Link: SEGA fires up AC Ravens

February 17, 2007, 04:24 PM

by ollie, via SEGA -
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Following on from a news post I did over a week ago, SEGA have created a new community site for Armored Core in the US. Called AC Ravens it's got a semi-interesting currency system going on. Much like in Armored Core missions, where you complete the objectives to earn cash, this community offers AC$ to those that complete certain tasks on the site. You can also use these AC$ to buy real world goods, such as games and toys in the Gear section (though bear in mind that you start with 100 clams and most items require about 30,000 or more).

Slightly disheartening news on the cover art however; the original Japanese box art is being dropped in favour of "Revenge of Roboman", which is a nasty composite of desktop publishing mediocrity. Apparently, the Roboman cover is "locked down" and "can't be changed". This despite protests from the people, who are now used to shiny From Software artwork since Nexus. Honestly though, why ship a game with a crap cover when a far better one already exists?