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Want a special edition package of Bejeweled 3? Think you know when the Mac App Store countdown will turn over to 10 billion? Then you might be just the person to enter the Mac App Store 10 Billion Countdown Contest! All you have to do is decide when you think that countdown will turn over, then post your guess on the iGame Radio Facebook page. The person whose guess is closest to the actual time will be the winner! All decisions by iGame Radio are final, so there. ;)

Steam has announced the Great Steam Treasure Hunt. Now through December 20th, completing objectives will qualify you for a drawing to win the top five games on your Wishlist. No purchase is necessary to qualify.

Every 48 hours, a list of four objectives will be posted on the Great Steam Treasure Hunt page. Completing one objective enters you in a drawing for a chance to win five games from your Wishlist. The more objectives you complete, the higher chance you have of winning. If you complete any ten of the objectives listed throughout the Treasure Hunt and log into Steam on the 20th of December, then you get a chance to win 100 games of your choosing. Oh, and because you can never have too many hats, completing a set of objectives can result in unlocking hats for Team Fortress 2. Three different hats are available, including the Hat of Undeniable Wealth and Respect.

Valve does state that no purchase is necessary to qualify, but of the first four objectives listed, only one does not require that you own a Steam game. And only one of the three games listed is a game available for the Mac. Further, if you do the math, you’ll end up with only seven objectives that don’t require you to purchase a game in order to qualify for the 100 games drawing. Which means that if you want the chance at those 100 games, you’ll have to have purchased at least three of them.

You can login to see your progress at any time, and new objectives are posted every 48 hours. The promotion will end on December 20th.

Game Connection Europe has announced the 20 nominees to Best Video Games Projects 2011. Of these twenty games, the top three will be honored with the Best Project 2011 title.

Organizers of the 10th Edition of Game Connection Europe held in Lyon, France, November 15th-18th announced the names of the 20 nominees to the Best Video Games Projects 2011 in three categories: Console, Mobile, and Online. The winning games will be showcased on opening day to a group of publishers and distributors interested in signing new projects, and provided with five minutes to pitch and demo their games.

The contest was open to console, mobile, and online games ranging from pre-production to ready-to-market, without restrictions on genre, platform, or distribution method. The full list of projects nominated are listed on the Game Connection website. To register or for more information go to the Game Connection website.Game Connection Europe introduces Selected Projects

Nexx Studio, developer of Pig Shot, is holding a contest to celebrate the release of their new iPhone/iPod Touch game. Prizes are worth over $682, and include iTunes Gift Cards and the new line of iPods (iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano and iPod Touch).

The rules are very simple:
Step 1: Proceed to their Facebook fanpage “like” it.
Step 2: Follow @nexxstudio on Twitter.
Step 3: Retweet the following tweet through @nexxstudio:
Pig Shot is now available on the #AppStore. Experience an EPIC Pig-Slinging Madness on your #iPhone – http://bit.ly/9BSj6j – #PigShot

Each day for four weeks you have a chance at winning a $15 iTunes Gift card. In addition, each week you can win a bigger prize:

Week 1 – iTunes Gift Card $25
Week 2 – iPod shuffle 2GB
Week 3 – iPod nano 8GB
Week 4 (Overall) – iPod touch 8GB

Pig Shot is an action game where you launch the pig from slingshot to slingshot, roll it through challenging trails filled with random obstacles and grab cauliflower to accumulate gas in your pig. Tapping anywhere on the screen will make your pig fart for a temporary speed boost. For more details about game or contest, hit up the Nexx Studios site.

CCP and Bigfoot Networks will be presenting the Killer 2100 Plexplosion event throughout September. Participants can win prizes every day, including 30 PLEX, 30 T-Shirts and two Killer 2100 network cards. In order to participate you need to “Like” both the EVE Online and Bigfoot Networks’ Facebook pages. Two prizes will be awarded daily and winners will be announced on Facebook (presumably both EVE Online and Bigfoot Networks’ Facebook pages).

You can also participate to increase your chances of winning by visiting the CCP booth at PAX and signing up for the event.

50 hours of non-stop gaming? Dude, sign me up!!

That’s probably what six Dutch gamers were thinking who participated in breaking the Guinness World Record for non-stop gaming in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The team of six champion gamers included brothers Edward and Maykel Leest from Boxmeer and Hengelo, Sven de Vries from Lelystad, Renzo Bos from Baarlo, Robbie van Eijkeren from Middelburg, and Marcel van Waardenburg from Amsterdam.

