Activision has announced the first Activision Independent Game Competition, in which the publisher is putting a call out for submissions from indie game developers in the United States.
The contest will allow either individuals or teams to submit either completed or in-development games, the winners taking home cash towards development as prizes. Round one of the competition starts today, and goes through August 31; the first place winner will get $175,000 towards development of their title, with the second place getting $75,000 in assistance. Winners will be announced in October, with details on "round two" being announced at a later date.
The idea, says the publisher, is to "help foster creativity and innovation from rising talent in the independent game development community." Even though it has released some excellent titles over the years, I'm not entirely sure the words "creativity" and "innovation" to the minds of many gamers when thinking of Activision.
Any indie developers out there looking to jump on this opportunity? Think Activision can help make your game a reality?
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11:00 AM on 06.02.2010 | 
Fucking iPod.
Now that they're all in one place release the deadly neurotoxins!
Surprisingly enough the project still remains under your control but the gray areas are A) your actual SUBMISSION is now Activision's forever more and B) if anything happens whatsoever in the 8-10 weeks it takes to deliver your $200k you can't do shit about it too bad so sad.
But in a good way, it's encouraging to see they're promoting creativity of smaller developers that may not get funding otherwise.
Let's just hope said developers read the small print a few times.
Please someone send in a spoof of call of duty, but call it "sign of duty", or a fantastic idea called global warcraft. i can do it because im A: not american, B: not part of a company and C: dont like activision.
I've quoted a recent interview about this here:
http://oneofswords.com/2010/06/independent-games-competition-its-on/
this is a good thing for indie developers. This is free money to make a game and maybe seen it published, through Activision or through any other publisher. I hope we see some good games come out of it.
The difference though is that VALVe aren't complete assholes that milk their games for almost a God damn decade.
sounds suspiciously like stealing to me.
If it can happen to Modern Warfare 2 devs, it can happen toy you!
They will own the rights to ALL submissions, not just the winners.
Why any indie developer would do that is beyond me. Do not give up your game to Activision for nothing!
I explain this in full here, which I've just updated:
http://oneofswords.com/2010/06/independent-games-competition-its-on/
You have misinterpreted the rules of this contest and should stop spreading your mistakes as fact.
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