For one night, the Les Deux club in Hollywood served as the venue for espionage, intrigue, and sabotage as Microsoft and Ubisoft hosted a spy-themed event for the upcoming Splinter Cell Conviction. It was a star-studded event that coincided with other nationwide events (held at Gamestop locations) that allowed guests to be among the first in the nation to experience the multiplayer component of Conviction.
In addition to the numerous Xbox 360 stations, attendees were invited to immerse themselves in an extreme scavenger hunt. The elaborate game, organized by corporate team-building experts, The Go Game, allowed guests to role-play as secret agents. Using their cell phones, players accessed various timed missions, which largely included locating and identifying various spies and agents (actors from The Go Game) who were planted throughout the entire Les Deux venue. Once these spies were located, players had to follow specific instructions (speak a particular phrase, or convince them with your charm) to extract the secret code which unlocked subsequent missions.
At the end of the real-life role-playing game, which culminated with meeting Sam Fisher (a character actor, not the voice actor, Michael Ironside) the first six players to make it to a restricted section in the club were given a chance to compete for a Splinter Cell Xbox 360 bundle. It was truly a memorable experience that added fun, depth, and dimension to the overall theme of the evening.
Splinter Cell Conviction will be released on April 13, 2010, and a single-player demo is currently available on the Xbox Live Marketplace. Be sure to read hands-on impressions by clicking on this link.
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June 18th, 2010 at 12:37 pm
heh well this is sweet stuff for me, have always enjoyed off the roof stuff. By the way cool blog you got there bud