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RePLAY: Final Fantasy XIII-2
characters get classy with Prada, notch’s latest game takes place in 281,474,976,712,644
AD and Electronic Arts wins the “Worst Company in America” award.
Final Fantasy XIII-2 has to be the strangest platform for cross-promotions.
We had everything from Noel dressed as Ezio Auditore from Assassin’s Creed to N7 armor from Mass Effect 3. Now, Square-Enix is taking the idea one step further
by dressing Final Fantasy XIII-2
characters from the latest Prada 2012 Spring/Summer collection.
“Our Spring issue
focuses on a world of direction and escapism, and having a visually stunning
videogame franchise such as FINAL FANTASY
work alongside us and a leading fashion brand like Prada to create
something so unique and incredible,” Max Pearmain, Arena Homme+’s editor.
“I’ve always been
interested by the power of videogames and their place in society, and the amount
of work that’s gone into this project blows my mind. We’re incredibly pleased
with the result.”
Even Yoshinori Kitase,
Final Fantasy XIII-2’s producer
chimed in: “The Final Fantasy series is known for its creativity and innovation; so
working with Prada, a renowned fashion house with such beautiful clothing, was
a very exciting opportunity. The images we have been able to create together
are vibrant and unique.”
*Source: Square-Enix Members
In the year
281,474,976,712,644 AD, people lost in space due to a computer bug is waking up
to a universe on the brink of extinction—the setting of a new game by the
creator of Minecraft. It’s called: 0x10c.
The game is still in
the early stages of development, but notch hopes to implement the following
features:
- Hard science fiction.
- Lots of engineering.
- Fully working computer system.
- Space battles against the AI or other players.
- Abandoned ships full of loot.
- Duct tape!
- Seamlessly landing on planets.
- Advanced economy system.
- Random encounters.
- Mining, trading, and looting.
- Single and multiplayer connected via the multiverse.
Beyond its background,
setting and a laundry list of hopeful features, the website describes how players will manage a ship generator and 16-bit CPU.
At first glance, it’s
almost like a MMORPG in… well, space.
*Source: 0x10c
In a reader-voted
contest by The Consumerist, Electronic Arts won the dubious honor of the “Worst
Company in America” award. After more than 250,000 votes, readers decided that EA
was worse than Bank of America.
The Consumerist pre-emptively
argues to critics who “might sneer at something as “non-essential” as a video
game company winning the Worst Company in America vote” is missing the point: “It’s
that exact kind of attitude that allows people to ignore the complains as companies
like EA to nickel and dime consumers to death.”
For its part, EA has
its own ideas on which companies should’ve received the debatable award.
“We’re sure that
British Petroleum, AIG, Philip Morris, and Halliburton are all relieved they
weren’t nominated this year,” EA Senior Director of Corporate Communications
John Reseburg told Kotaku. “We’re going
to continue making award-winning games and services played by more than 300
million people worldwide.”
*Source: The Consumerist, Kotaku
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