Interplay Entertainment Corp. and Shiny Entertainment Inc. are pleased announce, “The Ultimate Sacrifice™ Map” contest for their critically acclaimed and award-winning RTS game, Sacrifice. To enter the contest, design your own multiplayer map for Sacrifice using the Scapex level editor included with the game. Then e-mail your submission to sacmaps@shiny.com <mailto:sacmaps@shiny.com>. All maps submitted for this competition should NOT be posted to the User Upload Area. Any entry posted to the Upload Area will not be eligible for the competition. Entries will be considered valid ONLY if they have been submitted to the sacmaps@shiny.com <mailto:sacmaps@shiny.com> e-mail address. Five finalists, chosen by the Sacrifice Team, will be eligible to win a host of prizes including a fully loaded ALIENWARE® Hive-Mind™ Gaming System. This is an incredible opportunity to extend your creative ability to the outer most limits. Please review the rules and prizes sections below to find out how to win your brand spankin’ new ALIENWARE® Hive-Mind™.

RULES

1. Contest opens on February 1st and closes on February 28th. 2. Maps can be for two, three, or four players. 3. The Sacrifice Team will judge all maps. 4. Maps will be judged by the Sacrifice Team based on tile set (i.e. one winner per landscape). 5. Maps will be judged based on layout, visuals, playability, originality, and efficiency. 6. Five finalists will be chosen by the Sacrifice Team to be eligible to win the grand prize. 7. There will be one winner chosen by players who have downloaded and played each of the 5 final maps and selected a favorite. 8. There will ONLY be ONE overall winner who will receive the grand prize. 9. The Best Voted Map vs. Best Map voted by the Sacrifice Team will determine the grand prizewinner.

PRIZES

Grand Prize: The overall winner of the contest will receive an ALIENWARE Hive-Mind Gaming System, compliments of ALIENWARE CORPORATION. Established in 1996, ALIENWARE CORPORATION manufactures high-end computer gaming machines, DV systems, and high performance workstations. ALIENWARE has earned numerous awards for excellence in the computer industry and is also a respected, globally recognized brand name. For more information about their systems visit www.alienware.com <http://www.alienware.com>. Check out the specs:

AMD ATHLON PROCESSOR AT 1.1GHz 

HIGH PERFORMANCE HEATSINK/COOLING SYSTEM 

VIA KT 133 CHIPSET MOTHERBOARD W/6PCI 

128MB SDRAM (PC-133) 

BLACK 1.44MB FLOPPY DRIVE 

30.7GB HARD DRIVE 7200 RPM ULTRA-100 

BLACK HYDRAULIC MID-TOWER CASE 

300-WATT POWER SUPPLY 

NVIDIA GEFORCE 2 GTS 64MB DDR 

KOOLMAXX COOLING SYSTEM 

CREATIVE LABS SOUND BLASTER LIVE! VALUE 

ALTEC LANSING ACS 54 5-PIECE SPEAKER SYSTEM 

56X CD-ROM PLAYER 

BLACK ANTEC 107-ENHANCED KEYBOARD 

MICROSOFT INTELLIMOUSE EXPLORER USB 

US ROBOTICS 56K FAX MODEM PCI 

ALIENCARE STANDARD 1-YR 24/7 ONSITE WARRANTY 

MICROSOFT MILLENNIUM OS 

BLACK VIEWSONIC G70B 17" MONITOR

2nd Place: Sound Blaster Live X-Gamer 5.1 Surround Card + DTT2200 Desktop Theatre Speaker System + Annihilator 2MX AGP Video Card.

3rd Place: Sound Blaster Live X-Gamer 5.1 Surround Card + DTT2200 Desktop Theatre Speaker System + Annihilator 2MX AGP Video Card.

4th Place: Sound Blaster PCI 512 Sound Card + FPS 1500 Four Point Surround Speaker System + 52x CD-ROM Drive.

5th Place: Sound Blaster PCI 512 Sound Card + FPS 1500 Four Point Surround Speaker System + 52x CD-ROM Drive.

Extras: Plus there will also be some extra prizes such as T-shirts, mouse pads, and other Interplay/Shiny paraphernalia as rewards to other notable entrants.

HINTS ON SUBMISSIONS (Courtesy of Mark Teal, Producer for Shiny and Sacrifice Team)

Layout: The layout should be designed to produce some good game playing strategy, balanced for all players and manaliths (not too many dead areas). The layout should be very fun to explore and you should also be able to defend your alter.

Visuals: The visuals of your map should be stunning. We will be looking for identifiable terrain features that would enable players to explore, yet stay oriented at the same time. Also, good use of lighting, widgets, and a clever use of the tile set will be beneficial.

Playability: We want your map to contain a huge playability factor. Some good ideas for this include a good initial resource of souls, good overall number of souls, and areas where battles can be fought for souls.

Originality: One major aspect of this contest that we will be evaluating is the overall originality of your map. We want to see maps for the other multiplayer game types, maps for what type of battle, and a clever use of existing resources.

Efficiency: In sum, we will call this the best use of all resources blending map size, visuals, resources, etc in a file size maximum of 500K.

If you have any questions regarding this contest, please feel free to contact:

Maclean Marshall 

Public Relations 

Interplay Entertainment Corp. 

mmarshall@interplay.com 

<mailto:mmarshall@interplay.com>

Mark Teal 

Producer 

Shiny Entertainment Inc. 

mteal@shiny.com 

<mailto:mteal@shiny.com>

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