The gamers were playing Red Dead Redemption on a PS3 using Vogel’s TwistDock, a controller that provides space for charging two other controllers while using a third. “If you introduce a totally new product in the market which makes dead controllers a thing of the past,” Gerdi Vogels, CEO of Vogel’s Products BV said, “a new non-stop gaming world record is a fantastic statement underlining the core value of TwistDock.” TwistDock will be available in the U.S. starting 4Q 2010

The gamers made the record with 50 hours of gaming that included 10-minute breaks every hour, and a 50-minute break every 5 hours. The previous record was set in September 2009 by Chirantan Patnaik from India with a time of 40 hours and 20 minutes. For beating the previous record, the gamers also received a cash prize of EUR 1,000 ($1291 dollars US) and six TwistDocks.

Though they apparently could have continued to compete, all six gamers decided to end the competition together at the 50 hour mark. “The contestants entered as rivals but left as friends,” said Gaz Deaves, official adjudicator of Guinness World Records.

Hmm, I wonder if I can beat that record on a Mac Pro playing non-stop Plants vs Zombies?

Less than 17 hours from the release of LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 through the OnLive site, the first winner of the OnLive Harry Potter contest was revealed. Alex Schlee was announced via the OnLive Twitter feed as the first player to collect 200 gold bricks and receive the grand prize…a new iPad.

The first runner up, Kenneth Dailey, was also announced approximately half an hour later, also through the OnLive Twitter feed. All five runner ups will receive a free iPod Touch. There are still four more runner up slots to go, who will also presumably be announced via Twitter.

OnLive, the digital gaming service that streams games to your computer no matter whether it’s a PC or Mac, launched their first contest with LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4. The game was released just after midnight Tuesday, June 29th on the OnLive service, playable on both PC and Mac.

The deadline for the game is July 6, and the decision will be made on or about July 7. You can review the complete list of rules for more info.

OnLive, the digital gaming service that streams games to your computer no matter whether it’s a PC or Mac, has launched its first contest to stimulate the seething masses of founding members flooding the service. And that contest will get you a free iPad…but you have to beat Harry Potter first.

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 will launch just after midnight tonight, Tuesday, June 29th. And apparently OnLive members get to play the game first, regardless of which platform they are playing on.

To commemorate this, the first OnLive member to make it all the way through LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 will win an iPad, and the next five OnLive members will win an iPod Touch. To win, players must do the following:

• Have a PlayPass for the game to participate in the contest. OnLive recommends that you log in at 12:01AM to be sure your Marketplace list is refreshed and all PlayPass options appear for the game.
• Collect all 200 Gold Bricks in the game and become Lord Voldemort. To prove it, you will have to take a Brag Clip video.
• Alert OnLive via email as soon as you have completed the game. Entrants will be ranked based on when OnLive receives a properly completed email.

The deadline for the game is July 6, and the decision will be made on or about July 7. You can review the complete list of rules for more info.

The folks at Sandlot Games are prepping for their new game Cake Mania: Lights, Camera, Action! But they are in a bind. Jake and Jill Evans need a name for their baby, but Sandlot doesn’t have any ideas. Do you?

Sandlot’s upcoming game will feature a new addition, so the developer has started a Name the Baby contest. Just submit your entry via their Facebook page, and your entry could be the winning name used in the game.

Entry into the contest requires that you be 13 years of age or older, but you get to enter both boys and girls names. All entries will be judged based on creativity and originality and adherence to the Cake Mania brand of games and the Sandlot Games brand. Two winners will be chosen, and they will also get a free copy of the game, and a $50 gift certificate to Sandlot Games.

The contest ends on May 28th, and the winners will be announced after June 20th.

On another note, one should always read the terms of service of anything one signs. For example, I didn’t know that $103.87 is less than $69.99.

You know that someone has fallen to the lowest of lows when they steal a luxury for a penny. No one can say that video games are a necessity in life. You can’t eat them. You can’t put them over your head to keep out the chill and protect you from the elements. You can’t drink them to stay hydrated. So, buying them means that you’ve decided you have enough of your necessities and have enough left over to get a luxury or two.

When a company like Wolfire Games, in conjunction with a bunch of other awesome companies, decides to offer the work that they have sweated over for whatever price you want to pay…basically, a penny…and you steal it anyway? That’s pretty pathetic. And yet, this is what Wolfire has found is happening with the Humble Indie Bundle. Read more