From early doors this morning (5th Sept), the Last Stop Ltd petrol station near Finsbury Park in London was ‘hijacked’ by EA PR drones clad in combat gear, and the entire forecourt was decked out like a postcard from downtown Beirut.”Why?”, you may ask. To give away £20,000 of free petrol. of course! To promote the release of Mercs 2 on PC, 360 and PS3, EA are giving every customer who makes it to the station before the £20,000 coffers run dry, £40 worth of petrol, totally free – an act that has, predictably, caused a right old ruckus on the early morning streets of London. Unsurprisingly, everyone with a car who’s heard of the offer (and by extension everyone then told of the deal by others) immediately set off to the station, all at once with the aim of grabbing the goods. This has triggered major gridlock, and the local residents are far from happy. As the eponymous Merc, gamers are tasked with completing a number of missions all around the game’s representation of Venezuela for various factions. This usually includes a gratuitous amount of gunplay and blowing stuff up, all for some good old-fashioned cash. You also steal fuel from various locations, as in-game currency also uses fuel, which is employed when calling in support such as vehicle drops and air strikes. We’ll have the full review of Mercenaries 2 very soon.
