Project Gotham Racing 4 Date Revealed By... Peugeot?!

The gaming industry has this terribly aggravating problem: IT LEAKS! And I don't mean just sloppy company officials, retailers, or licensed movie directors. No, those were the main culprints years ago. These days, even car manufacturers have begun revealing things that they clearly shouldn't have. Take Peugeot for instance: out of a sudden, they said that Microsoft will be releasing Project Gotham Racing 4 on the Xbox 360 in late 2007, or in the first half of 2008.

And here's how they did it. They launched this competition called "Peugeot Design Contest 2007", calling out for people to come up with a concept design for a new car. The winner, among many other benefits, would see his imagined car built by Peugeot as a full-scale model, and - here comes the best part - the design will also be included in Project Gotham Racing 4 an Xbox 360 video game.

Naturally, nobody was supposed to know about Project Gotham Racing 4 that Xbox 360 video game just yet, so Peugeot had the title removed from their competition's website (we're assuming due to an intervention from Microsoft). Luckily for us, GamesIndustry.biz managed to copy-paste a part of the text before it was edited, so you can compare them for yourself below:

Before: "the winning concept car will be included by Microsoft in the Project Gotham Racing 4 game, exclusively on Xbox 360 that will be released towards the end of 2007 or first half of 2008"

After: "the winning concept car will be included by Microsoft in an Xbox 360 video game that will be released towards the end of 2007 or first half of 2008"

Where would we be without inapt PR people?

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