Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Pre-order 'Mass: We Pray' for free Dante's Inferno trailer]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/20/pre-order-mass-we-pray-for-free-dantes-inferno-trailer/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/20/pre-order-mass-we-pray-for-free-dantes-inferno-trailer/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/20/pre-order-mass-we-pray-for-free-dantes-inferno-trailer/#commentsWe had an icky feeling when we first watched the Mass: We Pray teaser. Not because of the toll excessive devotional gameplay might take on our souls, but because we were pretty sure we were being virally marketed to in some way or another. It turns out, our unease (also felt by a few others, including The Escapist) was spot on, as We Pray has been revealed as the latest move in the Dante's Inferno marketing campaign's fight against good taste.

Clicking to pre-order the game on the website or to get a better look at the controllers, now triggers a message about heresy, along with a trailer for Dante's Inferno and a link to the Facebook app, "Go to Hell." Sorry if you were looking forward to We Pray!

[Thanks, Thomas]

JoystiqPre-order 'Mass: We Pray' for free Dante's Inferno trailer originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>dantes-infernoeaElectronic-Artsmass-we-prayMicrosoftpray-works-interactiveviral-marketingvisceral-gamesXbox-360Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:40:00 EST<![CDATA[Mass: We Pray is almost certainly a hoax]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/18/mass-we-pray-is-almost-certainly-a-hoax/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/18/mass-we-pray-is-almost-certainly-a-hoax/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/18/mass-we-pray-is-almost-certainly-a-hoax/#comments In a world where things like extreme Bible-reading apps exist, it was hard for us at first to accept that Mass: We Pray could be anything other than legit. After watching the alleged (read: probably fake) developer Prayer Works Interactive's over the top trailer for the game, though, we were fairly confident in casting doubt on the game's veracity. A quick WHOIS of the game's official homepage revealed nothing, and our email to the company was met with a boilerplate auto-response denying our request for more information.

Add to that the complete lack of any business records with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's office (the company's alleged home state) nor in business-friendly Delaware, and the possibly offensive included accessories, and we've got a maybe viral ad/maybe hoax on our hands. If we were the speculating types, we might posit that this has something to do with Dante's Inferno and a tie-in to a particular ring of Hell - Heresy or Fraud, perhaps? Either way, give the aforementioned trailer a gander after the break and see for yourself exactly why we're so skeptical.

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JoystiqMass: We Pray is almost certainly a hoax originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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