Piccadilly Circus
is really Piccadilly Circus, London, Greater London
Real place, still recognisable
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
How close does the game get to the real place?
In the game
The famous junction of Regent Street and Shaftesbury Avenue, with its giant curved screens showing the game's own ads and news. A ctOS terminal on the rooftop lets you take down Albion's propaganda.
The real place
Piccadilly Circus was laid out in 1819 to connect Regent Street with Piccadilly. Illuminated advertising first appeared on its buildings in 1908, and the winged statue on the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain, popularly called Eros, has stood here since 1893.
Visiting
Come after dark when the screens are brightest. The steps of the Eros fountain are the classic meeting point, and Leicester Square and Chinatown are a few minutes' walk east.
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