Snake360 Holiday Contests! $450 in prizes to be given away!

We're giving away Xbox LIVE subscriptions and Microsoft Points to a few select gamers who demonstrate some amazing skills, outlast the competition, and wow us with their Battle Mode experiences!

Snake360 is a true gamers' game, where the most skilled come away with high scores, and the players that don't measure up come away with nothing. The unlockable difficulties get ruthless and the challenge is fierce. This game will not roll over and die for you...lives are limited and there are no continues! Can you rise to the challenge? Or, can you show us an entertaining video of your Battle Mode experiences? If so, you could come away with some great prizes! We're actually running three separate contests, so grab that Xbox 360 Controller on Tuesday, December 9th and get busy! The contest entry deadline is Sunday, January 25th, 2009.

Contest I: Race to Fanatic

1st Place: 4000 Microsoft Points & 13-month Xbox Live Gold subscription ($100 value)

2nd Place: EITHER 4000 MSP OR 13-month Xbox Live Gold subscription ($50 value)

3rd Place: 1600 Microsoft Points ($20 value)

The hardest Goal on the Goal Board is called "Fanatic," and its requirement is to raise your total single-player Clear Rate to 90% or higher. Can you finish 90% of Snake360?

Now I know what some of you may be thinking. "It's just a snake game. I should be able to get to 100% in an hour, right?" Think again. An hour's not even enough time to play all of the game's levels...three hours is more like it, and that's assuming you don't crash. At all!

To even raise the Clear Rate beyond 60%, you will need to clear at least some of the 8-stage courses without losing any lives. Doing this will get you access to the course's Extra Stages, but if you want the maximum points possible, you'll need to clear those without crashing as well!

If you can do this on the majority of the game's courses, you *might* be able to achieve 90%. But it's only going to get harder as the difficulty increases! Are your skills enough? Can you do it?

If you're the first to reach "Fanatic" status, you'll win a whopping 4000 Microsoft Points, 13 months of Xbox LIVE Gold, and of course, bragging rights! The second to achieve this will receive their choice of EITHER 4000 Microsoft Points OR 13 months of Xbox LIVE Gold. The third to unlock "Fanatic" will score 1600 Microsoft Points. You'll need to submit proof of your accomplishment; see the Rules section below for more details.

Contest II: Survivor Challenge

Two 1st Place prizes: EITHER 4000 MSP OR 13-month Xbox Live Gold subscription ($50 value each)

Two 2nd Place prizes: 1600 Microsoft Points ($20 value each)

Two 3rd Place prizes: 1600 Microsoft Points ($20 value each)

Snake360's Survival Mode contains some of the game's greatest challenges. With just one chance, how long can you last? How high of a score can you earn? Can you outlast and outscore everyone else?

We're running contests for both Best Time and Highest Score. You'll have to perform as well as possible on three different levels--Four Walls, The Crossing and Three Lanes--and submit your results to the Snake360 Internet Ranking. At the end of the contest, your times and scores will be added together, and the players with the longest combined times and highest combined scores will come away the winners!

If you place first, you'll win your choice of EITHER 4000 Microsoft Points OR 13 months of Xbox LIVE Gold! Second and third place will each receive 1600 Microsoft Points! Prizes for Best Time and Highest Score will be separate, so there'll be a total of six winners! Some restrictions do apply, so see the Rules section below for more details.

Contest III: Battle Video Exhibition

1st Place: 4 x 1600 Microsoft Points ($80 value)

Runner-Up: 1600 Microsoft Points ($20 value)

Snake360's Battle and Suffocation Battle modes can lead to shouting, screaming, wild expressions and exclamations, and of course, pure fun with your friends! Now is your chance to capture some of that on camera!

Simply record a video of you and your friends (or enemies, or family, or anyone else) playing either of Snake360's Battle modes, and upload it to YouTube when you're finished. Then, on the Snake360 Forums, post the address of your video in the designated thread. After the contest end date, a panel of judges will watch all of the submitted videos. If yours is the most entertaining, you'll win four 1600 Microsoft Points cards! A runner-up video will also be chosen, and the person who submitted it will receive 1600 Microsoft Points.

There are big prizes to be won, so grab your controller, download Snake360 if you haven't already, and get to it! Good luck and have fun!

Detailed Rules

"Race To Fanatic"

To enter this contest, it will be necessary to purchase the full version of Snake360. Although you may practice by playing 3 of the game's courses without purchasing, it will not be possible to enter Internet Ranking or save your progress.

To submit your entry, you must complete enough of the game's 30 courses (6 courses, with 5 difficulties each) in single-player mode to raise your total clear rate to 90%. Once you have done this, the "Fanatic" goal will unlock on the Goal Board. As proof of your accomplishment you must submit the following:

- A picture of the "Goal Board" screen clearly displaying that the "Fanatic" goal is complete.

- A picture of the "Course Select" screen clearly displaying that the "Clear Rate (Total)" is at or above 90%.

