Capcom include IGN watermark on Okami cover

Author: Joe Martin
Published: 21st April 2008
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Capcom include IGN watermark on Okami cover

It is tough to spot, but the IGN logo is visible in the bottom right.

Computer games can take an awful lot of time and effort to create - years of work for hundreds of people, so can we really begrudge someone cutting a few corners?

In the case of Capcom's Wii version of Okami, we most certainly can - surely there has to be one person as every game developer and publisher who has the job of checking for errors on the packaging and in the manual? Apparently not.

The much-anticipated Wii port of Capcom's Okami has been, like most ports, the subject of much scrutiny from Capcom fans who wanted to see the game faithfully re-created on the Wii - but what nobody noticed until yesterday though was that the cover art for the game came with a IGN watermark still included!

The logo has apparently made it all the way through the games development, only being spotted after release by NEOgaf members.

Granted, the logo is a little hard to spot as it is a case of a white logo on a white background, but it is there and was apparently nabbed from IGN's Okami page.

That or the wolf in question has developed a taste for games reviewer - tell us what you think while we retreat to a safer location.
Quote TommyVD 21st April 2008, 11:09
FAIL....
Quote DXR_13KE 21st April 2008, 11:41
its a little difficult to spot.....
Quote Tomm 21st April 2008, 12:12
Wow, that's brilliantly stupid.
Quote sotu1 21st April 2008, 12:15
hehehe...impressive! someone gonna get their butt kicked for that!
Quote FooSai 21st April 2008, 12:15
Even when I know where it was and what I am looking for I can still only just make it out. I would never have noticed it had it not been pointed out.

But seriously, you'd think they would have their own images of their game?!?
Quote ElZog 21st April 2008, 13:08
It's obviously a subliminal IGN advert.
Quote docodine 21st April 2008, 13:29
Quote:
Originally Posted by sotu1
hehehe...impressive! someone gonna get their butt kicked for that!

Yeah, exactly. :P
Quote sunny_man 21st April 2008, 13:36
Why would they do that when they own the rights to that artwork!
Quote quack 21st April 2008, 13:53
Oops.
Quote glaeken 21st April 2008, 15:43
I'd say that's pretty hard to see. You'd have to be seriously going over that photo to see that.
Quote electroboy 21st April 2008, 17:01
I remember some DS game had a iStock watermark across one of their cover pictures.
Quote completemadness 21st April 2008, 19:33
i can see why someone wouldn't spot it, i mean i was told where it was and still had a job seeing it

But what i (and lots of other people it seems) don't understand is, why on earth are they even using an image from IGN in the first place
Quote genesisofthesith 21st April 2008, 20:14
If capcom watermarked an image to send to IGN, then inadvertently used that image rather than the 'clean' original version it makes more sense. Perhaps someone saved the watermarked version, rather than saving as a new file name, overwriting the original.
Quote DriftCarl 21st April 2008, 21:44
i cant see it :( do i have to put the page close to my eyes and move out slowly or something :p i have never been good at those.

maybe because i dont know what the IGN logo looks like anyway.
Quote completemadness 21st April 2008, 22:04
Quote:
Originally Posted by DriftCarl
i cant see it :( do i have to put the page close to my eyes and move out slowly or something :p i have never been good at those.

maybe because i dont know what the IGN logo looks like anyway.
you need a large picture to see it, it is quite hard to notice, but definetly there
Quote Anakha 21st April 2008, 23:57
As always, the power of Photoshop makes things clear(er)

http://www.siriusaspects.ca/images/ignlogooops.jpg

The top image is the very same one Bit-Tech used in their news story (With the levels played with a touch), and underneath is a cropped screenshot (of "Grid" on the XBox 360) showing their Watermark on a much darker background.
Quote Flyingsheep 22nd April 2008, 04:30
Seriously why didn't they edit that out very well? It's really easy to do. I can even do it.
Quote metarinka 22nd April 2008, 06:55
yah I'm just curious on why they would use a compressed image from IGN when they probably have the hi res lossless originals. what probably happened is the image got tossed in with a large pack of images that went down to NEOgaf and the artist just grabbed which ever one caught the eye and used it as the cover. I doubt foul play is at work here.

Still makes me wonder why they are using a screen grab from a internet site
Quote 3rr0r 23rd April 2008, 01:07
I pre-ordered the game and am about to go pick it up, it'll be a real laugh if this is really on my copy.
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