News - Electronic Arts causes pandemonium at London petrol station

[HEXUS]

To mark the launch of Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, Electronic Arts is giving away £20,000 worth of fuel!

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[Infinite]

lol epic

[Allen]

Was talking about this at work this morning. I can't believe they can get away with doing this! It's must be a nightmare for anyone living around that area...

Anyone recall the petrol crisis several years back? That was awful. This is almost recreating that in one area purely for publicity. Terrible.

[Saracen]

Stupid and irresponsible stunt, if you ask me, and probably only appreciated by those that got lucky. Those that got caught up in it, or missed out, won't be so pleased.

There's an old saying about no such thing as bad publicity, but it's patently not true. Ask Gary Glitter, for a start.

And having read that article, I came away with the opinion of "Electronic Arts = irresponsible idiots", but don't ask me the name of the game, because I don't remember. Is that good publicity?

[00oceanic]

Well, at least they are giving away free fuel
If only i lived there

[gtech]

and it suddenly went tits-up, At least half of it was given away but the police had to step in because of all the chaos it caused...Gridlock! lol

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article....&in_page_id=34

As for the game, i'm not to sure, looks fun, dumb but fun especially the drop in co-op mode.

[sleepyhead]

LooooooL!!!
It sounded like a good idea when they came up with it down the pub and wrote it on the back of a cigarette packet!

[Hunkulus]

Well from a design students perspective...The company involved are probably actually quite pleased with themselves..