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Swag Saturday: Soul Calibur / Kingdom Hearts travel pack (DS/PSP)
[Image credit: mrlerone] Update: The comments have closed and the winner will be contacted shortly. Thanks to everyone for participating! If you're anything like us, you'll be spending a decent part of your holiday stuck in the seat of a train, bus, automobile, or aeroplane, heading towards wherever "home" is for the upcoming holidays. We know how nice it can be to pick up a new game or two for the travels ahead, and in the spirit of that we're giving out a DS/PSP travel pack for this week's Swag Saturday including both Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny and Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. Tell us your best (gaming or non-gaming) holiday travel story (keep it clean, folks! -- no "mile high club" stories!) and we'll pick one winner at random to receive the travel pack early this week. As always, keep an eye on the email address tied to your commenting name to find out if you've won! Leave a comment telling us your best (gaming or non-gaming) holiday travel story. You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec -- which may have to do with the Ubisoft Petz franchise) Limit 1 entry per person per day This entry period ends at 9:31PM ET on Sunday, December 6 At that time, we'll randomly select one winner to receive one copy of Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days for Nintendo DS ($35 ARV) and one copy of Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny for Sony PSP ($40 ARV). For a list of complete rules, click here
Swag Sunday: Game show giveaway extravaganza! (Wii)
Update: Comments have been closed and winners will be contacted shortly. If you're not checking those inboxes yet, now would be a good time to start doing so! We know we've been pushing nothing but family entertainment on you with our Swag Saturday posts for a few weeks now, and, well, this week isn't much different. We've got a prize pack full of two "2010 Edition" Nintendo Wii games that are sure to get the family together and, quite possibly, at each others throats (in a wholesome kinda way): Family Feud and The Price is Right! Hey, one of those even has the word "family" in the title! To get your hands on the prize pack, all you have to do is leave a comment telling us what your favorite game show of all time is. We'll pick a winner at random from the entries sometime this week, so be sure to check those inboxes! Leave a comment telling us what your favorite game show of all time is. You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec -- partially because of Céline Dion, mostly because of Alanis Morissette) Limit 1 entry per person per day This entry period ends at 10:31PM ET on Monday, November 30 At that time, we'll randomly select one winner to receive one copy of The Price is Right for Nintendo Wii ($40 ARV) and one copy of Family Feud for Nintendo Wii ($40 ARV). For a list of complete rules, click here
Swag Saturday: Tekken 6 (360)
Here it is, folks: your chance to beat up relatives all throughout the holiday season, albeit from the relative safeness of Tekken 6's confines! For this week's Swag Saturday, we're giving out a copy of Tekken 6 for the Xbox 360 to one lucky commenter who tells us which fictitious holiday character (think: Santa, the Easter Bunny) they'd like to beat up the most, and with which Tekken 6 character they'd like to do so with. Fancy a battle of Kuma vs The Tooth Fairy? Perhaps Jack-6 vs George Washington (wait, he was real?!)? We want to hear about it! Leave a comment telling us which fictitious holiday character (Santa, the Easter Bunny, etc.) you'd like to beat up most, and with which Tekken 6 character they'd like to do so with. You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec, mostly due to the gravitational quotient of poutine) Limit 1 entry per person per day This entry period ends at 6:01PM ET on Sunday, November 22 At that time, we'll randomly select one winner to receive one copy of Tekken 6 for Xbox 360 ($60 ARV). For a list of complete rules, click here What is Joyswag? Since we don't keep the games and merchandise we receive for review or promotional purposes, it becomes "Joyswag," which is passed along to our readers. For more info on our policy, click here.
