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Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Halo 3 contests

There are three rounds of contests giving you chances to earn cool Halo 3 swag.

The best is the third contest, but if you wait until then, you miss out on two prior contests (and other still-cool stuff).

Contest entry dates:

Sweepstakes Round 1 (Jul 26-Aug 28)
Sweepstakes Round 2 (Aug 30-Sep 25)
Sweepstakes Round 3 (Sep 27-Oct 25)

Check out the Website for all three contests, prizes, and rules, but here's what you'd get from the one granddaddy grand prize in "Sweepstakes Round 3":

Halo 3 Legendary Edition game
Halo 3 Special Edition Xbox 360 console
Halo 3 Limited Edition Wireless Controller (Spartan)
Halo 3 Limited Edition Wireless Headset
Halo 3 Wireless Headset
Zune™ – Halo 3 Edition
Xbox 360 Halo 3 X-shaped Ibanez Xiphos Guitar with Case
Xbox LIVE 12-Month Gold Subscription
1600 Microsoft Points
Halo 3 Messenger Bag
Halo Graphic Novel Autographed by Bungie

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Wednesday, June 27, 2007

"Assassin's Creed" film contest ...

Following the lead of Midway's "Stranglehold: True to John Woo" film context, Ubisoft is holding a film contest for its upcoming Assassin's Creed game, in partnership with the Independent Film Channel.

The Ubisoft press release has lots of goodies. Like the prizes:

'The grand prize winner will receive $10,000, an Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, an Xbox 360 version of Assassin's Creed and inclusion of their short film inside the Limited Edition version of the game. The winning film will also be aired on the IFC television network in November to coincide with the launch of the game.'

and
'Two "runner-up" prizes include $2,500 cash, an Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, an Xbox 360 version of Assassin’s Creed and inclusion of their short film inside the Limited Edition version of the game. Their short film will be aired on the IFC television network.'
What the press release doesn't have is the submission deadline.

Fortunately, the IFC Media Lab has more useful details -- "Submissions will be accepted on Media Lab from June 25th to August 20th."

Also, the entires should incorporate "one or more of the following":

Planning, assassination, escape
Social stealth - using crowd as a means of disguise or escape
Assassination in public and in close proximity to the victim
Assassination of historical figures
Conspiracy surrounding historical assassination

Labels: contests, Xbox 360

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Wednesday, May 02, 2007

"Stranglehold" related news ...

If, like me, you're looking forward to Stranglehold, the John Woo video game sequel to the Hard-Boiled movie, you may want to check out my other blog for news of the Stranglehold "True to John Woo Short Film Contest".

Labels: contests, shooters, Unreal Engine 3

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