{"id":7294,"date":"2010-08-26T16:02:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T14:02:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"2k-games-tidies-up-scruffy-gamers-with-free-haircuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/7294-2k-games-tidies-up-scruffy-gamers-with-free-haircuts","title":{"rendered":"2K Games tidies up scruffy gamers with free haircuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In one of the oddest marketing moves in recent memory, 2K Games has decided to embark on &ldquo;The Mafia II Pop-up Barber Shop Tour&rdquo; around the UK. <\/p>\n<p>Since the hallmark of being a 1940&rsquo;s gangster was impeccable hair, it sort of makes sense. No word on whether or not a free tub of Brylcreem is part of the deal.<\/p>\n<p>Interested gamers and\/or cheapskates in the UK can get some hands-on gameplay time with Mafia II, a free T-Shirt voucher, and a haircut as part of the promo move. <\/p>\n<p>Mafia II will be officially released to the whole world on 27 August 2010. The reviews are starting to pour in, including <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/reviews\/7230-Mafia.html\" target=\"_self\" title=\"MyGaming Mafia II review\">MyGaming&rsquo;s very own take on the title<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately MyGaming can&rsquo;t give our readers anything as awesome as a free haircut, but we have rounded up <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/7254-Mafia-Pre-order-Pricing-Roundup.html\" title=\"Mafia II pre-order roundup\">the best Mafia II pre-order deals<\/a> from around the country and webosphere. <\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s still time to save a few bucks if you are keen on the gangster romp, as the game also launches on 27 August around South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of their Mafia II promotion, 2K is giving away free haircuts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}