The suspense has been excruciating, I know. But I can now – finally – reveal the winners of our Final Fantasy XIII giveaway. Let’s take a look.
But first, a quick recap, since it’s been so long.
Thanks to Ubisoft we had three Final Fantasy XIII prize packs up for grabs. There was one major prize, containing:
* The Final Fantasy XIII Special Edition (on Xbox 360 or PS3)
* The Official Final Fantasy XIII Strategy Guide (thanks to Bluemouth Interactive)
* A limited edition Final Fantasy XIII poster
* A limited edition Final Fantasy XIII art card set
Plus, two runners-up prizes, containing:
* A standard edition Final Fantasy XIII (on Xbox 360 or PS3)
* A limited edition Final Fantasy XIII poster
* A limited edition Final Fantasy XIII art card set
To win, we asked you to send us a postcard from Cocoon.
Before we announce the winner though, I’d like to thank Ubisoft again for donating an extra THREE runners-up prizes. They were so impressed with the quality of entries that they just had to reward three more of you with some Final Fantasy goodies. Thanks, Ubisoft!
So, here are the FIVE runners-up:
And here is the major prize winner. Congratulations to Josh V!
Well done everyone who entered, and congrats again to the six winners. I’ll be in touch shortly to arrange delivery of your prizes. Also, look out for some more of your postcards tomorrow…
EXC355UM
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 4:05 PMNice, some really good entries.
Congrats Josh! =]
Michael
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 4:05 PMBugger, I didn’t win :(
Congrats to all those that did win though, some good entries there.
Chuloopa
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 4:11 PMa couple things i love about kotaku competitions..
The uneasy wait.. knowing a winner will come sooner rather than later and hoping that it’ll be me
The anticipation.. the way my heart creeps up to my throat when i see “and the winners are” posts
and lastly either the exhilerating win, or the dissapointing loss. The best thing is though, that even when you don’t win, the other entries still put a smile on your face and think “well yeh, those ARE pretty damn good”
Every competition i enter arouses the same feeling.
i may not have won this one, and i was definately bested by these entires, but i’ll get the next one guys :P haha
Fantastic work and a VERY much deserved winner. That was pure genious.
On a side note, Goose, in the original post you said if i killed a real Cactaur i’d win – what gives? hahaha
… besides the fact it was a guy dressed as a cactaur that i’ve never met in my life…
Joel
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 4:44 PMWell said.
Theres just one thing I’ll like to add to the list of “things we love about Kotaku comps”
…they’re actually WINNABLE!
Flame
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 4:48 PMI don’t enter many of the comps but that’s just how I felt about this one! haha
Ryan Stalgis
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 4:41 PMOh wow, thanks! I am so glad I held off buying it now! Congrats to the other runner-ups too, and especially to the winner Josh, well deserved, it made me LOL :D
Flame
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 4:47 PMThanks a lot! Mine is the Cocoon Circus one :D Pretty cool that Ubisoft were willing to throw in some more prizes too.
Ryan
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 4:51 PMwell s***! I didn’t win.
Here was mine, I really hope David received it before the end date.
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd264/S4NCH3Z8U/FinalProductRyanCrumplin.jpg
David, can you confirm if you got mine or not? Would appreciate it.
Congrats to the winners.
David Wildgoose
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 5:02 PMI sure did. Yours was on the shortlist of about 15. Unfortunately I then had to cut nine.
Ryan
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 5:16 PMThanks for confirming.
Michael
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 6:43 PMI’ll just try to take solace in the fact that, at least in my own little world, I can think that I at least made the shortlist :P
I thought I had a really good idea too, but I noticed someone else thought of something quite similar, which probably hurt both our chances.
Josh V
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 5:56 PMWow, that was unexpected. I don’t think I’ve ever won anything in my life, let alone a major prize. Cheers to Kotaku and Ubisoft!
And thanks everyone!
chuloopa
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 6:45 PMawesome job josh – very well won!
Matthew Buckner
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 6:31 PMWell done Josh, great postcard, made me lol :)
Andy Te
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 7:25 PMI agree, that was one awesome post card Josh! Though it might be true, that chocobo might be pulling the strings behind the scene :P
warcroft
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 8:19 PMAWESOME!
Thanks Kotaku!
Mines the ‘Cancoon Mexico Schoolies Week’.
I even went to the trouble of creating a font with my own hand writing. That took a while.
Did anyone pick up on the ‘Mr 33cm’ reference?
tallkid123
Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 12:08 PMYour postcard was absolutely brilliant. Loved the girls gone wild reference.
andrew
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 10:05 PMhell cut i made a life size cactuar and killed it and didn’t win =[
Anthony Zonaga
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 10:13 PMDarn, quite disappointed that I didn’t win, but oh well. Can anyone explain to me the postcard which won? It feels like I’m missing the joke.
Anthony Zonaga
Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 6:57 AMWoop, sorry, I got it. Clever!