It seems that Umbro have finally branched out from soccer (football)… to video gaming?!! See what our friends at Umbro are up to lately.
This video tells the story of Football Hero, an experiment to create a giant guitar game with a twist – it’s controlled by footballs. Standing three stories high, the game was built by a group of talented engineers and controlled by a team of gifted freestyle footballers (Paul Wood, Paul Klein, Darryl Stewart, Tom Pett, Lewis Foster and Harry Adcroft) who had to ping footballs accurately at the pressure sensors in time with the Kasabian track. After plenty of practice and a few failed efforts, the team nailed it on the seventeenth attempt, gaining a five star rating from the unforgiving game.
In the lead up, Sony had noticed some of the interesting things Umbro had been doing with their sportswear range and asked them to kit out the footballers for the occasion. So you’ll notice the team are sporting the new Football Wardrobe range. Football Wardrobe will be available in retailers from November. Continue to tune into SER for more info on the Football Wardrobe and other Umbro products!
hi ben. great website!