Namco Bandai picks up a MiG to promote Ace Combat: Assault Horizon

MiG-21B now decorates Namco's UK car park

Namco Bandai has declared war on weak publicity stunts by buying a decommissioned MiG fighter to promote the next game in the Ace Combat series.

The MiG-21B has been fully restored to working order after being purchased from the Estovakian Air Force following budget cuts.

The fighter was also painted with the winning design from the Ace Combat Skin design Competition and was delivered to the car park outside Namco Bandai's UK offices by the aircraft carrier Admiral Kunzetov and then a really big truck.

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon is in development for Xbox 360 and PS3.

By Ewan Aiton