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Here's your chance to win some of our gaming booty. We like to share the gaming wealth that comes our way, and have built up something of a competitive following for our give aways. Every month or so you stand to win brand new original games on various consoles, and plenty of other gumph we have lying around. Check the rules, have a look at the latest contests and step right up.


August 2010 - Win a Nintendo Wii and HAWX2 Worth £240 - Provided by Ubisoft

Prize: Winner will receive a Nintendo Wii (rrp £199.99) and HAWX2 Wii (rrp £39.99).

Runner Up: Two runners up will receive a copy of HAWX2 Wii (rrp £39.99).

Deadline: 9th September 12:00PM GMT

To enter:

  1. Friend the Game People Facebook page and follow @Game_People and @PaulGovan on Twitter to be ready for the winner announcements.
  2. Post your favourite flying videogame to your Facebook status, being sure to tag us by typing "@game people" and selecting the Game People facebook page from the list.
  3. Tweet this.

Winners: To be selected and announced via Facebook.


June 2010 - Xbox 360 Blur Competition - Provided by Activision

Prize: Winner will receive a copy of Blur on 360

Deadline: 25th June 12:00PM GMT

To enter simply:

  1. Friend the Game People Facebook page.
  2. Post on the Game People Facebook wall with a link to the Game People reviewer you most identify with and state why. With "#blurcompetition"

Winners: To be selected and announced via Facebook.


June 2010 - Xbox 360 Pure Football Competition - Provided by Ubisoft

Prize: Three winners will receive a copy of Pure Football on 360

Deadline: 20th June 12:00PM GMT

To enter simply:

  1. Friend the Game People Facebook page.
  2. Post on the Game People Facebook wall with a link to the Game People reviewer you most identify with and state why. With "#purefootball"

Winners: To be selected and announced via Facebook.


June 2010 - EA 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa

First prize: 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa on Xbox 360, Wii and PSP (Worth £95).

Deadline: 15th June 12:00PM GMT

To enter simply:

  1. Friend the Game People Facebook page.
  2. Post on the Game People Facebook wall with a link to the Game People reviewer you most identify with and state why. With "#worldcupcomp"

Winners: To be selected and announced via Facebook.


June 2010 - Super Mario Galaxy 2 Wii

First prize: Play and review Super Mario Galaxy 2 Wii early.

Deadline: 5th June 12:00PM GMT

To enter simply:

  1. Friend the Game People Facebook page.
  2. Set your Facebook status to "I like these videogame reviews http://www.facebook.com/GamePeople because they are...". Complete with your review of the site in your status post.

Winners: To be selected and announced via Facebook.


May 2010 - Game People and Gamer Dads Competition

First prize: 2100 Microsoft Xbox 360 Points.

Deadline: 11th June 12:00PM GMT

To enter simply:

  1. Friend the Game People Facebook page.
  2. Friend the Gamer Dad's Facebook page.
  3. Post on the Game People Facebook wall stating which Game People reviewer you most identify with and why. With "#xboxpoints"

Winners: To be selected and announced via Facebook.


May 25th 2010 - Unique Signed Jamie Oliver Nintendo DS Game

First prize: Signed copy of Jamie Oliver What's Cooking on Nintendo DS.

Deadline: 1st June 12:00PM GMT

To enter simply:

  1. Friend our Facebook page.
  2. Add a picture of your family playing games to our Facebook page wall.
  3. The photo with the most comments (not just likes) from different (only one comment per person will be counted) people wins the signed Nintendo DS game.

Winners: To be announced via Facebook.


May 20th 2010 - Win Rubik's Cube, Rubik's REVO and Rubik's 360

First prize: Rubik's Cube, Rubik's REVO and Rubik's 360.

Runners up prize: 15 runner up prizes of a classic Rubik's Cube.

Deadline: 25th May 12:00PM GMT

To enter simply:

  1. Friend our Facebook page.
  2. Join our mailing list.
  3. Tweet this message.

Winners: To be selected at random and contacted via Twitter.


May 17th 2010 - Win inFamous Videogame Soundtrack on CD

Prize: inFamous CD Soundtrack.

Deadline: 22nd May 12:00PM GMT

To enter simply:

  1. Friend our Facebook page.
  2. Join our mailing list.
  3. Tweet this message.

Winners: To be selected at random and contacted via Twitter.


May 3rd 2010 - Win Nintendo DS Galactic Taz Ball (Released 14th May) - Prize provided by Warner

Prize: Nintendo DS Galactic Taz Ball game.

Deadline: 17th May 12:00PM GMT

To enter simply:

  1. Friend our Facebook page.
  2. Join our mailing list.
  3. Tweet this message.

Winners: To be selected at random and contacted via Twitter.


April 1st 2010 - Win 360 and PS3 Batman Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition - Prize provided by Square Enix

Prize: Batman Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition 360/PS3.

Deadline: 12:00PM GMT 15th Aril 2010

To enter simply:

  1. Friend our Facebook page.
  2. Join our mailing list.
  3. Tweet this message.

Winners: To be selected at random and contacted via Twitter.


