Competition

In Real Life

America’s PremierPokémon-Playing Family Enter The Guinness Book Of Arbitrary Gaming Records

5:00AM January 4, 2012 | Mike Fahey

Meet the Arnold family of Frankfort, Illinois, a five-person powerhouse of pure Pokémon battling power. This championship winning team stars in the Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition 2012 as the Largest Competitive Pokémon Video Game Family. More »


In Real Life

Here Is The Winner Of The Darkness Statue And All This Other Stuff!

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1:00PM December 22, 2011 | Mark Serrels

Last week was the week where I thought, ‘wow, we haven’t had a competition in a while, so I’ll just give something away every single day‘. Now I’m in the process of announcing the winners! More »


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Rayman And Stuff! A Winner Is You!

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3:00PM December 21, 2011 | Mark Serrels

Last week was Competition week on Kotaku. This week is um — announce the winners of last week’s competitions… week. I guess. Today we’re announcing the winners of the Rayman canvas competition. More »


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Aliens vs Predator Box Set: Winners!

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3:45PM December 20, 2011 | Mark Serrels

All last week we ran competitions, and all this week we’re announcing the winners! Today? We’re announcing the best entrants (and therefore winners) in the Aliens vs Predator comp! More »


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Win! A Copy Of Modern Warfare 3′s Hardened Edition

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2:00PM December 16, 2011 | Mark Serrels

It’s day five of our competition week so, technically this should be the last one, but never fear — we have another one lined up for next week. But that’s for another day! Let’s focus on the present dammit! We’re giving away a copy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Hardened Edition. Do you want it? Well come on in! More »


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Win! A Collectable Darkness Statue, Need for Speed: The Run, The Best Hat Ever (And Weird USBs)!

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3:00PM December 15, 2011 | Mark Serrels

We’re running a competition every day this week at Kotaku and today we’re getting super random with the ‘stuff’. A hat that looks like Simba from the Lion King? Check. Need for Speed: The Run? Check. An awesomely rare Darkness statue? Check. Would anyone actually make a checklist with those distinct items on it? Um… check? More »


In Real Life

Win! One Of Three Awesome Aliens Vs Predator Box Sets

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3:00PM December 13, 2011 | Mark Serrels

It’s day two of our competition week. We’re giving something away every single day, and today’s prize is a little bit special: an awesome Blu-ray Aliens vs Predator boxset. More »


In Real Life

Win An iCade And Turn Your iPad Into An Arcade

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7:00PM December 12, 2011 | Mark Serrels

I don’t have an iPad. I keep asking myself — what would I use it for? Now I know. I would buy an iCade and turn my iPad into a small arcade. We’re giving away one of the funky gadget things, and all you have to do to win, is write us a little poem. More »


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EscapeVektor Haiku Competition: Winners Inside!

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4:00PM October 21, 2011 | Mark Serrels

“Do a Haiku competition,” said Tracey.

“You’ve never had to judge a Haiku competition have you?” I said. “It’s hard!” More »


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Show Us Your Haiku Skills, Win EscapeVektor

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3:30PM October 18, 2011 | Tracey Lien

Aussie indie devs Nnooo recently released escapeVektor and critics everywhere have praised the game for its originality and cleverness. If you’d like to treat your Wii (and yourself) to a copy of the game, all we need is something original and clever from you — in a haiku. More »