Swag Saturday: Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 controllers for all those holiday games
Update: This contest is officially closed and the winners will be notified shortly. Please check your email inboxes, folks! With the holiday game release season officially upon us, it's quite possible that you'll find yourself (like us) jammed on a couch next to relatives who – at least passingly – show interest in the video games we know and love. Sometimes, these folks even ask to play alongside us, eschewing their morals for entertainment (for shame!). It's during these times that we reach for our second or third controller. But what if you only have one controller for your PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360? WHAT THEN?! Then you can turn to Swag Saturday for the possibility of winning one! We've got one silver PS3 DualShock 3 and two Halo 3: ODST limited edition controllers to give away to three lucky readers. All you have to do is tell us a story about gaming with family during past holidays in the comments below. We get your crazy stories, you get our fancy controllers – talk about a win-win! Prize winners will be alerted by email early this week, so keep your ear to the internet, folks. Leave a comment telling us a story about gaming with family during past holidays. You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec, based on the outcome of the War of 1812) Limit 1 entry per person per day This entry period ends at 6:31PM ET on Sunday, November 15 At that time, we'll randomly select three winners to receive one PS3 DualShock 3 (estimated $55 ARV) or one of two Halo 3: ODST limited edition Xbox 360 controllers (estimated $50 ARV each). For a list of complete rules, click here [Image credit: Ewen and Donabel]
Swag Saturday: Spoils from Capcom's Fight Club
After getting beaten handily by the folks attending Capcom's NYC Fight Club this week, we were given the tagged black bag you see above, full of consolation prizes (for our bruised egos). Being the good sports we are though, we're giving away everything we got directly to you for this week's Swag Saturday prize. From the fancy event art to the always important Tatsunoko vs. Capcom towel, this goodie bag comes packed full of semi-exclusive swag. To get your hands on it, all you have to do is leave a comment below telling us who your favorite Street Fighter character of all time is. We'll pick one of you at random next week to receive the goods. In the meantime, we'll be over here, putting that bruised ego on ice. Leave a comment telling us who your favorite Street Fighter character of all time is. You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec, mostly because of the Moon's position in relation to the Earth) Limit 1 entry per person per day This entry period ends at 9:01PM ET on Sunday, October 25 At that time, we'll randomly select one winner to receive a bag of Capcom Fight Club swag (estimated $30 ARV) For a list of complete rules, click here
Swag Saturday: Katamari Forever and Warhawk (PS3)
In an effort to keep lowering our continuously growing stack of Swag Saturday giveaway prizes, this week we're offering a seemingly random combination of Katamari Forever and Warhawk. Our reasoning seemed sound at the time: give the Joystiq BioMass™ something old and something new, nothing borrowed, and no one will be blue. ... Okay, so we just wanted to give away a couple of PS3 games and those were the first two that we picked up. Are you happy? Are you?! Tell us exactly how happy you are with this week's swag selection in the comments below (negativity and snark will get you nowhere!) and we'll pick one of you at random to receive both games. Leave a comment telling us exactly how happy you are with this week's swag selection. You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec, presumably due to an aberration in the Large Hadron Collider) Limit 1 entry per person per day This entry period ends at 9:01PM ET on Sunday, October 18 At that time, we'll randomly select one winner to receive Katamari Forever ($50 ARV) and Warhawk ($30 ARV) For a list of complete rules, click here %Gallery-3210% %Gallery-51402%
Swag Saturday: Final Fantasy spinoff pack (PSP)
If you're like us, you're ready for The Future of Digital Entertainment™ and want to get rid of all that silly, antiquated physical media still laying around the house. We're using some for coasters (something's gotta hold our Zima!), some for Halloween treats later this month, and some for Swag Saturday giveaways. We're hoping that you're not like us and are instead hungrily searching for your chance to win a copy of both Dissidia Final Fantasy and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (on UMD, of course). Leave a comment below letting us what you're going to do with your physical media when the future is upon us and there's no turning back. We'll choose one winner at random after the comments are closed 24 hours from now. See you in the future! Leave a comment letting us what you're going to do with your physical media when the future is upon us and there's no turning back. You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec, presumably based on the longstanding feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys) Limit 1 entry per person per day This entry period ends at 7:01PM ET on Sunday, October 11 At that time, we'll randomly select one winner to receive Dissidia Final Fantasy ($40 ARV) and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII ($20 ARV) For a list of complete rules, click here %Gallery-12134%%Gallery-18738%