- Internet Ranking scores for ALL courses that you've played. This is necessary to prove your skill to us! You must record the Internet Ranking codes as you complete the courses; the game will not allow you to retrieve old codes later. Submit only your highest scores (for instance, if you plan on replaying a course for a better Clear Rate, it is not necessary to submit your score at that time). To submit a score, select "Internet Ranking" from the Result menu after you've finished a course, write down the 16-digit code and enter it at www.snake360.com/ranking.

Once you have done these, e-mail your entry to contest@snake360.com. Attach the two pictures you've taken. You must have entered all of your Internet Ranking scores BEFORE sending the e-mail. The timestamp on your e-mail will determine your placing in the contest. If there is a tie between entrants, whoever has the highest total score across all submitted courses wins.

"Survivor Challenge"

To enter this contest, it will be necessary to purchase the full version of Snake360, as Survival Mode is not accessible in the trial version.

To submit your entry, play Survival Mode on the 3 levels we have selected for this contest (Four Walls, The Crossing, Three Lanes) and submit your high scores and best times to the Snake360 Internet Ranking. You must do this right after you earn a high score or best time; the game will not allow you to retrieve old codes later. To submit a score or time, select "Internet Ranking (Score)" or "Internet Ranking (Time)" from the Result menu after the game is over, write down the 16-digit code and enter it at www.snake360.com/ranking.

At the deadline, we will combine the longest times and highest scores. The players with the longest combined times and highest combined scores will be the winners! If there is a tie between entrants, there will be a playoff to be announced!

"Battle Video Exhibition"

It is not necessary to purchase the full version of Snake360 to enter this contest. However, Battle Mode is limited to 2 players in the trial version, and Trial Mode is limited to 8 minutes, so it will be much more difficult to create an entertaining video.

To submit your entry, you must upload a video to YouTube and post its address on the Snake360 Forums (at www.snake360.com,), in the "Battle Video Exhibition" forum. The video should contain you and/or your friends playing one of Snake360's two Battle modes (Battle Mode or Suffocation Battle). At least half of the footage should be of gameplay. The minimum length is 30 seconds; the maximum length is 2 minutes. The video must not contain any footage unsuitable for a public audience. Please try to keep language clean as well.

Your video will be judged on the following criteria:

- Is the gameplay footage entertaining? Close calls and improbable victories are always fun to watch.

- Is the players' reaction to the gameplay entertaining, and is it natural? We'll probably be able to tell if you're faking it.

- Does it look like the players are having fun?

The video judged the most entertaining by our judges will win four 1600 Microsoft Points cards! The video judged the second most entertaining will win one 1600 Microsoft Points card! If there is a tie between entrants, the tied videos will be re-judged by a different set of judges.

The Fine Print - Please Read

Void where prohibited. Eligibility is limited to residents of the United States (territories excluded). Furthermore, anyone listed in the Snake360 credits outside of the "special thanks" section is not eligible for entry. If you are not eligible based on these criteria, you may enter the contests anyway, but you will be unable to win a prize regardless of your results.

All three contests begin on Tuesday, December 9th, 2008. Deadline for entries in all three contests is Sunday, January 25th, 2009 at 11:59 PM EST. Games played before the start date or after the end date will not be considered for entry, even if corresponding Internet Ranking codes are entered within the contest period. All winners will be announced on or after January 26th, 2009.

You must use a valid e-mail address when submitting your entry. For "Race To Fanatic" and "Survivor Challenge," all Internet Ranking entries must use a valid e-mail address, and the e-mail addresses on all of your submitted scores/times must match. For "Race To Fanatic," you must e-mail your pictures from the same address you submitted in your Internet Ranking scores. For "Battle Video Exhibition," you must ensure that you have a valid e-mail address on file for your Snake360 Forum account.

Failure to follow one or more of the above rules will result in your entry becoming ineligible. If you submit an entry and it is ineligible, we will contact you and let you know why.

There is a limit of one prize per player. You may enter more than one contest, but if you win more than one prize, you will receive only the best prize you have earned, and will automatically become ineligible for the others (if any).

In the event that a potential prize winner is ineligible to win for any of the reasons given above, the next ranked player with a valid entry will be chosen as the prize winner instead. For example, if the potential winner of 2nd prize is found to be ineligible, the player in 3rd place will win 2nd prize instead (if eligible), and the 4th place player will win 3rd prize (if eligible).

Prizes will be distributed within two weeks of January 26th, 2009. All prizes will be distributed, as long as there are sufficient eligible entrants in their respective contests. We will contact the winners via the e-mail addresses submitted with eligible entries. If you are contacted, you must respond within 48 hours with your full name and address so that we can send you your prize. The address must be within the United States, and the name must be of someone who is at least 18 years of age. (If you are under 18, have a parent or guardian accept the prize on your behalf.) If you do not respond within 48 hours with valid information, you will become ineligible to win the prize and the next player will be contacted instead. A list of winners will be posted at www.snake360.com on or around February 15th, 2009.

By submitting an entry in any of the contests, you agree to the rules, and agree that the judges' decisions are final.