Capcom to Londoners: Find zombie parts, go to Africa

by Randy Nelson { Mar 11th 2009 at 2:00AM }

If you're near London's Trafalgar Square on March 12 and find some severed body parts, you could be a winner. (As long as they're fake and zombie-like, otherwise ring the police.)

Capcom's wacky UK marketing folk have decided to hide the parts -- arms, legs, torsos and heads -- about the area as part of a Resident Evil 5 launch contest. The person who finds the most bits & pieces between 9 a.m. and 12 noon local time will win themselves a trip to Africa. In order to be considered for the prize, participants must email Capcom beforehand (info at the source link) and be willing to stand atop Westminster Bridge, wave their bounty and shout "Kijuju!" (A common sight in London, we're told.)

Tags: capcom, london, re5, resident-evil, resident-evil-5, scavenger-hunt, zombies

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Apollo @ Mar 11th 2009 2:16AM

You've got to be kidding me... who's brilliant idea was this?!?

This isn't going to end well at all.

*person with an arm* KIJUJU!
*capcom rep* Congratula... wait a sec, that arm looks bloody real...
*onlookers* holy sh*t............
*news across the world* In other news, a publicity stunt by Capcom ends in tragedy when an all too eager contestant...

The Baron @ Mar 11th 2009 3:56AM

I fear somebody not in the competition will find the body parts, and the armed police will get involved.

Phil @ Mar 11th 2009 2:21AM

So... not... fair...

ENJOY YOUR AWESOME LAUNCH EVENT WHILE YOU CAN ENGLAND, YOU STILL ALMOST ALWAYS GET THE SHAFT ON EARLY RELEASES! MUWAHAHAHAHAHA!

Yes, I'm jealous. Those who manage to attend, have fun.

Mortifiedocalot @ Mar 11th 2009 3:23AM

I wonder what severed body part is down Cockspur street. /thirdgradehumor.

E @ Mar 11th 2009 5:34AM

A trip to Africa? You know that's a continent right? Bit more specific?

Anam @ Mar 11th 2009 8:56AM

Why? A lot of other promotions mention trips to Europe without being more specific. Presumably, the trip allows you to visit multiple countries, but that's just a guess.

That said, I'd like to go to Egypt. They should hide some mummy parts as well, and those only work for an Egyptian trip. Of course, that would have nothing to do with the game (or maybe it does, I haven't played it to verify that it doesn't have mummies).

Azerael @ Mar 11th 2009 4:32AM

Where's Zombo?

Why, he's at zombo.com. You can do anything.

velocitySTRIKE @ Mar 11th 2009 4:42AM

Finally, a decent reason to skip Thursday morning lectures.

Tom Waterhouse @ Mar 11th 2009 5:00AM

Ironically, the only people who could go out and collect these parts are the unemployed and school kids who are too young to play the game (It's an 18, isn't it?)

Aaaand, it's Where's Wally in the UK ;)

ugotamesij @ Mar 11th 2009 5:22AM

This can only go well. I remember the last such promotion for a game in my fair city...
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/05/mercs-2-gas-giveaway-causes-chaos-in-london/

JoeTheBlow @ Mar 11th 2009 5:40AM

That pic reminds me, whatever happened to that PSN game The Last Guy, there was supposed to be functionality added where you could use anywhere on Google Earth.

Like having the alien/zombie hoards invade your neighbourhood, it was half the reason for buying the game.

Ethan Rom @ Mar 12th 2009 4:43PM

That was just a rumor. Though it sounds like it would have been cool.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Guy

Maverick Saturn @ Mar 11th 2009 8:27AM

I can imagine it now, hundreds of planks walking through the streets of cental london, checking side streets and alleys to find zombie parts.

Great idea if you have nothing else in London to do but chances are they'll get picked up by tourists or grannies going for a walk before us

mr mobius @ Mar 11th 2009 8:46AM

Why not hire 100 bit part actors to dress up as zombies and then wander around the streets around Trafalgar area. Then each of them will have a token to collect, and the person who finds most zombies will get the prize.

Seems a safer, simpler and honestly cooler promotion.