Capcom Cancels Blood-and-Guts Stunt After Grisly London Murder

Filling a swimming pool with fake blood and body parts to promote a video game never seemed to me like a particularly tasteful idea in the first place. It’s even less so after a grisly machete killing, described as an act of terrorism, roiled anger throughout London this week.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); Capcom planned the stunt to promote the May 24 U.K. release of Resident Evil: Revelations on consoles and PC. It filled 55,000 gallon pool with fake blood and dumped in a bunch of fake eyeballs, body Y1 Games parts, intestines and brains, Y1 com challenging people to dive in and swim to the bottom for free stuff. https://kotaku.com/first-a-human-meat-market-now-this-mcv-reports-that-c-499573288 That was before the murder on Wednesday of Lee Rigby, in the London neighborhood of Woolwich, an attack described in news reports as a beheading. Rigby’s killers are said to have made jihadist statements on a video taken at the scene of the murder, which has incited anger against Muslims in that country. Right-wing groups have gone on the march in London and elsewhere since the slaying. http://gawker.com/far-right-groups-march-through-northern-england-after-a-509872663 Capcom announced shortly thereafter that the Resident Evil promotion, which was to have been held Saturday and Sunday, was off. Probably a good idea. Last year Capcom ran a “human meat market” in East London to promote Resident Evil 6. https://kotaku.com/resident-evil-6-meat-stunt-might-make-you-lose-your-lun-5947404 Resident Evil’s U.K. Event Cancelled After Soldier’s Killing [Anime News Network, h/t Grace] To contact the author of this Y1 apk post, write to [email protected] or find him on Twitter @owengood