Creepy
Pasta
Pasta
More of an urban legend than Creepypasta, this rumored 1981 arcade game would lead players to have night terrors, amnesia, and even lead them to suicide.
Polybius
This song for Gears of War started the whole "sad music" trend for game trailers.
Mad World - Gary Jules
The legendary sword in The Legend of Zelda series
Master Sword
If being attached to every machine under the sun wasn't enough, this stunt required a child to be born on 11/11/11 and name their kid "Dovahkiin" to receive a lifetime of free games from the developer.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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Dolphin
Nintendo Gamecube
The musical tones in a ghost ridden town in these JRPG Game Boy games supposedly led more than 200 kids to suffer from headaches and nosebleeds...if they survived their suicide attempt.
Pokemon Red and Blue
Although they didn't have any yet, this song for Saints Row 3 sparked a new sense of excitement for the franchise.
Wielded by Sora in the Kingdom Hearts series, this sword is both deadly and a good unlocking tool
Keyblade
Trying to throw one hell of a shindig, Sony thought recreating a party with topless girls feeding people grapes, pulling live snakes from a pit, throwing knives, and pulling what appeared to be intestines from a dead goat, would best fit the style of this sequel of one of their beloved franchises.
Orbis
PlayStation 4
This N64 video game helped spawn Ben Drowned, where a boy haunted this game cartridge after he drowned 8 years prior.
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The Nintendo mascots beat on each other to this song for the original Super Smash Bros commercial.
Final Fantasy VII tries to show that bigger is better with this sword wielded by it's main character Cloud.
Buster Sword
This 2008 EA published sequel saw a focus on fuel tycoons, so the marketing department decided to give free gas away in London and Los Angeles right before rush hour. One can quickly assume how traffic looked.
Mercenaries 2: World In Flames
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NGP
PlayStation Vita
This blocky sanbox game is said to have a mysterious eyeless player who shows up in single player games leaving messed up structures, contacting people outside the game, and named Herobrine which matches the creators dead brother in-game name.
Minecraft
This song used in a Final Fantasy XV trailer was a great pick to highlight the close bond between the main group of characters.
Although it has the ability to change, this sword in SoulCalibur is both alive, demonic, and feeds off the soul of the wielder.
Soul Edge
Despite having plenty of hype for this 2014 release, Ubisoft thought it could raise more awareness by sending a lockdd safe to an Australian outlet where it began ticking.
A bomb squad would be called out.
Pam
Atari 5200
Sporting red pupils, black eyes, and sharp teeth; this eldritch version of the blue speedster would steal souls after they played a cursed game cd.
Sonic.Exe
This country legend had one of his last recorded songs before his death used for the reveal trailer for Spliter Cell: Conviction.
Masamune
Claiming that "poorer" families would be interested, Acclaim decided to advertise this PS2 sequel by attaching mini billboards to tombstones and paying families for their usage.
Shadow Man: 2econd Coming
Atlantis
Nintendo Game Boy Advance