When Friday the 13th The Game was first announced, developer Gun Media promised Kickstarter backers a wealth of crowdfunding incentives and rewards. Some were as simple as a boxed copy of the game while others actually turned a select few backers into camp counselors. But one of the rewards that most Friday the 13th fans had their eyes on was the Savini Skin Jason.
As an exclusive to Kickstarter backers, the Savini Skin for Jason became a hot commodity the second that Friday the 13th eventually launched. Reimagining Jason as a type of flaming specter, the skin not only had a cool look but it had the added boost of having been designed by Tom Savini, a makeup artist on the original Friday the 13th films.
Given that the skin was so sought after, some hoped that Gun Media might eventually sell the Savini Skin but it never happened. There was a moment when the Xbox store accidentally put it out for free, but that was by mistake. Now, the only way to get the skin is by purchasing a code on an aftermarket like eBay.
And yes, there are still skins for sale on eBay but there is a surprising amount. So many are on sale, in fact, that Gun Media did some investigating and actually found out that someone had stolen codes from a Kickstarter partner.
Originally, Gun thought that the codes were being sold by a backer that decided not to redeem their Jason Savini Skin codes. But further digging revealed that this person must have created additional codes for the purpose of selling them. Considering Friday the 13th has been out since May, it’s safe to say that the perpetrator got away with it for quite a while, and likely made a lot of money in the process.
At this point, it’s unlikely that Gun Media will be able to do anything to stop the sale of the codes since any who buy one will want them to be valid. The publisher could also continue to track the culprit, but that might not deliver any meaningful results. As always, the focus should be on Friday the 13th, which just received a content bump in the form of a new Jason skin.
Friday the 13th The Game is available now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
Source: IGN
