conviction I don’t know who you are or
what you’re doing here but thank you
companies want to promote their games in
a way that gets people excited you know
what really gets people excited being
held up at gunpoint no wait that’s
that’s how you terrify people yeah
definitely scared shitless
that’s how drinkers at a bar in Auckland
New Zealand felt when a man wandered in
and pointed a gun at them because it
happens in the game maybe
cheese didn’t the bar patrons realize
that this was an attempt to build hype
for the upcoming splinter cell game well
the police didn’t either
can you imagine if they tried this in an
open carry state you don’t get it do you
you can’t cut you BAE I got protection
number four we’re sure that baby Tarak
won’t ever get made fun of to rock
evolution
a claim gave expecting parents some
extra incentive to name their newborn
after a dinosaur hunting franchise
$10,000
well $10,000 in savings bonds but still
to be fair kinda the company may have
gotten the idea from the fact that
residents in the UK had responded to
their previous offer 766 dollars and an
Xbox console if they were willing to
change their name to Tarak so perhaps
this baby to rock thing was the natural
evolution of their plans hey listen that
pun wasn’t nearly as bad as this
publicity stunt number three what’s in
the safe watchdogs nothing ever seen
before
a lot of these publicity stunts are
several years old so they may get away
with not knowing any better but not
really this particular incident is
surprising because it happened in 2014
see I think that Ubisoft would have
known better than to send a ticking
black safe to an unsuspecting news site
whoops
I think I lost it as expected the police
were called in and the building was
evacuated to the officer surprise inside
the safe work copies of watchdogs and
promotional items the kicker the news
site in question 9 MSN doesn’t even
cover video games and depending on who
you ask
watchdogs really was a bomb god you have
not changed at all we do not need your
help please stop trying to fix our
problems every time you try you just
make things worse
number 2 goat intestines go well with
wine God of War 2
Oh Sony we want to experience
decapitation and blood via video games
not in real life thank you it may have
sounded cool to have such a risque
launch party and competition for godlike
status but outrage ensued when pictures
of said party were featured in the UK
official PlayStation Magazine say what
you will about Capcom scavenger hunt and
butcher shop but Sony definitely
unsettled everyone with their topless
women serving drinks around our real
decapitated goat the 80,000 magazine
issues were recalled and Sony officially
regretted sending out those party
invitations when I was a lot of fun even
though the last part was a bit
disgusting
before we end this PR nightmare let’s
raise an eyebrow in confusion over these
dishonorable mentions Indiana Jones and
the staff of Kings is quite possibly the
most realistic game that involves whip
cracking that I have ever seen
you
the n-double-a-cp says it’s another
stereotypical image of whites being
dominant over blacks but sony says the
ad is simply meant to highlight the
contrast between the two colors number
one putting the deceased to good use and
helping the poor Shadow Man to second
coming
no one can beat a claim at bad publicity
stunts believe us the speeding tickets
the baby naming and now advertising on
tombstones not the Halloween shop ones
we need actual graves of the deceased
this totally wasn’t what they meant by
experience your deadside was it
they even had the gall to say that the
offer might appeal to poorer families
who could use the extra money to cover
burial costs what is this shit
this shit’s the beginning of the end a
moment of silence please
for acclaims historically bad publicity
stunts decide no place like you agree
with our list Georgia which video game
company has advertised their releases in
completely ass-backwards ways for more
top 10s published and advertised daily
be here to subscribe to watchmojo.com
you shall do what you came here to do
and go home yeah they really roll out
the red carpet for us Americans
any of the following I don’t know for
Christmas is nothing yes come on mama
dad get one for me welcome to
watchmojo.com and today I’ll be counting
down our picks for the top 10 stupid
video game publicity stunts we’re here
to protest on the game by for this list
we’ll be looking at video game publicity
stunts that make you wonder who thought
this was a good idea and who got fired
for this one once here you can sample
edible human limbs including hands feet
and even a human head we’re only looking
at things that were approved by the game
company in question so as terrible and
tragic is that radio stations deadly
hold your wii for a wii contest was it
wasn’t endorsed by Nintendo thus it
doesn’t qualify yeah I feel thick right
now
number 10 gotta go fast we’ll pay your
speeding tickets burn out to point of
impact officer we swear we didn’t
realize we were speeding oh I guess it’s
okay because the claim is covering the
ticket at least that was going to be the
case on burnout twos launch day in the
UK
we understand that burnout is a racing
franchise but did acclaim really think
that covering the costs of someone
breaking the law was a prime promotion
opportunity especially if breaking said
law could lead to the disastrous crashes
that let’s be honest burnout is known
for
fortunately for UK motorists these plans
were cancelled number nine littering
with big bills is still littering mafia
wars Las Vegas
we can all use some extra cash
how does 25000 sound Zingo was generous
enough to grace the sidewalks of San
Francisco with big bucks except the
money was fake and by grace we mean glue
since when was littering a good idea
spoiler it’s never a good idea because
the advertising company responsible for
the stunt had to pay forty five thousand
dollars in fines at least it wasn’t the
ten thousand red balloons being released
into San Francisco for Homefront
drifting into the bay and creating
hazards for wildlife THQ number eight
body parts scavenger hunt Resident Evil
5 did anybody spot you did you get any
funny looks we got you got follow hey
mojo holics would you like a free trip
to africa all you have to do is collect
the most dismembered limbs in London it
ain’t lived Westminster Bridge and
shapka juju at the top of your voice
then you can win a holiday for two in
Africa the really bizarre part capcom
couldn’t find the remaining parts after
