How to you prove your fighters are the hardest in the world? You get them engraved in stone that’s what and Namco Bandai has done just that for the launch of it’s latest fighting game Soul Calibur V. This isn’t just some marketing stunt either they assure us they will remain there “until the end of time”, ballsy Namco. Namco went out and even found the last stone engraver on the Swedish west coast, Göran Andersson, to complete the feat that was his most detailed work yet. Check out the press release and view the gallery below for the wonderful pics.
Source Link: Soul Calibur Website
World’s hardest videogame characters permanently engraved on a mountain
Soulcalibur V fighters carved into granite to celebrate rock-hard release
Thursday, February 2nd 2012: Fighters from Soulcalibur™ V have been permanently carved into a mountain.
To celebrate the release of the game for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, Katana-wielding Mitsurugi and sword-fighting Pyrrha have been engraved in granite on a mountain in Tanum, Sweden, where they will remain until the end of time.
The game makers describe Soulcalibur V as tougher than anything that has gone before it – and have cut the two characters into the Earth to prove it.
“Everyone knows the Soulcalibur characters are among the hardest fighters in gaming – so we’ve decided to immortalise them in granite for thousands of years” says Lee Kirton, marketing director, Namco Bandai.
“These characters have only ever existed digitally, so it’s brilliant to record them permanently in a format which remain visible until the end of time.”
Master Stone Engraver Göran Andersson from nearby Hunnebostrand performed the engraving. He is the last remaining stone engraver on the Swedish west coast who performs engravings out in nature and has done engravings for notabilities such as movie star Ingrid Berman and the kings of Norway and Sweden.
“This is the by far most complex and detailed engraving I have ever performed”, Göran Andersson. “But it was very fun to do.”
Namco Bandai enlisted the help of SavedInStone, who have engraved the characters on their mountain close to a UNESCO World Heritage Site filled with Bronze Age stone carvings.
Soulcalibur V is available for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 from tomorrow.
