Monkey Assist

To celebrate the release of TimeSplitters 2 in October 2002, Eidos launched a service called Monkey Assist 'The Furred Emergency Service' dedicated to responding to people's requests.

"Monkey Assist does not offer assists to all requests; only those deemed by an independent judge to be the most imaginative and original will be rewarded and given assistance."

The requests could be sent by text or phone and by e-mail. The phone calls were actually recorded and made available to listen on the Monkey Assist website, which also proposed a downloadable desktop monkey and e-cards. The website was closed shortly after the closing date for receipt of requests, which was the 31st October 2002.

Monkey Assist also visited a few cities to help people on the spot, including London, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Edinburgh, Southampton, Birmingham, Brighton, Newcastle and Glasgow.

The 7th October, the Monkey Assist team attended the Tory party conference in Bournemouth (see the photos below).