This one got by us!
News October 8, 11:47 Eastern Time <Picture: News Provided by Comtex>SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ./HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. (Sept. 8) ENTERTAINMENT WIRE -Sept. 8, 1998--
Companies Join id Software, Activision and
3Dfx Interactive in Unique Contest
Chaos! Comics (one of North America's top-ten comic book publishing companies, with a circulation of between 100,000 and 150,000 comic books sold monthly), Blockbuster, Macromedia, iDot, Canopus, and Kinetix are joining forces to offer contestants -- 3-D artists and 3-D modelers worldwide -- the opportunity to design their own 3-D versions of Chaos! Comics' popular stable of characters in conjunction with Quake II, id Software's hugely popular PC/CD-ROM Game, distributed by Activision.
The aforementioned companies join id Software, Activision and 3Dfx Interactive as corporate sponsors of the contest. The announcement was made today by Brian Pulido, President and Founder of Chaos! Comics.
The basic idea behind the unique contest is for video gamers, computer artists, and novice computer users to create a Chaos! character 3D-player plug-in model for use in Quake II. Contestants can create 3D versions of such Chaos! Characters as Evil Ernie(R), Lady Death(R), Chastity(TM), and Homicide(TM). Once created, the models can be dropped into Quake II, and actually become characters within the game environment. Participants are urged to visit the Chaos! website at www.chaoscomics.com, to get a good look at the stable of Chaos! characters and to obtain contest rules and instructions.
The contest kicks off on October 1, 1998. All submissions must be received via e-mail or by disk no later than December 31, 1998. Prizes valued at over $20,000 include Gamer Extreme computers from iDot, Blockbuster Video(R) gift certificates, Quake II Mission Packs, Voodoo(2) boards from 3Dfx and Canopus, Multimedia Studio and Dreamweaver programs from Macromedia, 3D Studio MAX from Kinetix, Chaos! products, the opportunity to create a panel in one of Chaos! Comics' books, and more. Prizes will be given in numerous categories such as "Best Overall Model," "Best Evil Ernie," and "Best Lady Death." Winners will be announced on the Chaos! website on January 15, 1999.
Quake II, the popular "first person shooter game," was developed and published by id Software and distributed by Activision, a premier worldwide developer, publisher, and distributor of interactive entertainment software for PCs. Texas-based id Software, whose titles include Doom, Doom II, and Wolfenstein 3-D, is the hottest game shop in the world.
Macromedia's mission is to add life to the Web. By providing its award-winning Web Publishing, Web Traffic, and Web Learning solutions to web designers, consumers, and the enterprise, Macromedia is delivering a completely new generation of Internet tools and technologies designed to transform the Web experience. Headquartered in San Francisco, Macromedia (NASDAQ: MACR) has more than 550 employees worldwide and is available on the Internet at macromedia.com. Macromedia also hosts one of the most engaging entertainment sites on the web at shockrave.com.
Kinetix is the publisher of the industry standard in professional 3D modeling software, Canopus is a leading manufacturer of Voodoo(2) 3D acceleration boards, and iDot is the first company built for the Web and Web-savvy buyers.
Founded in 1993 by Brian Pulido and his wife, Francisca Pulido, in Scottsdale, Arizona, with a satellite office in Hollywood, CA, Chaos! Comics has consistently remained one of the top ten comic book publishing companies in North America since 1995. The company recently announced that it will "tag team" with the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWF) to produce the "Undertaker" comic book, a new monthly comic based on the most popular and "dark" wrestler in the WWF. The company is the number one publisher of "supernatural" comics, appealing to a wide generational span of readers, including females. Chaos! has consistently led the publishing industry in the introduction of "cutting edge" innovations within the comic book field, including the first-ever velvet, leather, canvas and "coffin"-shaped magazine covers. Chaos! Comics(R) and all Chaos! character names are registered trademarks of Chaos! Comics, Inc. (c)1998 Chaos! Comics, Inc. All rights reserved. Activision(R) is a registered trademark of Activision, Inc. All Rights Reserved. QUAKE(R) is a registered trademark of id Software, Inc. QUAKE II(TM) and the id Software(TM) name are trademarks of id Software, Inc. The BLOCKBUSTER name, design, and related marks are trademarks of Blockbuster Entertainment Inc. All other trademarks and trade names are properties of their respective owners. To Sponsor, Contact: Kyle Bousquet/Chaos! Comics (rumble@chaoscomics.com)
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