Swag Saturday: Guitar Hero 5 with Logitech Wireless Drums (PS3)
Ever dreamed of owning your very own ridiculously high-priced fake drum set? No no, silly goose, not that ridiculously high-priced fake drum set! The Logitech Wireless set, of course! For Swag Saturday this week, we're giving you (and consequently ridding ourselves of) a mammoth wireless drum set care of Logitech (only for the PS3/PS2, folks!) and a complimentary copy of Guitar Hero 5. All you have to do is leave a comment below telling us how you're going to celebrate your Rocktober. When the contest runs out tomorrow, we'll pick one lucky winner to receive the whole schebang. Leave a comment telling us how you're going to celebrate your Rocktober. You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec, mostly because of the accent) Limit 1 entry per person per day This entry period ends at 8:31PM ET on Sunday, October 4 At that time, we'll randomly select one winner to receive Guitar Hero 5 ($60 ARV) and a Logitech Wireless Drum Kit ($230 ARV) For a list of complete rules, click here
Swag Saturday: Guitar Hero triple pack and bass pedal
It's time for Swag Saturday once again, and this week's prize is a doozy. Up for grabs we have not one, not two, but three Guitar Hero games. We've got Xbox 360 copies of Guitar Hero: Metallica, Guitar Hero: Smash Hits and Guitar Hero 5, all for the low, low price of nothing (and all released this year, if you can believe it). And, as if that weren't enough, we're throwing in an extra bass pedal (with splitter cable) too. For your chance to rock with the best of them, follow these simple directions: Leave a comment telling us about your favorite rock and roll moment. You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec, due to a domestic dispute) Limit 1 entry per person per day This entry period ends at 8:31PM ET on Monday, September 28 At that time, we'll randomly select one winner to receive Guitar Hero: Metallica ($60 ARV), Guitar Hero: Smash Hits ($60 ARV), Guitar Hero 5 ($60 ARV), and a bass pedal game peripheral ($35 ARV) For a list of complete rules, click here
Swag Sunday: Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) [update]
Update: The comments have been closed and the winner will be contacted shortly. Check your email, folks! And thanks to everyone for entering!How is it that every time we run a Swag Saturday/Sunday post for a Nintendo Wii game, it's something wonderful? Last time we offered you Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure, and this week we're treating one lucky winner to a copy of Metroid Prime Trilogy! To get your hands on it, leave a comment below telling us your favorite moment in the Metroid series -- yes, you can go all the way back to NES. We'll pick one answer at random tomorrow evening to receive the fancy "Collector's Edition" you see above. One stipulation: Automatic disqualification should your answer include the Zero Suit in any way. You know why, ya scoundrels! Leave a comment telling us your favorite moment in the Metroid series, excluding those that involve the Zero Suit. You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec, for obvious reasons) Limit 1 entry per person per day This entry period ends at 8:31PM ET on Monday, September 21 At that time, we'll randomly select one winner to receive Metroid Prime Trilogy on Wii ($50 ARV) For a list of complete rules, click here
Swag Saturday: Naruto Shippuden Ninja Destiny 2
Can you believe it?! We're giving away two copies of Naruto Shippuden: Ninja Destiny 2 for Nintendo DS, just in time for its release on September 15. TOMY continues the Shippuden story arc in this brand new 3D fighter. In addition to a copy of the game, winners will also get a Naruto headband, so you can totally be the coolest and totally-most-original person at an anime convention ever. We swear. Leave a comment telling us who the best character in Naruto is. Try to choose someone not featured on the box art. You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada, excluding Quebec. Limit 1 entry per person. This entry period ends at 1:31 pm ET on Monday, September 14. We'll randomly select two winners at that time to receive: one copy of Naruto Shippuden: Ninja Destiny 2 and one Naruto headband (ARV $45). For a list of complete rules, click here
Swag Sunday: Second Skin (DVD) [update]