the contest ended we’re sure those two
torsos are gonna turn up somewhere right
so far no signs oddly enough
sega attempted a similar stunt with mad
world months later at least the
promotion for Resident Evil 6 was
regulated to one spot if you don’t mind
eating meat made to look like human
flesh while drinking a stool sample
cocktail at Wesker & Son delicious
number seven free gas for all our
scenaries to world in flames
irresponsible all irresistible it
certainly made an impact you know when
you watch The Price is Right and they
offer a contestant free gas for a year
that’s nothing compared to what yay did
hundreds of drivers cute in Stroud green
in North London this morning hoping to
get their hands on free fuel in an
attempt to promote mercenaries to the
company decided to offer free gas to all
drivers about thirty four thousand
dollars worth here beats gonna lie
though well I guess maybe that would
work if they organized it with the
authorities or spread it across several
gas stations but oh no it was actually
one station in northern London do you
think it’s caused a bit of problems of
course it does you think I live in them
too tank but they’d having it there and
they didn’t keep the police any warning
that probably explains why the locals
were less than thrilled especially since
the queue of cars lining up for free gas
caused a string of traffic jams across
all of northern London you give police
advance warning of it um we didn’t give
them a fast warning but they’ve known
about it since very early this morning
number six fake protests at e3 and sin
to win at comic-con Dante’s Inferno
sometimes demo that the world should
never see that so much never play adults
should never play didn’t we just talk
about EA gotta go for those three
strikes I guess
at e3 they staged a fake religious
protest against their own game
because hell is not a gamer something
hell is a real place
surely pretending to be infuriated
Christians wouldn’t anchor real
Christians later in the year for the
same game attendees at Comic Con were
encouraged to commit acts of lust by
taking pictures with booth babes the
person with the most pics would win a
night with thee and I quote hottest girl
at Comic Con booty and more surely that
wording couldn’t upset anyone right
number 5 this is a holdup just kidding
it’s a video game Splinter Cell
Conviction I don’t know who you are or
what you’re doing here but thank you
companies want to promote their games in
a way that gets people excited you know
what really gets people excited being
held up at gunpoint no wait that’s
that’s how you terrify people yeah
definitely scared shitless
that’s how drinkers at a bar in Auckland
New Zealand felt when a man wandered in
and pointed a gun at them because it
happens in the game maybe
cheese didn’t the bar patrons realize
that this was an attempt to build hype
for the upcoming splinter cell game well
the police didn’t either
can you imagine if they tried this in an
open carry state you don’t get it do you
you can’t cut you BAE I got protection
number four we’re sure that baby Tarak
won’t ever get made fun of to rock
evolution
a claim gave expecting parents some
extra incentive to name their newborn
after a dinosaur hunting franchise
$10,000
well $10,000 in savings bonds but still
to be fair kinda the company may have
gotten the idea from the fact that
residents in the UK had responded to
their previous offer 766 dollars and an
Xbox console if they were willing to
change their name to Tarak so perhaps
this baby to rock thing was the natural
evolution of their plans hey listen that
pun wasn’t nearly as bad as this
publicity stunt number three what’s in
the safe watchdogs nothing ever seen
before
a lot of these publicity stunts are
several years old so they may get away
with not knowing any better but not
really this particular incident is
surprising because it happened in 2014
see I think that Ubisoft would have
known better than to send a ticking
black safe to an unsuspecting news site
whoops
I think I lost it as expected the police
were called in and the building was
evacuated to the officer surprise inside
the safe work copies of watchdogs and
promotional items the kicker the news
site in question 9 MSN doesn’t even
cover video games and depending on who
you ask
watchdogs really was a bomb god you have
not changed at all we do not need your
help please stop trying to fix our
problems every time you try you just
make things worse
number 2 goat intestines go well with
wine God of War 2
Oh Sony we want to experience
decapitation and blood via video games
not in real life thank you it may have
sounded cool to have such a risque
launch party and competition for godlike
status but outrage ensued when pictures
of said party were featured in the UK
official PlayStation Magazine say what
you will about Capcom scavenger hunt and
butcher shop but Sony definitely
unsettled everyone with their topless
women serving drinks around our real
decapitated goat the 80,000 magazine
issues were recalled and Sony officially
regretted sending out those party
invitations when I was a lot of fun even
though the last part was a bit
disgusting
before we end this PR nightmare let’s
raise an eyebrow in confusion over these
dishonorable mentions Indiana Jones and
the staff of Kings is quite possibly the
most realistic game that involves whip
cracking that I have ever seen
you
the n-double-a-cp says it’s another
stereotypical image of whites being
dominant over blacks but sony says the
ad is simply meant to highlight the
contrast between the two colors number
one putting the deceased to good use and
helping the poor Shadow Man to second
coming
no one can beat a claim at bad publicity
stunts believe us the speeding tickets
the baby naming and now advertising on
tombstones not the Halloween shop ones
we need actual graves of the deceased
this totally wasn’t what they meant by
experience your deadside was it
they even had the gall to say that the
offer might appeal to poorer families
who could use the extra money to cover
burial costs what is this shit
this shit’s the beginning of the end a
moment of silence please
for acclaims historically bad publicity
stunts decide no place like you agree
with our list Georgia which video game
company has advertised their releases in
completely ass-backwards ways for more
top 10s published and advertised daily
be here to subscribe to watchmojo.com
you shall do what you came here to do
and go home yeah they really roll out
the red carpet for us Americans
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