Round 2 winners below!
COMMENT LOTTERY:
cedaridge - $50 Amazon Gift Card!
cupcake_ownage - $50 Amazon Gift Card!
LOYAL READER LOTTERY:
kevnb - a $50 Amazon Gift Card!
relientk77 - $50 Amazon Gift Card!
USER BLOG CONTEST:
Well, User Bloggers, after the votes were in we had a tie! Sure, I could've cast a tie-breaking vote, or called in Marc Summers forcing the bloggers to compete on Double Dare because I make the rules, darn it! But because I make the rules (darn it!) I ruled that we would have two winners:
Bladesfist, My time with DayZ: http://n4g.com/user/blogpos...
coolbeans, Tired Of This Schmitt Episode I: The Obvious Menace: http://n4g.com/user/blogpos...
Prize: a $100 Amazon Gift Card each!
USER REVIEW CONTEST:
coolbeans, I Am Alive: http://n4g.com/channel/i-am...
Prize: a $100 Amazon Gift Card!
SWAG CLOSET CLEAN UP: Counter Strike: GO Large and XL
Large:
DrStabwounds
MattyG
Valenka
Addicted
Prize: each gets a L CS: GO t-shirt
XL:
Kran
Cajun Chicken
coolbeans
CaptainSheep
Prize: each gets an XL CS: GO t-shirt
Some Terms and Conditions
1. Competition is open to all N4G users, except for employees of HAVAmedia and immediate relatives. Contests are not limited to the US/NA. Winners must inform representative of HAVAmedia if they reside outside the US.
2. Closing date is 11:59 PM EST 19th May 2012.
3. In the event of unforeseen circumstances N4G/HAVAmedia reserves the right to substitute the prizes for alternatives of equal or greater value.
4. Prizes are not transferrable.
5. The winners of the competition will be notified by N4G ticket on or before May 26, 2012.
6. Failure to reply to ticket notification within seven (7) days results in forfeiture of prize.
Video games -- particularly AAA video games -- have become too expensive to make. The intel from every fly on the wall in every investor's room is there is an increasing level of caution about spending hundreds of millions just to release a single video game. And you can't blame them. Many AAA game budgets mean that you can print hundreds of millions in revenue, and not even turn a profit. If you are an investor, quite frankly, there are many easier ways to make a buck. AAA games have always been expensive to make though, but when did we go from expensive, to too expensive? A decade ago, AAA games were still expensive to make, but fears of "sustainability" didn't keep every CEO up at night. Consumer expectations and demands no doubt play a role in this, but more and more games are also revealing obvious signs of resource mismanagement, evident by development teams and budgets spiraling out of control with sometimes nothing substantial to show for it.
ESTNN writes: "The easiest campfire can be found in the middle of the lake close to Restored Reels. Landing in the middle of the island immediately puts you near the campfire, which is surrounded by a tent, a barrel and a single lawn chair."
Have you ever noticed how quiet the Automatons can be in Helldivers 2? That is exactly why some players are calling for audio cues for heavier foes.
Coolbeans not only wins again but he wins three times in the same month? Sorry but this is getting ridiculous now.
In before sore loser.
Hehe. Another Shirt to wear to show off >:D
Congrats to everyone!
Love it, thanks....Also, congrats coolbeans and reliantk77
Oh my God, I won! :D
THANK YOU! :D:D:D
*jaw drops*
Many thanks for the bounteous contests and awards, Cat. Thanks to those that voted for my blog/reviews as well.
Feel free to comment or PM me on some of my recent user submissions. :)