With a Victini-themed sweepstakes, the limited theatrical release of Pokémon the Movie: White-Victini and Zekrom, and a special December distribution event, players will be hard-pressed to elude the victory Pokémon this Christmas, not that they’d want to.
When Katy McGilberry of Semmes, Alabama, came home from work Monday to find her husband, Wade, surrounded by cameras, holding a ridiculously large cheque for a ridiculously large amount, she felt like she was going to have a baby. Literally.
When you have a game like Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll, which centres on collecting bananas, you couldn’t pick a better cross-promoting partner than the leading distributor of bananas in the United States, Chiquita.
EA and Pizza Hut have teamed up for the Rumble in the Ring Ultimate Fight Sweepstakes, in which entrants can win a custom Xbox 360 or a trip to watch men punching each other.
Guitar Hero World Tour is getting the Xbox Live Weekend treatment come November 27th, snagging the coveted US Thanksgiving spot on Microsoft’s service. They’re planning on making good use of the four-day weekend as well, kicking things off with an all-nighter kicking off Thanksgiving Day, lasting from sunset to sun up, targeted at those of you who can somehow stave off the sleepy effects of consuming massive amounts of dead bird. Then on Friday the obligatory play and win sweepstakes starts, running throughout the weekend with prizes ranging from 1GB memory sticks to a Samsung home theatre system.
Finally, on Saturday the 30th from 10:00PM to 1:00AM GMT (Sunday 1st, 2:00PM-5:00PM AEDT), players will be able to jam online with the folks from Neversoft, from the Producer on down to the QA testers. Hit the jump for the full list of Neversoft friends to add to your list, as well as more details on how you can participate in the weekend’s festivities.
