SVC Characters Engraved In A Mountain, Now Officially Timeless
By Ben Dutka; PSX Extreme; February 2 2012
One part of you goes, "oh, come on." The other part goes, "...okay, this is sweet."
For the first time in a long time, the subject line of a press release made me do a double-take. "World's hardest videogame characters permanently engraved on a mountain." Crazy, right?
To celebrate the launch of Soul Calibur V, both Mitsurugi and Pyrrha have been engraved in granite on a mountain in Tanum, Sweden. As the release said, they'll be there "until the end of time." As for the "hardest videogame characters" part, the developers say this new installment is much more difficult than any previous entry...so they wanted a couple characters etched in stone to prove its toughness. Guess it'll be hard to beat Mitsurugi and Pyrrha.
Soul Calibur V Permanently Engraved Into Mountain
By ManPac; Electronic Theatre; February 1 2012
Following the graffiti emblazoned across a wall in London, Namco Bandai Games has continued the push for Soul Calibur V by permanently carving two of its characters 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 Soul Calibur V as tougher than anything that has gone before it – and have cut the two characters into the Earth to prove it. 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.
“Everyone knows the Soul Calibur 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.”