If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy.

Contest: Geeks on Greeks - Get your face in Black&White 2

PRESS RELEASE - Contest: Geeks on Greeks - Get your face in Black&White 2

Wednesday, 8th June 2005 - Guildford, UK - Lionhead Studios is proud to announce a unique opportunity for gamers worldwide to become part of the upcoming God/ RTS Simulation Black&White 2, which is due to release in Autumn 2005. If you visit the website http://www.bwgame.com you can read the following:

"It's the competition of a lifetime and your chance to influence the future of videogames forever! Now is the time to be getting excited about Black&White 2; the team are working like crazy to deliver to you this amazing game this autumn and it is looking better then it ever has. Now you can become immortal and join the ranks of all those villagers in Black&White 2. How? By entering in this contest and you could be the one lucky winner!

While we tell you that Black&White 2 is probably the best looking game ever (yes, ever - we like making bold claims) - it is also definitely going to offer you fresh and innovative gameplay! We (Lionhead Studios) are announcing this big contest; where one lucky guy (or gal) will get their face included in the final version of the game! Yes that's right, you could become immortal - by becoming one of the Greek characters!

What do you have to do in order to win? That's easy! All you have to do is prove that you are more excited than anyone else about Black&White 2! Yes indeed, show us that you are a real gamer and that you are looking forward to the game, and express yourself! This could well be anything; like a video of you dressed like a gigantic ape, or a picture of you carrying a sign stating your love for Black&White 2, or an interesting piece of (fan) art, or a story, or or or... There's so much you can do! So let's get creative, shall we!

Please make sure when making a submission that your work is original and appropriate to show!"

You can send in your submissions to webmaster@lionhead.com.

All information and the rules to this contest can be found on http://www.bwgame.com.

Black & White 2, is the sequel to the award-winning Black & White, it is being developed by UK-based Lionhead Studios and will be published by Electronic Arts world-wide. The release date is still to be announced. More information can be found at http://www.bwgame.com and also http://www.info.ea.com.

About Lionhead Studios

Lionhead Studios is based in Guildford, Great Britain and was founded in 1997. The company's first game Black & White PC was released in 2001 and worldwide sales are now top over 2 million copies. Its second game Fable for Xbox was released in 2004 and sales are over the 1.5 million mark. The company currently has four other products currently under development and employs over 200 people.

*Black & White was named in 2003 Guinness Book of Records as having "Most Complex Character in a Computer Game"

Electronic Arts, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS BIG and EA GAMES are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. EA.COM is a service mark of EA.com Inc. Lionhead and Black & White are trademarks of Lionhead Studios Ltd.

- Ends -

Author
GamesIndustry International avatar

GamesIndustry International

Contributor

GamesIndustry International is the world's leading games industry website, incorporating GamesIndustry.biz and IndustryGamers.com.