With the Maloof Money Cup taking place July 10-12, 2009 at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, Calif., during the opening weekend of the OC Fair EA is offering you the chance to play it out on your Xbox 360 with all new Skate 2 downloadable content.
Compete in the World’s Greatest Skateboarding Event with Skate 2’s Latest Downloadable Content
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) announced today that starting July 9 gamers can download and compete in Skate 2’s Maloof Money Cup Pack, based on the largest pursed event in the history of professional skateboarding. The pack will be available in the PLAYSTATION® Store for $3.00 and on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for 240 points in North America.
“Skate 2 has been embraced by the gaming and skateboarding community across the globe, making it the perfect stage for the Maloof Money Cup’s videogame debut,” said Joe Maloof, President of Maloof Companies. “Now players everywhere can experience the world’s greatest skateboarding championship and revel in the high-stakes excitement of the competition for themselves.”
Skate 2’s Maloof Money Cup Pack will feature separate gameplay events both online and offline – freeskate, single player vert and street contests that put gamers against world class pros, and an online mode in which gamers will be able to compete against their friends in new activities and challenges for bragging rights. Xbox 360 gamers get an added bonus as there are 250 achievement points up for grabs.
The Maloof Money Cup presented by etnies and Monster Energy boasts the largest purse in the history of professional skateboarding with nearly $450,000 in cash and prizes. The three-day competition and festival takes place July 10-12, 2009 at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, Calif., during the opening weekend of the OC Fair. All attendees can ride the virtual course for themselves in the Skate 2 booth, located near the front of the festival, where the Maloof Money Cup Pack will be available for playing.
Skate 2 ups the ante in delivering all the grit, creativity, and culture of skateboarding with all-new tricks that allow players to skate it their way – both on and off the board. Gamers can create their own epic skate spots which can then be shared and experienced by others around the world. The game also features a revamped Thrasher Hall of Meat mode that will have players spending countless hours pulling off bone-crushing wipeouts and bails.
Skate 2 is developed by Black Box, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio in Burnaby, British Columbia. The game is rated “T” for Teen by the ESRB and 16+ by PEGI.
A new promotion microsoft is having for the game Skate 2, confirmed the new Demo and shows some prizes that they are giving away for the event. The Demo should hit January 8, 2009, while the full game releases in North America January 21, 2009
Take to the streets and own the spots of New San Vanelona in Skate 2 with new tricks like one-foots, handplants, hippy jumps, and more. Call on your crew to uncap the spots, drain the pools, and provide some personal security.
You can score some great prizes in the Skate 2 Download & Win Sweepstakes, with six custom Skate 2 decks up for grabs as the Grand Prize. All you have to do is register your gamertag and download the FREE Skate 2 demo from Marketplace to enter.
Before registering for the sweepstakes, make sure your Xbox LIVE account information is accurate! Potential winners will be notified by the sweepstakes administrator and have their prizes shipped using the contact info (e-mail, phone, and address) on their Xbox LIVE profile. If your contact info is not up to date you will be disqualified from winning a prize.
Register
There are two ways to register for this Sweepstakes. Register online here before the close of the Promotion Period, or register for the Sweepstakes via Xbox LIVE Marketplace by downloading the free Skate 2 Demo Registration Gamer Picture.
To download the Gamer Picture:
1. Sign in to Xbox LIVE and access the Game Marketplace
2. Select Explore Game Content
3. Select All Games
4. Select Browse
5. Under Title, Select X
6. Select Xbox LIVE Event Registration
7. Select Skate 2 Demo Registration Gamer Picture from the list of available content and select Confirm Download
8. Upon the successful completion of the Gamer Picture download, you will see a Thank You for Downloading message.
You can also access the free Skate 2 Demo Gamer Picture via the banner ads running on the Xbox LIVE dashboard.
Sweepstakes Entry
After you register, earn a sweepstakes entry by downloading the free Skate 2 demo from Marketplace between 3:01 A.M. ET on January 8 and 11:55 P.M. ET on January 15, 2009 (limit one entry per person). You can queue up the free demo here at Marketplace on Xbox.com and it will automatically download to your console the next time you connect to Xbox LIVE.
*Note* You cannot queue up the download until it has appeared on the Marketplace which will be on January 8th 2009
Prize Information
After the close of the Entry Period, we will randomly select the following winners from among all eligible entries.
Three Grand Prize Packages:
Six custom Skate 2 decks
4000 Microsoft Points
Seven First Prize Packages:
Skateboarding gear prize pack consisting of Sponsor's choice of three of the following items: T-shirt, hat, hooded sweatshirt, knapsack, or Skate 2 deck.
2000 Microsoft Points
Forty Second Prizes:
1000 Microsoft Points
The Play & Win and Download & Win promotions from Xbox.com are an easy way to jump in and interact with the Xbox LIVE community. It's easy to enter and you could win some great prizes. Look for more exciting Play & Win promotions in the future!
This offer is only open to residents of the United States but the Skate Demo should appear on every marketplace. For full details check out the rules here
Even though I can't enter the contest I know what games demo I will be playing on January 8th, Good luck to everyone and enjoy the demo :)
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The studio is now at work on the follow-up, Skate 2. While it's being hush-hush on some of the bigger elements of the game, like the online play, video recording and even the story progression, we were able to get a few answers from Scott Blackwood, executive producer on the title. Here's what he had to say:
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