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Capcom to make fans wave severed limbs on a bridge for RE5 photo

Capcom Europe is promoting Resident Evil 5 in the United Kingdom by hiding fake body parts around London and encouraging gamers to find them, take them to Westminster Bridge and wave them around screaming "Kijuju." I kid you not. Capcom is basically going to get its fans arrested or killed.

"Find as many of the bodies as you can, or what is left of them, and return them to Westminster Bridge by 11am," challenges Capcom. "Alert us to your presence by standing on the bridge, holding the artificial body parts over your head and shouting "Kijuju!". We will be there, watching you, and will approach when you make yourselves known."

The publisher will award points depending on what body parts you find. Arms and legs are worth 2 points, torsos are worth 3 points and heads are of course worth 5. The lucky soul who manages to earn enough points without being apprehended by law enforcement will win a trip to Africa. It's possible they won't be allowed back into England after they leave.

This is ... inventive to say the least. It also has the potential to go incredibly, disastrously wrong and cause a lot of trouble. Either way, I can't wait to see the fallout of this one. Full press release is after the jump.

[Thanks Wardrox]
The infected have been and gone - but they have left behind the bloodied remains of their victims. Find the bodies on the morning of Thursday March 12th and win a holiday to Africa.

Register with us at residentevil5@capcomeuro.com to be sure of receiving the clues as to where the remains can be found.

Find as many of the bodies as you can , or what is left of them, and return them to Westminster Bridge by 11am .

The body parts will be hidden at locations near Trafalgar Square, within this area:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/mm?ie=...,0.009656&z=17

And this is where you should take them:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=...1dcae8eefadbad

Alert us to your presence by standing on the bridge, holding the artficial b ody p arts over your head and shouting "Kijuju!". We will be there, watching you, and will approach when you make yourselves known.

Points allocated for each body part - 2 points for arms, 2 points for legs, 3 points for torsos , 5 points for a head. The more body parts you find and bring to us, the more points you get. The player(s) with the most points b y 1 1am win the holiday to Africa.

The game begins at 9am. Good hunting - we will see you on the bridge. Take pictures, take video, have fun. And don't wear your best clothes - it's going to be messy.

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19 comments | showing # 1 to 19

Corican's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2009 12:06
Corican
I would love to do this if I was in London.
Except for the yelling.
I wouldn't like that.

Surely they could just look for people holding severed heads?
Drach's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2009 12:07
Drach
Damn you, Jim.. If only I lived in the UK!

the write up gave me a good chuckle. being deported is a SUPERB award for finding rotting pieces of humans... I'm in.
Dimly's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2009 12:12
Dimly
I have a feeling that one dedicated Resident Evil fan (or a psychopathic vagrant), are going to become discouraged when they can't find any of the artificial limbs, and that they'll acquire genuine body parts in order to win the contest.

All we can do is wait, and see.
Diverse's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2009 12:13
Diverse
This is seriously way fuckin radical. Like, radical to the MAX.
PappaDukes's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2009 12:31
PappaDukes
This would be a great time to be a serial killer in the UK. Especially of the dismembering variety. Think of all the possibilities!
AudioTerror's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2009 12:32
AudioTerror
$10 on someone finding a real limb.
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2009 12:42
Chronic Logic
No such thing as bad publicity!
mgmgarcia01's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2009 12:44
mgmgarcia01
Well, they're not really MAKING fans do it, they are ASKING.
Just saying...
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2009 12:55
Holyetheline
Wow this is a crazy stunt. It sounds fun and I bet I would participate if I lived there.
Drack48's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2009 13:29
Drack48
Is it Friday yet?
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2009 13:57
mix
Yeah because walking up with severed limb isn't going to give you away at all.
error2k2's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2009 14:35
error2k2
Bring your own scalpels and saws!
StickFighter's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2009 15:28
StickFighter
March 13th 2009, a great day to be a Resident Evil fan; a greater day to be an english serial killer !
Cowboy TTop's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2009 15:43
Cowboy TTop
Nice, if you live in Londonium. I don't so, I'll be in Kijuju, while they run around in the cold.
hjd uk's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2009 16:00
hjd uk
Um yeah, a bit of research or a tiny bit of memory wouldnt have gone amiss:
Getting people to look for bodyparts next to the Thames. Nice.

Thames Torso

If you cant be arsed reading the article, not so long ago the torso of a 5yr old boy was found in the Thames, the result of an African "Muti" ritual killing.
Link39's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2009 17:04
Link39
Well, this is certainly an interesting stab at publicity. While I'm certain that Capcom has everything covered with local law enforcement, I can't help but to think that somebody is going to beat somebody else with a fake body part, in order to steal their victim's fake body parts.

...or the non-participant that finds a fake body part, but doesn't know it's fake.

Either way, gonna be some awesome headlines this weekend.

Heh, headlines.
Rosseh's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2009 17:47
Rosseh
Is anyone actually going to go to this? I'll be there. It'll be like a scavenger hunt when we were kids haha. It'll be a laugh.
Artemus's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2009 19:27
Artemus
Fucking crazy...
RawR I Corsa's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2009 13:17
RawR I Corsa
this will help us convince people we aren't killers
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