Gaming News - May 2006
Los Angeles, CA (May 2, 2006) - Vivendi Games (VG) today announced
that Kazy and his song "Choke" have won the Scarface: The World Is Yours Video
Game Soundtrack Talent Search.
From VG:
More than 70,000 members of
MySpace.com, the leading social networking and lifestyle portal, voted to
include Kazyıs song in the upcoming video game, Scarface: The World Is
Yours, alongside some of todayıs hottest music artists. Kazy will also open
for Interscope Records emerging rock band Wolfmother at a high-profile
event in Hollywood this month.
The video game is being developed through a licensing agreement with
Universal Studios Consumer Products Group.
Two runners-up, No Bare Feet and R-Mean, will also perform at the event,
where they will be seen and heard by executives from Interscope/MySpace
Records, Vivendi Games, celebrities, tastemakers and press.
"We are happy to congratulate Kazy for winning an amazing opportunity to
have his music heard by potentially millions of video game players from
around the world," said Cindy Cook, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer for
Vivendi Games. "Vivendi Games was proud to provide a new and innovative
launch pad for unsigned artists by giving them the chance to be exposed to a
huge number of music fans and industry influencers. The overwhelming
response to this contest demonstrates the ever-growing convergence between
video games and the music industry."
In March, MySpace members nominated more than 7,000 of their favorite
unsigned music artists on the official MySpace.com contest page at
www.myspace.com/scarfacegame.
A
panel of music and video game industry judges determined 20 finalists from
the Top 200 nominees. The MySpace community, which is made up of more than
70 million members, then voted to choose a winner and two runners-up.
"Giving one of the bands an opportunity to be involved in a high profile
game and letting them play at the Interscope/MySpace/Vivendi Games bash is
cool for the game, the band and MySpaceeverybody wins," said Tom Anderson,
President and co-founder of MySpace.com.
Headlining act Wolfmother, whose new album will be released this month, has
been receiving praise from the top music critics in the country. Rolling
Stone calls them "an epic musical statement... One of the '10 Artists To
Watch'," while NME says "If you want to be rocked so hard that your teeth
shatter then Wolfmother are the band for you."
To listen to the winning song and runners-up visit
www.myspace.com/scarfacegame.
For
more information about Scarface: The World Is Yours, due out this fall,
please visit the gameıs official Web site at
www.scarfacegame.com.
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