15 Most Ridiculous Video Game Marketing Campaigns of All Time

Burnout 2: Paid Speeding Ticket

Now this is just down and out reckless, unsafe, and wrong of Acclaim to think this was even remotely a good idea. Acclaim were advertising Burnout 2 for PS2 by paying speeding tickets received on the day the game was released. Now, this was only in the UK, but deaths by reckless speeding happen by the hundreds each year and this was beyond a bad idea.