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Far Cry 2 Collectors Edition Gives Us Wood

Mike Fahey — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:00:03 MDT

Along with an official press release confirming the game's October 24th release in Europe, Ubisoft has announced the contents of the Far Cry 2 Collectors Edition, which takes the whole special CE box thing in a completely different direction. Rather than package it in a metal tin, as is all the rage these days, Ubi is shipping their Collectors Edition in a wooden box, perhaps so you can set it on fire and compare real life wood burning to the muchly-hyped in-game wood burning.

Along with the box you'll receive the game itself (thank goodness), a limited edition t-shirt in a size too small for me, an Art of Far Cry 2 book, a map, and the requisite making-of DVD. Note that nothing concrete has been announced for North America yet, but seeing as concrete would be far too heavy they'll probably go for wood here as well.

Ubisoft Confirms October 24th Release Date for Far Cry® 2 and Announces Collectors Editions Content

London, UK – September 05, 2008 – Today, Ubisoft announced that Far Cry® 2 will be released on October 24th throughout all EMEA territories on the 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Windows® PC.

“Far Cry® 2 is an amazing journey that will take you to the darkest places of Africa where each player will choose how they play. This will provide gamers with an unprecedented experience in the FPS genre”. John Parkes, EMEA Marketing Director.

To celebrate the release of Far Cry® 2, Ubisoft is happy to unveil the Far Cry® 2 Collectors’ Edition that will include:
- Exclusive wooden box
- Original Far Cry® 2 Game
- Limited edition Far Cry® 2 t-shirt
- “The Art of Far Cry® 2” Art book
- Collector 50km² map
- Making-of DVD

Far Cry 2 Collectors’ Edition is now available for pre-order at Game and www.game.co.uk

For more information, visit www.farcry2.com.

Even In Wood, Gundam is Expensive

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:00:46 MDT

Platinum or hoss-sized, Gundam is not cheap. Take the figurine above. It's made from wood. WOOD. Still, like we said, not cheap! This July, a design firm within the Bandai Namco group is churning out limited edition, hand carved from high-grade fir 1/60 Gundams at ¥50,400 (US $420) a pop. Gundam, AKA rich otaku heroin. Brian Ashcraft

Wood Gundam [Ami Ami via Anime News Network]

And the Winners Are...

Brian Crecente — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:00:05 MDT

I don't know what your thoughts are, but I think this has been the best contest to date. Not only were some of the entries worthy of blogging about, but the voting process was a ton of fun to watch.

Let me know what you think about the contest. Now without further ado, the winners:

With 24.7 percent of the vote 8-Bit Picasso Enters Blue Period, Cites "Need For Change" took first place with about a 75 vote lead.

I Am Blue took second place with 495 votes, or 21.5 percent of the total.

And with just 13 votes less and 20.9 percent of the vote, DS Cake took third.

I know I was going only giving prizes to the top three winners, but I decided to grab something out of my collection of swag to give to fourth place entry Katamari Damacy. I'll be sending him a Fire Emblem T-Shirt and Donkey Kong Country 2 long sleeve shirt. I know it's no DS, but it's better than nothing.

Thanks again to all of the entries and those that made the final cut, you guys all rock.

I'll be sending requests for mailing addresses out to the winners in a bit and then forwarding that info to Nintendo for them to ship the prizes.

Exercise Your Kotaku-Given Right

smizek2 — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:00:00 MDT

You there! Yeah you, with the cookies crumbs stuck in your huge beard! Just a friendly reminder that your chance to vote for your favorite blue finalist ends tomorrow. The winners will be announced shortly after. If you've yet to vote, click on the link below and make your mark on gaming history.

And the Finalists Are... [Kotaku - Vote here!]

Pick a Winner

Brian Crecente — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:30:45 MDT

Don't forget to cast your vote for the winners of the Nintendo DS contest give-away. Even if you don't care who wins you should check out the entries, they are absolutely amazing.

Voting ends Thursday. I'll announce the winners Friday and send the information to Nintendo for them to ship out the prizes.

Click on the link to vote, or check out the poll if you already have voted.

And the Finalists Are [Kotaku]

And the Finalists Are:

Brian Crecente — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 01:55:55 MDT

OK, so I had close to 300 entries and managed to cut that down to a mere eight. Problem is, I only have prizes for the top three places. So here's the deal. I've decided to let the readers decide who should get first, second and third place. I realize that there is the potential for spam voting and the like, but I'll be keeping an eye on things through the poll tracker and any sign of cheatyness could lead to immediate disqualification for an entry.

The voting ends Thursday. I'll announce the winners Friday and send the information to Nintendo for them to ship out the prizes.

Congratulations to the finalists and thanks to everyone who entered, these were really hard to pick through. There were plenty that I loved that just couldn't make the final cut. (I actually first narrowed it down to 30 or so entries.)

Click on the link to vote, or check out the poll if you already have voted:

(Scroll to the bottom for larger pics of the entries.)