Update: Comments have been closed and winners will be contacted shortly! Make sure you check the inbox associated with your commenter name to find out if you won, folks! Thanks for participating!With the inundation of PAX-related news, impressions, and hands-ons this weekend, we were so flush with content yesterday that our usual Swag Saturday post fell by the wayside. To help make up for our latency, our friends at Liberation Entertainment have sent over a massive package full of Second Skin DVDs and tarps shirts for us to give away! Does that make up for missing yesterday? We're not sure, but we throw ourselves at your mercy, friends. Let us know in the comments below how we can make it up to you for missing our usual Swag Saturday (keep it clean, folks!). Three lucky winners will receive a copy of Second Skin on DVD and one of the largest shirts you've ever seen. Twenty four hours starts ... now! Leave a comment telling us how we can make it up to you for missing yesterday's Swag Saturday (keep it clean, please!) You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada, excluding Quebec.(Nous sommes désolés, Québecois!) Limit 1 entry per person. This entry period ends at 1:31 pm ET on Monday, September 7. We'll randomly select three winners at that time to receive: one copy of Second Skin and one Second Skin long sleeve shirt (ARV $15). For a list of complete rules, click here
Swag Saturday: SingStar Spectacular (PS3) [update]
Update: The comments have been closed and the winners will be chosen in the next 48 hours. Check those inboxes!Do you know how much we love you, dearest readers? So much so, that while we're giving away a sore throat-inducing pack of SingStar and SingStar Queen this week to one lucky reader, we're not giving you any of those nasty plastic peripherals that we know you hate so much. That's right -- two singing games, none of those ridiculous microphones!Lunacy you say? How about this? We'll throw in a complimentary Joystiq sticker along with the fantastic SingStar Swag Saturday Spectacular! All you have to do is leave a comment below telling us how many plastic peripherals you already own. A winner will be chosen at random after the contest ends tomorrow evening and emailed shortly thereafter. You can thank us later, don't worry about it. Leave a comment telling us how many plastic peripherals you already own (for any console). You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada, excluding Quebec.(Nous sommes désolés, Québecois!) Limit 1 entry per person. This entry period ends at 7:01 pm ET on Sunday, August 30. We'll randomly select one at that time to receive: one copy of SingStar and SingStar Queen (ARV $30 and $37, respectively). For a list of complete rules, click here %Gallery-1946%%Gallery-64920%
Swag Saturday: Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure (Wii) [update]
Update: This contest is now closed, dearest readers. Winners will be contact via email within the next 48 hours (or thereabouts), so check those inboxes. We'll see you again next week! With BlizzCon wrapping up today as well as GamesCom, it's a heavy news weekend here on the Stiq. Thusly, we're bringing you this week's Swag Saturday a bit late in the day, but we're throwing in a real gem to make up for it. We have one copy of Capcom's critically acclaimed Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure for the Nintendo Wii. In honor of Blizzard's annual soiree, we want your best ideas for a new MMO for the WoW developer to create. There is but one stipulation: the game must be made for the Nintendo Wii. Putting aside Wii's online concerns and the relative inability to communicate, how does the game work with the console? How does Blizzard make its next MMO for the Nintendo Wii? Good luck! Leave a comment telling us your best ideas for a new MMO made by Blizzard for the Nintendo Wii. You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada, excluding Quebec.(Nous sommes désolés, Québecois!) Limit 1 entry per person. This entry period ends at 3:31 pm ET on Sunday, August 23. We'll randomly select one at that time to receive: one copy of Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure (ARV $70). For a list of complete rules, click here %Gallery-2568%
Swag Saturday: Gears of War Jacinto's Remnant [update]
Update: Entry into this giveaway is now closed. Winners are being notified via email, so be sure to check your inbox and your junk mail.Today is the day that comes after Friday, which means one thing here at Joystiq: another fun filled (and librarian approved) Swag Saturday!This week, we're giving away ten copies of the recently released Gears of War Jacinto's Remnant novel. While we can't be sure how entertaining the copy reads, we are certain that the novel's Marcus Fenix artwork oozes badass. He has an intimidating glare that can both kill his enemies and make women weak in their tree limb-sized knees. (Get a room, you two! -Ed.) Leave a comment telling us who your favorite character is within' the Gears of War universe. You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada, excluding Quebec.(Nous sommes désolés, Québecois!) Limit 1 entry per person. This entry period ends at 3:31 pm ET on Sunday, August 16. We'll randomly select ten winners at that time to receive: one copy of Gears of War Jacinto's Remnant (ARV $15). For a list of complete rules, click here
Swag Saturday: Picross and CrossworDS (DS) [update]
