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Win Saints Row: The Third, Battlefield 3, and More in the Gamerscore Tracker Release Giveaway

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Mike Wall in Contests, xblig | Leave a comment

Indie games often struggle for attention in a world filled with Skyrims and Gears of War, but Big Rook Games is looking to solve that problem by bribing you with some sweet, shiny prizes. The’re celebrating the release of their Gamerscore Tracker app by holding a week-long giveaway with prizes such as Saints Row: The Third, Dead Island, Battlefield 3, and 3-month Xbox Live Gold Cards.

The app lets you track your global gamerscore ranking, compare your score to friends, and it includes plenty of graphs to document your mastery of all things nerdy. All you have to do to enter is buy the app so that your name is listed on their global leaderboard, or you can play the trial and take a picture and email it to the trial of Gamerscore Tracker and you’ll automatically be entered.

Check out the full flyer here or head over to Big Rooks Games for more info.

Undead Empire Release Contest rewards zombie-killing professional with a Kinect

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Mike Wall in Contests, News, xblig, XBLIG News | 1 Comment

giving away a kinect!

There are a lot of zombie twin-stick shooters on the Indie Marketplace, but only one of them can score you a Kinect. Big Rook Games is going to pony up a Kinect to the winner of its appropriately titled “Undead Empire Release Contest.” All you have to do to win is shell out the $1 to purchase the game and be the best darned zombie eradicator on Xbox Live. The person with the high score on the leaderboards at 11:59 p.m. on April 25 will walk away with the Dance Central device Kinect. The second place winner, along with the person with the highest score in Survival Mode will each find their Xbox Live accounts 1600 Microsoft points richer. Check out the contest flyer for details, or visit the official site.