Create a videogame hero to win art supplies for schools plus Spyborgs Wii screens
Games publisher THQ has announced the launch of a nationwide competition to find the UK's most imaginative and creative up-and-coming child artists. To promote the upcoming launch of Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter, the new videogame which allows children to create their own world by drawing directly into the game, THQ has launched the 'Your Hero' competition.
The nationwide competition invites children from across the UK to create their own videogame hero for a chance to win art supplies for their school - as well as the opportunity to have their creation appear on advertising billboards around their home town as part of the game's outdoor advertising campaign.
The "Your Hero" competition centres around an online hub (www.drawyourhero.com), where visitors can create their own hero character using the in-game drawing tools before entering them into the competition and sharing them with friends through the website's gallery. Visitors to the site will vote for their favourite designs, with the top five from each region moving through to the final voting stage where regional winners will be selected by a celebrity judge. Each regional winner will see their creation brought to life in their local town via a billboard, win art supplies for their school and copy of the game for themselves.
An overall national winner will be selected by the celebrity judge in October and will have their design unveiled to the world at a London gallery event, as well as bagging a host of exclusive prizes. Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter will release on Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS on 16 October in the UK.
From creative artists to cybernetically-enhanced super heroes. We've got some brand new screenshots of Spyborgs, a Wii exclusive game forthcoming from veteran Japanese publisher Capcom. Players select two of the three Spyborg characters and use the motion-based Wii-remote to shoot, slash and pummel their way through hordes of mechanised enemies. Designed around the team experience, in single-player mode, players will be able to strategically jump back and forth from one member of the team to the other, rapidly tackling different challenges with their unique abilities. Over on multi-player and a full blown 2-player co-op feature is there to be enjoyed. A release is scheduled for September.
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