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SteelSeries and Blizzard partners offer BlizzCon Sweepstakes
A few of Blizzard's partners (including Jinx, Upper Deck, and SteelSeries) have all teamed up to offer you what for many, Blizzard couldn't: two tickets to BlizzCon in October. Yes, in the first of what we're sure will be many contests and sweepstakes for BlizzCon tickets, these guys have set up a giveaway to hook up one lucky winner with passes for two to the event that's a Blizzard fan's dream.All you've got to do to enter is put your info in over on their site -- the Grand Prize winner will pick up an all expenses paid trip to BlizzCon, and ten other winners will get some WoW-related gear from the contest's sponsors (SteelSeries makes the Zboard, and apparently they're releasing one for Wrath, so you might get one of those as well). There is a checklist that you can leave unchecked to supposedly keep the sponsors from contacting you, so even if you don't want your info opt-ed in, it looks like you're in the clear.If you do enter, good luck! (And if you win, we'll see you at BlizzCon!) There are bound to be a few more of these contests showing up before the big event, so even if you don't walk away with a trip from this one, stay tuned.
Win an Anarchy Online-themed desktop from Funcom and GameRigs
It seems to be the year of the Science Fiction MMO-themed desktop PC. A couple months back, CCP and Commodore joined forces to sell us EVE Online enthusiast desktops. This time, GameRigs and Funcom put together the above-pictured Anarchy Online computer, and are giving it away in a sweepstakes.It looks sexy and all, but we were disappointed to see that the provided system specs are rather vague. It has an "Intel Core 2 processor" and an "NVIDIA GeForce graphics card." Well, that could be anything, but hey, it's free, ain't it? And do you really need a GeForce GTX 280 to run 2001's Anarchy Online? Not so much!It looks like you don't have to do anything but fill out a form to enter the sweepstakes. You don't even have to be an Anarchy Online subscriber. You do have to be a legal resident of the United States or Canada (excluding Quebec; now that's not fair!), though.
Guild Wars anniversary sweepstakes announced
In respect to the continuing Guild Wars third anniversary coverage, we're proud to announce an important new promotion from the good folks at ArenaNet. The Guild Wars Third Anniversary Sweepstakes runs from April 28th until May 31st with the actual drawing itself being conducted on June 11th, 2008. Not only is this one easy to enter for anyone, but it includes some pretty sweet real-world prizes.One lucky grand prize winner will receive a powerful Alienware Area-51 laptop, while other prizes include an ATI Radeon HD 3870 video card, a Logitech 5.1 speaker system and many more valuable peripheral hardware devices. Be sure to read the entire rules on the main website and tell 'em Massively sent you! No, seriously, it would be awesome of you.
Another (slim) chance to own THAT Pikachu DS Lite
Many of you will no doubt recall the gorgeous and very, very yellow limited edition Pikachu DS that remains painfully unattainable to us. With no official release planned for the hardware, we began to give up hope on ever owning one, but it looks like Nintendo could be offering another two Pikachu Lites to winners of a new contest being held to promote Pokémon Mystery Dungeon twosome Explorers of Darkness and Explorers of Time.You can enter once a day between now and May 21st, when a couple of lucky winners will clinch themselves a treasure chest containing the most beautiful DS Lite known to man, a Wii, a HDTV, and more Pokémon goodies than they can shake a stick at. Head here to learn more.[Via press release]
Roto-Rooter wants to put a Wii in the loo
According to Roto-Rooter, the ultimate restroom for women is a place where you can simultaneously dry your hair, listen to music, bathe your feet, make (and then enjoy) a latte, and surf the Internet whilst seated upon the throne. They admit it's "excessive," and we find it pretty disgusting -- especially the latte bit. We do not want food of any kind prepared in the bathroom. But, really, the open secret of the "Pimped out Powder Room" sweepstakes is that once you've won, you can put bathroom-inappropriate prizes elsewhere. Leave the new toilet and bidet in, move the Wii and refrigerator out.That is, unless you really want to play Wii on your new combination TV/mirror/heated towel rack. [Via Game|Life]
Watch the SGW trailer on Sci-Fi, become an NPC or something
If you're looking forward to Stargate Worlds, chances are that you're a fan of the franchise, and that means you watch Stargate Atlantis. So while you're probably going to be tuning in to January 4th's mid-season premiere of Atlantis anyway, we thought we'd give you this heads up: the first Stargate Worlds trailer will premiere during Atlantis this week.That's not all. Starting January 11th (they just love making us keep track of all these dates), the Sci-Fi Channel will be airing "gate codes" during Atlantis episodes, and those gate codes will let you enter a sweepstakes to have your "image or likeness incorporated into" Stargate Worlds.So there's your heads up.[Via GateWorld]
TR-Roleplayers 2007 Christmas Sweepstakes
The TR-Roleplayers are holding their 2007 Christmas Sweepstakes, but you only have a few days left to enter. So how do you do that? Register on the TR-Roleplayers forums Write a bad ass story (around 2,000 words) about your virtual soldiers first Christmas off Earth Upload it to the 2007 Christmas Sweepstakes forum before December 24th, 11:59 PM Eastern Pray If your story is chosen the best of the bunch (based on creativity, story flow, grammar and spelling) by the panel of volunteer judges you'll win a brand new Zboard, a Limited Edition Tabula Rasa Keyset, and a Tabula Rasa Fragmat. Now that's some serious bling for a 2,000 word short story! Heck, I think I'll enter! The winner will be announced sometime in early January 2008.Best of luck to you recruit.
