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[shanafan]

TMZ reporting that Mariah Carey has been signed on for 7 figures as the new Game of War spokesperson.

http://www.tmz.com/2015/06/12/mariah-carey-game-of-war-commercial-kate-upton/

Mariah Carey will be the new face of and new set of ample boobs for the ridiculously successful "Game of War: Fire Age"... TMZ has learned. Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ ... producers of the mobile game have inked a 7-figure deal with Mariah, who replaces Kate Upton, in which the singer will shoot a 30-second commercial. We're told the shoot will last 2 days and the guy in charge is the director for "Terminator Genisys." Mariah will do several other promotional shoots for the game, but the main thing is the commercial. 'Game of War' is a phenomenon, raking in $1 million a day. Mariah is a bigger star than Kate Upton for sure, but it's something of a left turn. We're told one of the big selling points is that Mariah's music will be part of the spot.

 

[CountAntonius]

 

[Rhaknar]

what the fuck is going on with Game of War

dat f2p money

 

[VE3TRO]

.

 

[Delta Assault]

I see the trajectory of that game falling harder than M Night's tomatoscore.

 

[Broken Joystick]

video games

 

[GK86]

A million a day? What?

 

[canoli2006]

Boobs.

 

[Big Chungus]

Did you know I'm the new Athena?

 

[Kelas]

A million a day oh my god

The game looked terrible when giant bomb did a thing with it

 

[QuantumZebra]

it really is disgusting how much money is being made off trash like that

 

[Indrid Cold1]

Game of phwoar

 

[Patryn]

.... Mariah Carey?

Just.... what?

And her music being part of the game?

Didn't they actually put Kate Upton's image in the game? Are they going to remove that?

 

[Wind's Howling]

Unbelievable how much money Machine Zone has made.

 

[chicagocubsfan]

Video games have jumped the shark.

 

[SeanR1221]

I can confirm that giant bomb letter mentioning rich dudes with a ton of disposable income do this for bragging rights. One of my friends plays and he mentioned how his supervisors all try and one up each other by dumping more and more money in.

He himself invested 500 already.

 

[ClosingADoor]

I can confirm that giant bomb letter mentioning rich dudes with a ton of disposable income do this for bragging rights. One of my friends plays and he mentioned how his supervisors all try and one up each other by dumping more and more money in.

He himself invested 500 already.

Trickle down economics at work.

 

[Randy Monk]

Game of whore

 

[Azzurri]

Should have stole Hannah and her horse from direct tv. She's probably cheaper and I think is more attractive

 

[Bit-Bit]

Mariah Carrey?

Downgrade.

 

[Blablurn]

thats just silly

 

[curb]

I cannot wait to see those ads.

 

[Zaph]

Using Mariah's music too? They've probably reached as many males as they're gonna get and now want dat majority gaming demo - females.

 

[shanafan]

Should have stole Hannah and her horse from direct tv. She's probably cheaper and I think is more attractive

When I heard this story on the radio this morning, that was my immediate first guess. I would have never guessed Mariah Carey.

 

[GeeTeeCee]

There's one Game of War ad on in the UK at the moment without Upton, but instead is narrated by someone who sounds like they're trying to imitate Morgan Freeman. I don't know how you go from Kate Upton to Morgan Freeman soundalikes to Mariah Carey, but then again I am not an advertising guru, their ways are clearly beyond my meagre understanding.

 

[VeryGooster]

Hannah Davis still stuck on that island with the talking horse I guess.

Surprised they don't get someone like Ronda Rousey to be the face of GoW.

 

[Jigorath]

We're told the shoot will last 2 days and the guy in charge is the director for "Terminator Genisys."

Why do I get the feeling Terminator Genisys isn't going to be very good.

 

[Skulldead]

Game of whore

I don't know why i find this funny hahaha

 

[Spikematic]

Game of whore

Stay classy.

Anyway, this is an extremely weird pick for sure. Maybe the devs are fan of her music or something?

 

[ninjabat]

Haha, it sucks that these sales are not for a hardcore game. But I'm glad devs are finding out how to sustain sales in f2p gaming. It's all in the advertising.

 

[Violence Jack]

This reads like "Mariah Carey to replace Kate Upton in Game of War spots, because..... reasons".

Seriously, the hell does her music have to do with selling the game?

 

[Discotheque]

Why do I get the feeling Terminator Genisys isn't going to be very good.

director of terminator genisys AND thor 2. lol

 

[backflip10019]

Hahaha what? Pretty sure Mariah won't be able to draw the downloads that Kate Upton did. Bad move.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Why do I get the feeling Terminator Genisys isn't going to be very good.

That sentence says a whole lot about that film.

 

[liquidtmd]

Why do I get the feeling Terminator Genisys isn't going to be very good.

Because you've seen the trailers coupled with the knowledge Clarke can't act and Jai Courtney has the charisma of a potato

 

[Chuckie]

Is she gonna play Kate's mom?

 

[VeryGooster]

Why do I get the feeling Terminator Genisys isn't going to be very good.

I mean did you watch those trailers? :lol

 

[Shuggananas]

Game of whore

ruh-roh

 

[Finaika]

Game of whore

Just because she has big boobs she's a whore?

 

[ninjabat]

Is she gonna play Kate's mom?

Burn lol
Mariah is hot though...

 

[OneEightZero]

They must have paid her a lot for her to let them use that overhead cam.

 

[May16]

Fee to pay.

 

[Catdaddy]

Well a 1990s star for 1990s gameplay...

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

PopGAF confirmed as new players.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Unpossible! I still see Kate in my NeoGAF Game of War banner ad down below!
Our Lady is with us still!!!!

 

[friskykillface]

Its insane how much that game and other F2P games make

Wish I could program and jump in on that money train

Get that money Mariah :3 I bet Kate signed on for so much less since they just started

 

[Randy Monk]

Just because she has big boobs she's a whore?

No because whore rhymes with war and these lovely ladies aren't doing it for free. Are you offended?

 

[gdt]

Mariah? ehhh

Dunno why they'd change it up

 

[Azzurri]

When I heard this story on the radio this morning, that was my immediate first guess. I would have never guessed Mariah Carey.

Mariah probably has way more name recognition.

 

[Skux]

We've come a long way from the Evony ads with nameless stock photo models.