Those who buy the new Funcom game “The Park” will receive a quirky costume in The Secret World .
In 1979, Steve Gardener slaughtered a group of teenagers. He wore his work uniform: Gardener was the mascot of Atlantic Island’s Parks, and his service uniform was a chipmunk costume.
“Now you can also dress like a killer,” Funcom exclaims in a quirky promotional brochure.
Players are being offered a deal: Those who pre-order “The Park,” a roughly two-hour psychological horror game from Funcom, will save money and receive the quirky killer chipmunk costume and QL 10.9 talismans in the fantasy MMORPG “The Secret World.” The items will be available on launch day, which is October 27. Then the “stand-alone” game “The Park,” set in the world of The Secret World, will be released. The chipmunk murders are still a topic there.
Funcom has devised a new strategy to avert impending bankruptcy. This includes continuing the development of MMORPGs and tackling major projects, as well as conducting “smaller experiments” that sometimes utilize their own franchises as a backdrop: The Park is the first of these projects.
