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Our videogame reviews from unusual perspectives have become quite popular. Go us!
Not just us actually because it means we can share the videogame booty with our loyal readers. Go you!
Each month you can win games, consoles and peripherals. Check the rules, have a look at the latest contests below.
Anglia Home have just launched a Google Glass give away allowing the winner to be one of the first to enjoy Google Glass when it launches later this year.
Enter: Visit https://www.anglianhome.co.uk/google-glass/ and enter your details.
At $100, the Mugen 3DS XL battery is a bit steep for many Nintendo gamers. Keen to remove any skeptisim regarding its worth, we put the Mugen battery to the test and see how well it stood up to claims of long life and whether or not it justified its high price.
3DS XL Battery Expansion ($100):
3 Ways to Enter:
Start: 15th May 2013
Finish: 12pm 15th June 2013.
We're teaming up with Ladbrokes Casino's Tomb Raider Bonus Slots to give away a copy of Tomb Raider on 360.
Tomb Raider Game on 360 (RRP 49.99):
3 Ways to Enter:
Start: 15th May 2013
Finish: 12pm 15th June 2013.
Jump-start your New Year’s fitness resolutions all from the comfort of your own living room, with Nike+ Kinect Training available exclusively on Kinect for Xbox. The new "Nike+ Kinect Training" features a custom training programme to help fitness enthusiasts of all levels reach their personal best. Through the magic of the Kinect sensor, the experience tracks how your entire body moves, assesses your physical strengths and athleticism, and creates a personalised workout plan that evolves as you do over time.
With the weather outside so frightful, kick-start your fitness resolutions or change up your existing routine by winning a copy of Nike+ Kinect Training with a 4GB Kinect console bundle that the entire family can enjoy together. You will also win an Xbox LIVE One Year Gold Membership which gives you access to an unlimited world of HD streaming movies, on-demand and live TV, the new Xbox Music service, games and much more – all controlled by your voice and gestures. Plus, win a selection of controller-free Kinect games that all ages can play together as a family, including Kinect Sesame Street TV, Kinect Nat Geo TV and more.
Win XBox Nike Bundle (£500) as part of our Family Game of the Year 2012 Voting:
5 Ways to Vote and Win: Each of the following counts as one entry, the more you do the more chance you have:
Start: 12th December 2012
Finish: 12pm 31st January 2013.
Winner: The game with the most comments wins.
Prize: Random voters will be chosen to win the above £1000 360/PS3/Wii bundles.
We have teamed up with Sony to bring you a massive PS3 prize when the new Wonderbook packs are launched for Christmas.
Win: PS3 Slim 12GB Wonderbook Pack (£229.99):
- PS3 Super Slim 12GB
- PlayStation Eye Camera
- Move Controller
- Dualshock 3 Controller
Enter: Each of the following counts as one entry, the more you do the more chance you have:
Click here for automated entries.
Start: 1st September 2012.
Finish: 18th November 2012.
Winner: Selected at random from valid entries as defined above.
We've teamed up with Little Space Heroes to bring you this great family gaming prize.
Win: Three prizes of:
Reuseable Little Space Heroes Wall Stickers (RRP £20)
One Year Subscription to Little Space Heroes (RRP £40)
Enter: Four ways to enter, the more you do the more chances to win:
Start: 9th August 2012.
Finish: 31st August 2012.
Winner: Selected at random from valid entries as defined above.
Prize provided by Little Space Heroes.
To celebrate Skylanders Giants, we've teamed up with Family Gamer TV to offer this super rare Skylander. Pearl Hex was only available in limted numbers at the New York Toy Fair 2012, and regularly sells for £300/$400 on eBay.
Check back for more weekly Skylander competitions.
Enter: Four ways to enter, the more you do the more chances to win:
Start: 18th June 2012.
Finish: 31st August.
Winner: Selected at random from valid entries as defined above.
Prize posted recorded delivery, mint condition on posting but provider not responsible for damage in transit.
We are pleased to host a competition for Currys and the lucky winner will receive the coolest headphones on the market. Simply retweet the competition or like it and share it on facebook.
Win: High-gloss white Beats by Dr. Dre Solo HD Headphones with crystal clear high definition sound couched in comfort and DJ style. Perfect bass beats, Ultra light and comfortable, these earphones are made from advanced proprietary titanium coated driver technology to ensure deep, distortion-free bass so you hear your music as the artist intended. An ingenious tri-fold design makes for easy storage when not in use. Solo HD Headphones also feature Monster's ControlTalk for on-cable playback on your iPod or iPhone, including pause, next track and volume for music, plus hands-free calling. RRP: 134.99
Enter: Four ways to enter, the more you do the more chances to win:
Start: 19th June 2012.