March 24th 2010 - Win 360 and PS3 Just Cause 2 Goodie Bags - Prize provided by Square Enix

Prize: Just Cause 360/PS3. Branded airplane carry bag, passport holder, second edition travel guide, t-shirt, fold-out map.

Deadline: 12:00PM GMT 5th Aril 2010

To enter simply:

  1. Friend our Facebook page.
  2. Follow @PaulGovan and @Game_People on twitter.
  3. Tweet this message.

Winners: To be selected at random and contacted via Twitter.


March 19th 2010 - Win Nintendo DS Lite and It's My Circus - Prize provided by 2KGames

First Prize: Nintendo DS Lite and It's My Circus.

Second Prize: It's My Circus DS Game.

Deadline: 12:00PM GMT 2nd Aril 2010

To enter simply:

  1. Friend our Facebook page.
  2. Follow @PaulGovan and @Game_People on twitter.
  3. Tweet this message.

Winners: To be selected at random and contacted via Twitter.


January 2010 - Win 2 Nintendo DS games

Prize: Baseball DS, Elite Beat Agents DS.

Deadline: 30th January 2010

To enter simply follow me on Twitter, and add me to a list about video games. Then send a message to @paulgovan telling us about your twitter list.

Winners: To be contacted via Twitter.


November 2009 - Win a Sony PS3 and Scene It?® Bright Lights! Big Screen! - provided by Warner Bros. Interactive (Now Closed)

Prize: A PS3 and Scene it? Bright Lights! Big Screen!

Runner Up: 2 runner up prizes of a Wii version of the Scene it? Bright Lights! Big Screen! game.

Deadline: 25th December 2009

To enter simply follow me on Twitter, and send a message to @paulgovan stating your game fo the year.

Winners: To be contacted via Twitter.


April 2009 - Nintendo DS Console - provided by Poker Heaven (Now Closed)

Prize: First prize is a Nintendo DS console.

Deadline: 14th April 2009

What is the name of the game where you can play card games on your PC. The answer can be found in Family Gamers reviews?

Email your Answer with Poker Heaven as the subject, along with your Name, Age and Address to paulgovan@gamepeople.co.uk.

Winners: Noah Stevens, Pete Collins and Jane Voldin.


January 2009 - Signed Jamie Oliver DS Game - provided by Atari

Prize: Five prizes of a signed copy of What's Cooking? with Jamie Oliver on DS.

Deadline: 10th February 2009

Subscribe to our Family Gaming email newsletter (enter your name in the email box on the right) and add a cooking related comment on our Domestic Gamer review of Jamie Oliver.

The best cooking related story or tip relating to the game wins.

Winners: Cookinmummy, Paula Shouse, JMT, Kitchensunk, JoanneH.


January 2009 - Lord of the Rings: Mines of Moria Compilation Pack PC - provided by Codemasters

For a free 14 day trial of the game visit www.trylotro.com.

Prize: Five prizes of a copy of Lord of the Rings: Mines of Moria for PC.

Deadline: 31st January 2009

Subscribe to our Family Gaming email newsletter (enter your name in the email box on the right) and give us the name of the first game in the next email you recieve from us.

Email your Answer with "Lord of the Rings" as the subject, along with your Name, Age and Address to paulgovan@gamepeople.co.uk.


December 2008 - Xbox 360 Competition - provided by Microsoft

Xbox 360 competition


December 2008 - Nintendo DS and Games - provided by Ubisoft (Now Closed)

Prize: First prize is a Nintendo DS handheld console and a Sam Power games collection.

Deadline: 19th December 2008

Question: What are the names of the games in the Sam Power DS series?

Email your Answer with "DS Sam Power Comp" as the subject, along with your Name, Age and Address to paulgovan@gamepeople.co.uk.

Winners: Hayley Andrews.


December 2008 - Nintendo DS and Games - provided by Ubisoft (Now Closed)

Prize: First prize is a Nintendo DS handheld console and Combat of Giants game.

Deadline: 17th December 2008

Question: Subscribe to our Family Gaming email newsletter (enter your name in the email box on the right) and give us the name of the first game in the next email you recieve from us.

Email your Answer with "DS Giants Comp" as the subject, along with your Name, Age and Address to paulgovan@gamepeople.co.uk.

Winners: Rachel Howard.


December 2008 - iPod Nano 8GB - provided by Glu (Now Closed)

Prize: First prize is a stunning 8GB iPod Nano and a copy of Madagascar 2 for their mobile phone. Four runners up will win a copy of Madagascar 2 for their mobile phone.

Deadline: 15th December 2008

Question: A treasure hunt - search our reviews and guides to find red underlined links. Like the one on the second paragraph of our Madden 09 Wii review.
For each red underlined link you find, send us the name of the page it is on - in our example this would be "Madden 09 Wii". Winning entries will have found the most links - there are a possible ten to find. Happy hunting!

Email your Answer with "iPod Comp" as the subject, along with your Name, Age, Mobile Phone Make and Number to paulgovan@gamepeople.co.uk.

Winners: Nicola Abbot and runners up: Charles Davies, Jayne Dixon, Will Craven and Dan Caldon.