Update: Comments have been closed and winners will be contacted tomorrow (or, ya know, pretty soon). Thanks for playing, every one! Check those inboxes and please by all means join us next week.Interested in using your Nintendo DS for a ton of puzzle solving this summer? We'll bet you are, you little puzzle solver, you! That's why we're offering up a duo of puzzle games this weekend for Swag Saturday with Picross DS and CrossworDS. We're not so much for the crossword puzzles, but we do love a good handheld puzzle game (we're looking at you, Planet Puzzle League), and so we're hoping you could suggest your favorite overlooked handheld puzzle game, dearest reader. You'll have 24 hours to tell us in the comments section after the break so get rambling, ramblers! Leave a comment with your favorite overlooked handheld puzzle game. (That means it can be on DS or GameBoy or PSP or the iPhone, etc. -- any handheld!) You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada, excluding Quebec. (Kisses, citizens of Québec!!) Limit 1 entry per person. This entry period ends at 8:01 pm ET on Sunday, August 9. We'll randomly select two winners at that time to receive: one copy of either Picross DS (ARV $11.50) or CrossworDS (ARV $19.99) (first to answer email gets to choose). For a list of complete rules, click here %Gallery-4773%%Gallery-3413%
Swag Saturday: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (360/PS3) [update]
Update: The comments have been closed and winners will be chosen this evening, emailed early tomorrow. Remember to check those inboxes, folks! And thanks to everyone for entering. We love you! Each week we have another Swag Saturday and each week you never quite know when it's going to hit. Truth be told, you have a full 24 hours to enter the contest, but we know how much you like to be on top of things like this. That's why, from now on, you can find out a full hour ahead of time by following the Joystiq Twitter account! Oh, what's that? Your head didn't explode yet? This week we're giving away two copies of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, respectively. Here's a towel. Leave a comment telling us what you would transform into if you were taking up revenge for the, uh, fallen .. or something. Best (clean!) answers get a copy of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen on either Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3. You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada, excluding Quebec. (Sorry, Québécois!) Limit 1 entry per person. This entry period ends at 4:01 pm ET on Sunday, August 2. We'll randomly select two winners at that time to receive: one copy of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen for Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 (ARV $56.99). For a list of complete rules, click here %Gallery-64284%
Swag Saturday: Smash hitting you with free stuff (360/Wii) [update]
Update: This giveaway is now closed. Winners are being selected and will be notified via email. So, check those inboxes!Another week goes by and another pile of free stuff goes to those dearest to our hearts -- that's you, wonderful readers. Activision brings you Swag Saturday this week, replete with two different versions of the latest from the Guitar Hero franchise, Guitar Hero: Smash Hits. And don't forget, game publishers of the world -- though we have a stockpile of swag to give away in the coming weeks, we're just an email away! Now, would you kindly follow the directions below for entry? Leave a comment telling us what the best song of these three track lists from Guitar Hero: Smash Hits. (Unfortunately, the whole list isn't all in one place. Sorry!) You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada, excluding Quebec. (In your face, Quebec residents! ... we're just kidding. We actually love you.) Limit 1 entry per person. This entry period ends at 7:00pm ET on Sunday, July 25. We'll randomly select two winners at that time to receive: one copy of Guitar Hero: Smash Hits for Xbox 360 or Nintendo Wii (ARV $50.00/Xbox 360, ARV $40.00/Wii). For a list of complete rules, click here %Gallery-46942%
Swag Saturday Redux: Droplitz (XBLA) (Update)
Update: We picked a winner! Congrats, DudeGuyMan! Try again next Saturday, everyone else! We were left unsatisfied by the quartet of Droplitzes we passed out in the last Swag Saturday giveaway, so we thought we'd fire off yet another download code for Atlus' slime-filled puzzler. Good luck! Leave a comment telling us what the greatest puzzle game of all time is. (Of course, it's Yoshi's Cookie, but we're curious about what you think.) You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada, excluding Quebec. (Sorry, Quebeccians!) Limit 1 entry per person. This entry period ends at 7:00pm ET on Sunday, July 18. We'll randomly select one winner at that time to receive: one download of Droplitz for Xbox 360 (ARV $10.00). For a list of complete rules, click here %Gallery-49990%
Swag Saturday: Droplitz (XBLA) [update]
Update: This giveaway is now closed. Swag Saturdays continue on this 4th of July with Atlus' first downloadable XBLA game, Droplitz. Don't know much about the game? Well, watch the video to find out how to play this puzzler. Leave a comment telling us what XBLA game is your favorite game so far. Note: If you say Yaris, you are automatically disqualified from this contest. You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada, excluding Quebec. Note: In Quebec, you are legally required to like Yaris. Limit 1 entry per person This entry period ends at 7:00pm ET on Sunday, July 5. We'll randomly select 4 winners at that time to receive: one download of Droplitz for Xbox 360 (ARV $10.00). For a list of complete rules, click here
