38 Studios Announces 1st Annual MASSACHUSETTS GAME CHALLENGE.Boston Game Developer Invites Aspiring Game Designers to Create an Original Video Game MAYNARD, Mass. -- 38 Studios (www.38studios.com), a pioneering entertainment company dedicated to delivering a broad spectrum of entertainment products, today announced the 1st Annual Massachusetts Game Challenge (MGC MGC Mammalian Gene Collection MGC Media Gateway Controller MGC Middle Georgia College MGC Museums and Galleries Commission (UK government) MGC Mississippi Gaming Commission MGC Manual Gain Control ). The contest, open to students studying game design at Massachusetts-area universities, invites the region's upcoming talent to design a video game. The Rules Students must establish teams of no less than two and no more than three eligible members. Each team is strongly encouraged to contain members of varied disciplines of study (i.e., engineering, art, and marketing). Teams are to build a playable video game featuring the 38 Studios mascot and his alter ego A doctrine used by the courts to ignore the corporate status of a group of stockholders, officers, and directors of a corporation in reference to their limited liability so that they may be held personally liable for their actions when they have acted fraudulently or unjustly or when , Mean Munch, as well as create additional characters for Munch's "posse." To qualify for consideration, each team must submit a copy of the Contest Rules signed by all participants; complete the one-page Submissions Form, which provides high-level descriptions of such details as the product and game play instructions, each of the team members' contributions, and a vision for launching the product into the existing video game industry; and include a DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. or CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). of the executable game itself. The deadline for submissions is February 18, 2008. The Prize Winners of the contest will be announced on or before April 21, 2008. Teams will be judged on the following criteria: Degree of overall finished product, originality, visual polish, stability, length of quality game play, and expanded market vision and product strategy. 1st Prize is $3,000 to each winning team member; 2nd Prize is $2,000 each; and 3rd Prize is $1,000 each. "The Boston area is a growing hotbed hotbed, low, glass-covered frame structure for starting tender plants. It differs from a cold frame only in that the soil is heated—either artificially as by underground electric wiring or steampipes, or naturally with partially fermented stable manure, which of game development," said 38 Studios founder Curt Schilling. "This contest encourages students to demonstrate their talents, as well as raise awareness of what it takes to release a product into the competitive video game industry." The 38 Studios mascot, Munch, has been a popular symbol since Schilling founded the company one year ago. 38 Studios plans to continue the tradition of this contest each year and even expand the boundaries. "We view this challenge as a fun way to energize en·er·gize v. en·er·gized, en·er·giz·ing, en·er·giz·es v.tr. 1. To give energy to; activate or invigorate: "His childhood local engineers, artists, designers, and marketers to show off their skills and gain recognition. We also love working with the amazing universities in the area, as they're nurturing the next wave of talented game developers," added Brett Close, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of 38 Studios. "It's great for everyone involved and gives motivated students a direct opportunity to be a part of the 38 Studios team." For complete rules and other details regarding the contest, visit the 38 Studios web site at www.38studios.com. About 38 Studios 38 Studios, a media and entertainment company founded in 2006 by Curt Schilling, is in pre-production on an original fantasy IP driven by the creative and artistic visions of pop-culture icons R. A. Salvatore Robert Anthony Salvatore (b. January 20 1959, Leominster, Massachusetts), who writes under the name R. A. Salvatore, is a fantasy author best known for The DemonWars Saga[1], his Forgotten Realms and Todd McFarlane. Entertainment products will include a massively immersive online entertainment experience that transcends the traditional MMO See MMOG. genre, novels, comics, toys, movies, TV, and more. For more information, visit http://www.38studios.com. |
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