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Play Gears of War 2 with Slipknot

1:13 PM on 07.08.2008, Brad Nicholson 20 comments

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Epic and Microsoft Game Studios are throwing a contest in honor of Gears of War 2 during the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival. The Mayhem Festival is a traveling music event that will feature the only band on the planet with sixteen drummers, Slipknot. The contest will only be offered on the radio in select tour cities for the show, with prizes including:

  • Tickets to the festival
  • Gift certificates for Gears of War 2, which releases November 2008
  • Xbox 360 consoles autographed by rock band Slipknot, with custom Mayhem Tour faceplates
Forty exceptionally lucky winners will get the opportunity to not only play Gears of War 2 in a special viewing room, but will also have the chance to chainsaw and shoot bullets with some of the members of Slipknot. It is not known at this time if Gears of War 2 will actually feature the 80-player lobby that would be required to fit in a small portion of the popular metal band. Microsoft has yet to respond to my inquiry of personal safety concerns as well, considering that one dude has an exceptionally pointy helmet.

The opportunity to play the upcoming Gears game will again only be offered in a limted number of cities. Hit the break to check out the full press release, and the cities where you may be able to play Gears of War 2.

EXCLUSIVE CHANCE TO ROCK OUT WITH GEARS OF WAR 2 AT MAYHEM MUSIC FESTIVAL

Fans of Gears of War 2, one of the most highly anticipated video games of 2008, can win a free ticket to the first-annual Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival and other prizes from Epic Games and Xbox 360.

The contest is on local radio stations in 30 tour cities. Prizes include:

• Tickets to the festival
• Gift certificates for Gears of War 2, which releases November 2008
• Xbox 360 consoles autographed by rock band Slipknot, with custom Mayhem Tour faceplates

Plus, in the eight select tour cities below, 40 VIP winners get access to the Xbox 360 VIP lounge to preview the blockbuster third-person tactical action game, Gears of War 2 and defend humankind in the battle against the enemy Locust Horde with the band members from Slipknot.

July 9 Seattle, WA – White River Amphitheatre
July 13 San Bernadino, CA – Glen Helen Pavilion
July 22 Kansas City, MO – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 25 Dallas, TX – Smirnoff Music Center
July 30 West Palm Beach, FL – Cruzan Amphitheatre
August 5 Boston, MA – Tweeter Center for Performing Arts
August 10 Chicago, IL – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
August 17 Washington, DC – Nissan Pavilion

For more info about The Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival, which tours 30 cities in the U.S. and Canada from July 9 to August 19, 2008, click www.mayhemfest.com.

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timtheterrible's Avatar
timtheterrible at 07/08/2008 13:14
This might have been fun about six yea...no, wait, this never would have been fun.
kaciesaurus's Avatar
kaciesaurus at 07/08/2008 13:15
do not want
big filth's Avatar
big filth at 07/08/2008 13:17
OMG!!! that is almost as exciting as playing Vampire Rain with Brendan Fraser!!!


Magesx's Avatar
Magesx at 07/08/2008 13:18
That's a shame. They coulda done this with a good band.
Aurvantoid's Avatar
Aurvantoid at 07/08/2008 13:22
I can has better entertainment than this, plez?
iwontusemyname's Avatar
iwontusemyname at 07/08/2008 13:41
why can't they have really amazing contests?

like win a chance to play mega man 9 with WYLD STALYONS
b33b3s's Avatar
b33b3s at 07/08/2008 13:56
I think the real question is why does slipknot get to play it so much and I dont?
F Whipple's Avatar
F Whipple at 07/08/2008 13:58
no Journey? lame
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 07/08/2008 14:02
I'd do it only if I can beat them mercilessly with my controller till they die
akaryan18's Avatar
akaryan18 at 07/08/2008 14:07
look at the line up for the show, Slipknot would be the only ones i would play gears with. I dont want some Asian from Dragonforce over-soloing every minute while im trying to play
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adultswim810 at 07/08/2008 15:28
i live firghteningly close to west palm... but slipknot... dude...
FreePablo's Avatar
FreePablo at 07/08/2008 15:37
Slipknot!!!!! I can't wait for the Killzone 2 concert with Limp Bizkit and the Resistance 2 concert featuring Disturbed with Crazy Town as the opening act.
Batthink's Avatar
Batthink at 07/08/2008 16:39
"Only one of us walks away, only one of us walks away..."

Or Slipknot leave you and the console in unison after their victory. Rawk.
DanMazkin's Avatar
DanMazkin at 07/08/2008 18:04
Next month we get the chance to sing Slipknot's Spit it Out live with Cliffy B on guitar and Major Nelson on drums. WOO!
brosef's Avatar
brosef at 07/08/2008 18:54
"select tour cities" -- Reason #546 why living in Bumfuck, U.S.A. is terrible.
Puppy Licks's Avatar
Puppy Licks at 07/08/2008 19:18
Slipknot still around are they?
Infinite Obscurity's Avatar
Infinite Obscurity at 07/08/2008 20:02
Please, don't even call Slipknot Metal. Ew.
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