A huge new street-art mural has been unveiled in Shoreditch for the release of new Tom Clancy video game The Division.
The design took five days to paint on the Shoreditch Art Wall on Great Eastern Street, and depicts a crumbling New York skyline, echoing the story of the game.
The long-awaited RPG-shooter sees New York hit by a biological attack, causing society to collapse, with players taking on the role of an elite sleeper agents who steps up to return control to the city.
The bespoke graffiti was created by High Rise Murals and members of creative organisation Monorex, who also designed hundreds of pieces of art for the game’s world.
Monorex founder Terry Guy described the design brief for the game as “a dream”.
“They asked us to design anything we wanted to go on the walls of NYC, including requests for some darker imagery that referenced the viral outbreak happening,” he said.
“We’re really pleased to have the chance to bring the story of the game to life on our home turf of Shoreditch with our High Rise team.”
The Division's Manhattan - landmarks and street art
Before being unveiled, the mural was covered up in fake dollar bill bank notes, with passers-by encouraged to rip them off to reveal the art beneath it – in the outbreak of the game, the virus is initially spread through the exchange of bank notes during the Black Friday sales.
The Division is out now on Xbox One, PS4 and PC