Circuit City giving away 21 Wiis
Sure, the chances of ever winning anything in a giveaway are slimmer than Kate Moss, but it never hurts to try. With that said, Circuit City (of the dot com variety) will be giving away one Wii per day from 12/2 (today) to 12/22. All you need to do to enter is put in your email, so at least the effort isn't too taxing for such a futile endeavor. Of course, you have to be a U.S. citizen (or in a U.S. territory or Puerto Rico) to take part in the sweepstakes (damn the law). Anyway, good luck to all who enter, we're sure you're going to need it.
Massively's Massive Giveaways Day 3: Old skool
O hai, have you come back for free stuff? We've been expecting you! Today's theme is a salute to the classic MMOs of the past. How many folks here played UO back in the day (how many do still?)? Where my DAoC vets at? Even EQ is still kicking. In honor of a wide variety of titles, our prizes today are something that can help you be more ergonomic in all of them: two Belkin Nostromo N52 SpeedPads. Want to win one? Leave a comment in this thread by 10am EST Monday morning November 5. You need to be 18 and live in the US to enter (official rules!). We'll choose one random winner from the comments of this post, and tune in later today for another chance to win an N52 gamepad!
WoW giveaways, the finale: Win a Murloc suit!
Yes, we held this closely guarded secret deep, deep inside. The underground bunker was kept airtight; no leaks escaped. We kept it secret; we kept it safe... oops, wrong IP! Okay, okay, so we're terrible at keeping secrets. We hope all is forgiven for a chance to win what must be one of the few remaining BlizzCon murloc suits left... or not! But ours is better because it's free. You wanna win this thing? We'll keep the entries open for two full days. Leave a comment in this thread by 3pm EST Monday, November 5 telling us the first thing you'll do in-game once you activate your murloc suit. And here's the best part: this contest is open to everyone regardless of age or where you live in the world. That's right -- anyone can enter. So get to it!
WoW giveaways 2 1/2: moar game time plz
Yep, it's still WoW day here at Massively, and we're giving away the last of our 60-day game cards of the day right now so gather 'round! By now you should know the drill -- please be 18. Please live in the US. Please be aware of these official rules. We all set? Eggselent -- now quick, go comment in this thread! You have until 1pm EST tomorrow, Sunday November 4 to get your entry in. One lucky bastard winner will be chosen at random to take home this bee-yoo-tee-ful prize. Very nice! Oh, but the day is not yet over, my friends. You'll want to check back again for a special, uber-secret prize. You can scour the interwebs but you won't even find a shred nor scrap of evidence regarding what we're giving away. It's so secret, we won't even let ourselves know what it is until 3pm EST. Oops, did we let the kick-off time slip out?
Massively's Massive Giveaway Extravaganza
We conducted some recent focus group research and made an astonishing discovery: people like free stuff. Therefore, to celebrate the kick-off of this here blog, we are giving away boatloads of stuff -- every day for the next two weeks we'll have some amazing giveaways lined up. There will be something for you whether you play Lord of the Rings Online, Guild Wars, EVE Online, or any other of a number of current MMOs. So what do you have to do to win free stuff? Just check in with us every day for the next week and see what we have to offer -- you can always find out what contests are currently running at this link. We're kicking off day 1 with a non-stop series of 24 hours' worth of Tabula Rasa giveaways -- you'll have no less than 24 chances to win some cool TR schwag today. Everything kicks off at 8am EST, so tune in for some fun and prizes. Say what you want about Massively, but don't say we never gave ya nothin'!
Massively's 24 hours of Tabula Rasa giveaways!
Since Massively and Tabula Rasa share the same birthday, we decided we had to celebrate big. Plus, when we toured their offices recently, NCsoft inundated us with such a mountainous pile of schwag that we needed a shopping cart to even get it out to the car -- and we're giving all of it to you. Get ready for 24-hours' worth of TR lewts; we'll be running a new contest every hour on the hour starting at 8am EST today. If you want to score some great stuff including posters, hats, duffel bags, display boxes, a digital voice recorder, copies of Tabula Rasa and an iPod nano, you'll have to check back here and leave some comments on our sweepstakes posts throughout the day (we hope you'll check out our other great content, too!). You can always find the most currently running contest at this link. Good luck to everyone who enters!
