Gaming News - February 2006
Los Angeles, CA (February 28, 2006) - Vivendi Universal Games (VU
Games) today announced that it has launched the Scarface: The World Is Yours
Video Game Soundtrack Talent Search.
From VU Games:
The Scarface: The World Is Yours Video Game Soundtrack Talent
Search, a nationwide talent contest running on MySpace.com that will reward
the best unsigned music talent in North America with the chance to make it
big inclusion of a song in the upcoming hit Scarface video game and the
opportunity to perform in front of music and video game industry leaders at
a major concert event in Hollywood. The nomination process is now open at
www.myspace.com/scarfacegame.
By nominating and voting for their favorite unsigned MySpace Music artist,
MySpace users will choose a winner to be featured in Scarface: The World Is
Yours, a major video game release due out this fall, alongside some of
todayıs hottest music artists. In addition, the winner and two runner-ups
will be flown to the music capital of the world Los Angeles to open for
a major label headline act at a concert event during this yearıs video game
tradeshow, the Electronic Entertainment Expo ("E3"). More than a thousand
people will attend the concert including executives from Interscope/MySpace
Records and VU Games, celebrities, tastemakers, fans and press.
"There is no question that music continues to play a pivotal role in video
games and video games continue to play a pivotal role in promoting new
artists to a wide audience," said Cindy Cook, Chief Strategy and Marketing
Officer for VU Games. "Through this contest, we are giving musicians an
unprecedented opportunity to be seen and heard by potentially millions of
fans worldwide as well as the opportunity to be associated with this year's
most anticipated video game and one of Hollywoodıs most iconic characters."
To be considered for the contest, musicians must have a profile that
includes musical tracks and artist information on MySpace Music
(music.myspace.com).
The top 200 artists nominated by the MySpace community by March 7th will
have their music heard by a panel of music and video game industry judges,
who will determine 20 finalists. On March 20th, one track from each
finalist will be posted on the Scarface MySpace profile for a final round of
voting to determine the winner. The track with the most votes by March 28th
will be featured in the Scarface: The World Is Yours video game.
Music acts, fans and MySpace users should visit the official MySpace.com
contest page to participate in the nomination process currently running at
www.myspace.com/scarfacegame.
For more information about Scarface: The World Is Yours, please visit the
gameıs official Web site at
www.scarfacegame.com.
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