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Five murder scenes were carefully staged then photographed outside five prominent London

media companies

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The "crime scene images" were then sent to 75 members of the press based in and near each location

- accompanied by an autopsy report detailing in a scientifically valid way the injuries shown on each

body--each "death" being a way a character might die during Resident Evil 6 game play.

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A follow-up mailing then targeted 125 journalists with a selection of pre-packaged fresh meat products accompanied by a pot of red or green herbs in direct reference to health tonics used in the game.

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Finally, journalists were invited to a launch event at a human butcher’s called Wesker & Son - named after a key character in the game

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The pop-up store was filled with fake body parts sourced from U.S. props specialist Dapper Cadaver

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Though made from animal meat, the products, such as "Peppered Human & Lemon Sausages," were carefully

designed to look like human flesh by food artist Sharon Baker

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"The brief was simple: raise awareness of the game within the non-gaming community and go beyond hardcore gamers who were already anticipating the game’s release.”

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Fake graffiti tags reading “No Hope Left”, have also been popping up in locations all over the world to promote the Resident Evil 6 website and C-virus map

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The No Hope Left site itself reads as a blog, collating sightings of the C-Virus across the world and searching for a pattern One thing mentioned on the site is an Ivy University sweater that was said to show traces of non-human blood and the c-virus – the sweater was then auctioned on eBay after users linked the above video showing a college student wearing the sweater

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Stick Twiddlers http://sticktwiddlers.com/2012/07/24/resident-evil-6-arg-is-viral-marketing-in-every-sense/

Co.CREATE http://www.fastcocreate.com/1681689/welcome-to-the-human-butcher-shop-grossest-pr-stunt-ever#10

Metro http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/games/914901-weekend-hot-topic-part-1-resident-evil-6-reaction

Incredible Things http://www.incrediblethings.com/food/cannibalism-is-in-human-meat-market/

Wallpaper Passion http://wallpaperpassion.com/upload/26525/resident-evil-6-wallpaper.jpg

A big thanks to the sources:

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