Artist and fashion icon Pharrell Williams recently unveiled the 'Battle for Big Blue,' which is an ocean pollution awareness video game. The game aims to raise awareness of pollution, and specifically focuses on the oceans and waterways.
The playful game is about the journey an octopus named Otto. The objective of the game is to help Otto navigate through various oceanic levels, while collection discarded plastic waste. The game's underlying tones of pollution awareness are strong, and Pharrell says that "you don't play the game and ever throw a bottle in the ocean ever again."
The Battle for Big Blue is Pharrell's first video game, which appropriately features a soundtrack created by the artist himself. The free game will soon be available in both the Apple iTunes store and in the Google Play store.
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