December 2008 - Nintendo DS Games - provided by The Game Factory (Now Closed)

Prize: Four lucky winners will receive a wonderfully relaxing Nintendo DS game, either Zenses Ocean or Zense Rainforest.

Deadline: 12th December 2008

Question: What was the last sentence of the second game review we listed for the DS console?

Email your Answer with "Zenses Comp" as the subject, along with your Name, Age and Address to paulgovan@gamepeople.co.uk.

Winners: Joanna Rodgers, Andrea Longman, Hassni Malik and Jan Przytocki.


December 2008 - Nintendo DS Games - provided by Dancing Dots Studio (Now Closed)

Prize: Two lucky winners will receive two Nintendo DS games, My Baby Boy and My Baby Girl.

Deadline: 8th December 2008

Question: What was the last sentence of the forth game review we listed for the Wii console?

Email your Answer with "My Baby Comp" as the subject, along with your Name, Age and Address to paulgovan@gamepeople.co.uk.

Winners: James Andrews and Alison Tripp


Decemeber 2008 - Xbox 360 Games - provided by Oxygen Games (Now Closed)

Prize: Three lucky winners will receive a copy of PDC Championship Darts for Xbox 360.

Deadline: 5th December 2008

Question: What was the last sentence of the third game review we listed for the Xbox 360 console?

Email your Answer with "PDC Comp" as the subject, along with your Name, Age and Address to paulgovan@gamepeople.co.uk.

Winners: Jane Cherry, Sean Langridge and Michael Scoates


November 08 - provided by The Game Factory (Now Closed)

Prize: Four lucky winners will receive a copy of Rubik's Puzzle World for the Nintendo DS.

Deadline: 28th November 2008

Question: What was the second game reviewed we listed for the Nintendo Wii console?

Email your Answer with "Rubik Comp" as the subject, along with your Name, Age and Address to paulgovan@gamepeople.co.uk.

Winners: Sarah Davison, Myriam Clark, Garry Lloyd and Chris Peil.


November 08 - provided by Oxygen Games (Now Closed)

Prize: The lucky winner will receive a bundle of three outstanding Nintendo DS games, My Secret Diary, My Make Up and My Dress Up.

Deadline: 21st November 2008

Question: What is the full name of our Professional Trainer fitness writer?

Send your Answer, Name, Age and Address to paulgovan@gamepeople.co.uk.

Winner: Graham Houghton.


November 08 - provided by Glu (Now Closed)

Prize: Five winners will receive a bundle of four great mobile phone games PES 2009, Call of Duty 5, Silent Hill 2 and Quantum of Solace (all compatible with current generation handsets).

Deadline: 14th November 2008

Question: Which of our writers starting gaming on Elite on the BBC Micro Computer?

Send your Answer, Name, Age, Mobile Phone Number and Address to paulgovan@gamepeople.co.uk.

Winners: Gavin Trevena, Fiona Usher, Chris Millward, Allan Archer and Ruth Barker.


November 08 - provided by Lucas Arts (Now Closed)

Prize: Five winners will receive sealed copies of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed on Wii.

Deadline: 7th November 2008

Question: Simple browse the Rough Guides to find the game of which we said the following in the opening paragraph: "XXX is a game that... provides an almost relaxing experience for the casual gamer."

Send your Answer, Name, Age and Address to paulgovan@gamepeople.co.uk.

Winners: Dennis Timothy, James Ryall, Mark Barber, Debbie Gillespie and Emma Wolski.


September 08 - provided by Oxygen Games (Now Closed)

To win Hurry Up Hedgehog DS, PDC Darts Championship 2008 Wii, King of Clubs Wii. Simply add a funny family related caption to this photo before the end of July.

Winner: Hipster
"The face that launched a thousand blocks! "


July 08 - provided by Nintendo (Now Closed)

To win Advance Wars DS, simply post your best 'family gaming comment' on one of our articles.

Winner: Tracie Williams (UK) via UK Parents Lounge.
"Our gaming moment is Toby on the DS, he's obsessed with Mario bros and yells "Take that gumba" and when he moves onto a new world we are all made to sit and watch him become, Big Mario, Small Mario and even turn into Luigi (with some cheats he found on the net). By the time he puts the NDS lite down we feel exhausted and have been Mario."


May 08 - provided by Nintendo (Now Closed)

To win a Mertoid Prime Wii, simply post your best 'family gaming moment' on my Facebook wall.

Winner: Tracey Robertson (Glasgow) via UK Parents Lounge.
"Every time I turn on the wii my 3 year old son and my 16 mth old daughter stop what they are doing and climb up onto the sofa, leaning on the arm of the sofa and sit really quiet and engrossed watching me. They do not move again until it is switched off.
I love playing Mario and Sonic at the Olympic games - At the events where u can make your character clap for audience participation my wee boy claps his hands too.
It actually brings tears to my eyes as Owen is Autistic so it is amazing to watch him. Its also the only time that Owen and Megan sit near each other without Owen biting or nipping his sister so its really nice to see them getting along."


Competitions also linked on Loquax Competitions, ThePrizeFinder - UK Competitions, Compaholics, Competition List and Crazy Compers.

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