Blockbuster Video, Macromedia, iDot, Canopus and Kinetix Join Chaos! Comics in Launching "3-D Character Design/Player Plug-in Contest" for "Quake II"
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz./HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - (ENTERTAINMENT WIRE) - Sept. 8, 1998
Companies Join id Software, Activision and 3Dfx Interactive in Unique Contest
Chaos! Comics (one of North America's top-ten comic book publishing companies, with a circulation of between 100,000 and 150,000 comic books sold monthly), Blockbuster, Macromedia, iDot, Canopus, and Kinetix are joining forces to offer contestants - 3-D artists and 3-D modelers worldwide - the opportunity to design their own 3-D versions of Chaos! Comics' popular stable of characters in conjunction with Quake II, id Software's hugely popular PC/CD-ROM Game, distributed by Activision.
The aforementioned companies join id Software, Activision and 3Dfx Interactive as corporate sponsors of the contest. The announcement was made today by Brian Pulido, President and Founder of Chaos! Comics.
The basic idea behind the unique contest is for video gamers, computer artists, and novice computer users to create a Chaos! character 3D-player plug-in model for use in Quake II. Contestants can create 3D versions of such Chaos! Characters as Evil Ernie(R), Lady Death(R), Chastity(TM), and Homicide(TM). Once created, the models can be dropped into Quake II, and actually become characters within the game environment. Participants are urged to visit the Chaos! web site at Chaos, to get a good look at the stable of Chaos! characters and to obtain contest rules and instructions.
The contest kicks off on October 1, 1998. All submissions must be received via e-mail or by disk no later than December 31, 1998. Prizes valued at over $20,000 include Gamer Extreme computers from iDot, Blockbuster Video(R) gift certificates, Quake II Mission Packs, Voodoo(2) boards from 3Dfx and Canopus, Multimedia Studio and Dreamweaver programs from Macromedia, 3D Studio MAX from Kinetix, Chaos! products, the opportunity to create a panel in one of Chaos! comic books, and more. Prizes will be given in numerous categories such as "Best Overall Model," "Best Evil Ernie," and "Best Lady Death." Winners will be announced on the Chaos! web site on January 15, 1999.
Quake II, the popular "first-person shooter game," was developed and published by id Software and distributed by Activision, a premier worldwide developer, publisher, and distributor of interactive entertainment software for PCs. Texas-based id Software, whose titles include Doom, Doom II, and Wolfenstein 3-D, is the hottest game shop in the world.
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