The new game (which refreshingly drops any clichéd, colon-ridden titles) is promising to set things right and launches, perhaps ironically, on Valentine's Day. The campaign began with a viral call to arms hosted on a dedicated website, shootmytruck.com, as well as on the PlayStation YouTube channel. It stars game director and self-confessed 'alleged psychopath' David Jaffe, who explains how he's 'here to tell you about the epic return of gaming's most sick, depraved franchise. It's Twisted fucking Metal on the PlayStation 3'.
Gamers were able to
register - either via Facebook or Twitter - for the chance to fire the gun for
30 seconds each over the course of two days. For a grand finale, three lucky,
trigger-happy participants will be given an extended 90 seconds to finish off
Sweet Tooth's ride, eventually blowing it to smithereens in front of a global
audience tuning in via a live video feed.
With more excessively
potty-mouthed prose, he proceeds to explain the simple, brutal mechanics of the
campaign, which centers on a real M249-SAW machine gun mounted on a control
desk in the middle of the desert. The gun is aimed at a perfect replica of the
hot-rodded ice cream van belonging to game character and talisman, Sweet Tooth
(whose head also happens to be a flaming skull). However, the weapon is hooked
up to a remote, online interface, which means that anyone around the world with
an Internet connection is capable of taking control and letting rip into the
van or a selection of other unlikely targets.
