Mon, Jun 14, 2010 | 02:47 BST
Rumour – $6 million E3 Acti party to feature Gaga, strippers, Jane’s Addiction
Seriously. Like, seriously.
If the current round of LA chatter turns out to be true, tomorrow’s Activision “preview” event at the Staples Center is going to be both unmissable and ridiculous.
VG247 has been told that the party, which has cost $6 million, will “definitely” feature both Usher and Jane’s Addiction, as well as a mystery headline act – both Lady Gaga and Beyonce have been mentioned in the past 24 hours.
So has Eminem.
Not all. The event is actually taking place in the Staples Center. Not in an outside part of it. It’s in the actual auditorium. Why? Well, it’d be tough to have the LA Philharmonic Orchestra squashed into one of the outdoor bars. And how could you lower down a skate ramp while Tony Hawk is skating on it into anything but the home of the LA Lakers?
Think that’s mental? Apparently Activision has recruited the world’s “best strippers” for the party, and will have the ladies doing their thing at every corner of the crowd.
If you’re now thinking it might be a good time to try for a ticket, tough lines. The event is strictly invite-only, and all requests are non-transferable.
Are we going? Of course we are. It starts at 9.00pm PST tomorrow night.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, E3 2010, Hot, Rumour
Tags: jane's addiction, lady gaga, tony hawk, usher
25 comments
#1
The Hindle
13/06/10, 5:45 pm
Wow shame thier games are shit though. Giggety Giggety at Beyonce go on Pat show your stuff
#2
Joe Anderson
13/06/10, 5:45 pm
Sounds awesome, pictures or it never hapenned
#3
Johnny Cullen
13/06/10, 5:47 pm
Speechless. XD
#4
humanfish
13/06/10, 5:47 pm
IW bonus cash is coming in handy for Activision then.
Remember Pat, look but don’t touch. Your working let’s not forget.
#5
Erthazus
13/06/10, 5:49 pm
Patrick Garratt looks like is going to have some fun xD
But seriously, i expect something like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfzThMe7bBM
#6
AHA-Lambda
13/06/10, 5:50 pm
WOW!! They know how to flash their cash
Now acti give us some original and good games >_>
@5- oh god i remember that, oh god! O_O
#7
Enkeixpress
13/06/10, 5:52 pm
… Is she trying to pull her head off?
#8
scratchy69
13/06/10, 6:09 pm
Sega drinks on Sunset still sounds more fun.
#9
The_Red
13/06/10, 6:21 pm
Hmmm… I’d rather they spend that money one a game that’s actually good. I don’t know but last time I checked, they were milking their franchises so hard, you’d think they were going bankrupt or something.
#10
Bulk Slash
13/06/10, 6:43 pm
Will these be the kind of strippers that will let you snort coke off their arses after the show for the right price?
#11
Phoenixblight
13/06/10, 6:48 pm
@9
That was until they hit the gold mine COD and merged with Blizzard.
#12
humanfish
13/06/10, 6:52 pm
@10 Is there another kind of stripper? lol Anything goes for the ‘right price’
#13
Uncontested
13/06/10, 6:59 pm
Ah the decadence of activision.. This is how you know they are out of touch with gamers. No gamer I know gives a sh!t about lady gag.
#14
DeSpiritusBellum
13/06/10, 7:04 pm
There’s a huge disconnect in those rumors though. Jane’s Addiction and Usher are both over-the-hill acts who can’t be charging very much for their shows compared to actual moneymakers – Mixing them with one of the biggest guns around? Doesn’t really add up in my book.
Either way, six million for a showcase in these financial times is pretty outrageous, even for Actiblizz.
#15
Kysshin
13/06/10, 7:13 pm
Looks like they’re compensating for something…sort of like saying : ”we have no good games but the best strippers in the world.”
#16
dirigiblebill
13/06/10, 7:22 pm
/fond memories of certain God of War 2 gigs
#17
Bulk Slash
13/06/10, 7:28 pm
@16
Is that the one where they sacrificed a virgin and drank the blood of a goat?
#18
dirigiblebill
13/06/10, 7:42 pm
Yeah, something like that
Maybe Bobby Kotick will sacrifice Gaga at the Acti do. Maybe he’ll eat her liver with some fava beans, and a nice chianti.
#19
justiceblob
13/06/10, 8:01 pm
‘No gamer I know gives a sh!t about lady gag’
I love Lady gaga, she is something a bit fresh in the the world of pop music. *Waits for all of the ‘rock is for ral gamers’ comments
#20
AHA-Lambda
13/06/10, 8:15 pm
i kinda like lady gaga too tbh =/
#21
Aimless
13/06/10, 8:24 pm
It doesn’t really matter if the people commenting here like Lady Gaga or not, they aren’t invited. Those who are invited are games journalists who’ll bang on about how great the party was, Activision’s investors who will react well to being plied with bombast and various gradations of celebrities that’ll catch the eye of the general entertainment press.
#22
Galactic_Barret
13/06/10, 8:40 pm
Yeah, GaGa is awesome. The reason you don’t know anyone who likes her is because you haven’t asked. I won’t go around praising her, but she is a beast, in the best possible ways.
#23
Coheno
13/06/10, 11:32 pm
Image damage management!?
#24
frostquake
14/06/10, 6:58 am
No wonder their games are Shizen they spend all their money on strippers!
#25
Blerk
14/06/10, 8:28 am
Classy.