Blizzard giving away gaming headsets
To celebrate the arrival of WoW's new integrated Voice Chat in Patch 2.2, Blizzard is giving away 40 Logitech Digital Precision PC gaming headsets a week for the next 5 weeks. The winners each week will be randomly selected according to how long they have had an active account. Those who have only been playing for 3 months can only win the first week. The final week is for players who have been active for 15 months or more.How do I enter? Just keep your account active.Who is eligible? US Citizens who don't live in states like New York and Florida where it is prohibited. There are other people who are ineligible, so please check the sweepstakes rules page.How do I know if I've won? They'll choose your character with the most played time and list the character's name and server on the WoW main site. Then they will notify you by email within the next 5 days -- so make sure the email that you have listed in your account info is current.Will Voice Chat be enabled and working on my server by the time I'm eligible to win a headset? The first week ends October 6, so we all should have had Voice Chat enabled on our servers by that time. Theoretically.
DS Fanswag: Etrian Odyssey reminder
Don't forget -- the clock is ticking and there's less than two days remaining to throw your comment-hat in the ring for a chance at Etrian Odyssey. Since it's all about the mathematics of the thing, yapping an extra time can only increase your chances (but you have to get everyone else to stay away, so get creative). Also, many of the comments are packed with comedy, so they make for interesting morning reading.Remember -- comment there, not here, for your chance to win. Not that we don't love it when you talk to us. And if you're not the lucky winner, don't despair ... we may have a few more things around here to give away in the coming weeks.
DS Fanswag: Win a copy of Etrian Odyssey
Wouldn't it be awesome if your mailbox randomly generated spankin' new DS games? While we may not have mastered nanotech, we can offer you the next best thing, which is a chance for a free copy of Etrian Odyssey. All you have to do is leave a comment below. Convince us that you burn with the desire for Etrian Odyssey, and we just may draw your name. It helps if mathematics happen to be on your side. Entries will be accepted through June 21 -- as soon as the clock ticks over to midnight on the 22nd, your chance to enter will disappear, so get commenting! We'll notify the winner on Friday, June 22.The rules are simple, but all fine print aside, all you have to do is leave a comment on this very entry. Make sure you enter a valid e-mail address in the applicable field, because if you don't, it won't matter if we draw your name -- if we can't get in touch with you, we'll have to give your game to someone else.The official rules for the DS Fanswag giveaway
Burger King 360 prize comes with steep price: Terror
Ever heard of looking a gift horse in the mouth? It's supposed to be a bad idea. It's just not as unwise as looking a gift Burger King in his deadened, black, all-seeing eyes and learning the exact date of your death. One guy named David did just that ... and lived to tell the tale.David was lucky enough to win a Burger King sweepstakes -- an effort to promote their line of top-notch games -- picking up a premium Xbox 360, tons of accessories, oh, and the physical manifestation of fear: a Burger King mask. Sure, he enjoyed the prizes and all, but it had to be packed in with the face of evil itself, which more than negates the generosity. It's a little like getting hot, free muffins from a truck that just ran over your uncle. "Yes, the muffins were delicious, but ..."Well, at least David didn't receive a copy of Big Bumpin'. So there's still some kindness in the world. [Via Xbox 360 Fanboy]
90 days = 90 prizes to give away
Nintendo is holding one hell of a contest over the next 90 days (which began yesterday) where, each day, one lucky winner will be gifted with a DS Lite, DS game of their choice, as well as a GBA game of their choice. Obviously, the sweepstakes have some rules you're going to need to follow, so it's in your best interest to give them a read. Also, it should be noted that they do not specify which color DS Lite unit each winner will receive, however the contest graphic depicts the Onyx model.
The Ultimate Wii/PS3 giveaway list [update 2]
var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_deals/The_Ultimate_PS3_Wii_Giveaway_List'; Last year, Microsoft and PepsiCo teamed up to giveaway an Xbox 360 system every ten minutes for nine weeks straight. Nintendo and Sony have not been as extravagant in handing out free consoles, but both this season's new systems can be snagged for free from a variety of third-party giveaways and sweepstakes.Some high-profile giveaway offers from the likes of GameFly and Comedy Central are already finished, but there are dozens more still active and waiting to be won. Come across any contests we missed? Leave a comment with the details and we'll add it to the big list below.
Apple Store Lincoln Road opening July 21st at 6 pm
We just received word that the Apple Store Lincoln Road in Miami Beach, FL will be opening this Friday, July 21st at 6 pm. As usual, there will be t-shirt giveaways to the first 1000 customers, and a Grand Opening Sweepstakes valued at $2229. The winner will receive a 17-inch flat-panel Intel Core Duo iMac, an iPod nano, a Canon PowerShot SD450 digital camera, a Sony Handycam CCD-TRV138, and an HP Deskjet 5440 printer. As an added bonus from 6-9 pm, the store will be featuring DJ Martin Accorsi.You guys know the drill - send in some pictures (preferably Flickr sets) from the events and we'll post the antics for the world to see.Thanks Emil.