Finish: 03rd July 2012.
Winner: Selected at random from valid entries as defined above.
Prize provided by Currys.
Welcome to our Family Gamer TV Chistmas Countdown Competition. Leave a comment on the related Family Gamer TV show to enter, or via Twitter, Facebook or YouTube. More ways to enter for more ways to win.
That's 4 Xbox 360 Kinect bundles, 4 Nintendo Wii bundles, a Nintendo 3DS and a PlayStation Phone to give away. We want to get this in the hands of you, our Family Gamer TV viewers. To seperate the wheat from the chaff we're after the most engaging comments from our regular viewers.
Every weekday a new competition starts for you to enter:
Friend us on Facebook and Twitter (Game_People, GeekDadGamer and FGTV) for winner notifications. Good luck.
To celebrate Gears 3 we have teamed with Microsoft to give away a limited edition Gears of War 3 XBox 360 console exclusively to Game People readers.
Win: A collector's Xbox 360 and Gears of War 3. The console includes more storage than any other Xbox 360, and two customised limited edition wireless controllers. Also bundled in for the competition is a year's subscription on Xbox Live.
Enter: Five ways to enter, more chances to win:
Start: 19th September 2011.
Finish: 19th October 2011.
Winner: Selected at random from valid entries as defined above. Announced via Twitter.
We've teamed up with Xbox to offer the chance to win four tickets to go and see Disney on Ice in Newcastle on 7th October (including £100 travel expenses), and a copy of Kinect: Disneyland Adventures .
Win: Kinect: Disneyland Adventures game when released, 4 Tickets to Disney on Ice in Newcastle on 7th October, GBP 100 travel expenses.
Enter: Four ways to enter, more chances to win:
Start: 3rd September 2011.
Finish: 4th October 2011 12pm.
Winner: Selected at random from valid entries as defined above. Announced via Twitter.
To celebrate Cars 2 we are giving away a complete set of the videogame exclusively for Game People readers..
Win:
To Enter:
Watch our Family Gamer TV review of Cars 2, then:
Start: 05th September 2011.
Finish: 16th September 2011.
Winner: Selected at random from valid entries as defined above. Announced via Twitter.
To celebrate our Kerrang Radio family gaming segment we have a Nintendo 3DS to give away.
Win:
To Enter:
Subscribe and listen to the radio show (iTunes|RSS|Email), then tell us how many different games we have mentioned so far (up to and including July 12th):
Start: 05th July 2011.
Finish: 12th August 2011.
Winner: Selected from valid entries as defined above. Announced via Twitter.
To celebrate Father's Day we've teamed up with Microsoft to bring you a £550 Xbox 360 Kinect competition.
Star Prize (RRP £551):
To Enter:
Complete each of the following to have the best chance of winning:
Start: 26th May 2011.
Finish: Father's Day - 19th June 2011.
Winner: Selected from valid entries as defined above. Announced via Twitter.
To celebrate the May 24th release of DiRT 3, we are giving a lucky winner the chance to win a copy of the game with a Playstation 3 to play it on!
First Prize (RRP £295):
To Enter:
Complete each of the following to have the best chance of winning:
Start: 17th May 2011.
Finish: 12pm 31st May 2011.
Winner: Selected from valid entries as defined above. Announced via Twitter.
Shrek The Musical is here! Join Shrek (Nigel Lindsay), our unlikely hero and his loyal steed Donkey (Richard Blackwood) as they set off on a quest to rescue the beautiful, if slightly temperamental Princess Fiona (Amanda Holden) from her tower, guarded by a fire breathing love-sick dragon.
Star Prize Tickets to Shrek and Wii/DS/PS3 videogame bundle (RRP £140):
To Enter:
Just click both the following Like buttons and you will be entered in the competition:
Start: 26th May 2011.
Finish: 10th June 2011.
Winner: Selected from valid entries as defined above. Announced via Facebook.
Terms: The main prize includes one pair of tickets, valid Monday - Friday between 9th May and 13th June. Prize is offered with no cash alternative, non-transferable and non-refundable. The promoter reserves the right to substitute the prizes of equal or greater value at any time. Entrants should be aware that tickets must be collected from the box office at least 15 minutes before start of the show. Prize does not include travel expenses.
We've teamed up with Popcap games to bring you a £135 competition.
To Enter:
Padlock and selecting Everyone.)Start: 20th April 2011.
Finish: 21st May 2011.
Winner: Selected from valid entries as defined above. Announced via Twitter/Facebook.
To celebrate the launch of the 3DS and Ubisoft's launch line up we have teamed up with them to bring you a £540 3DS giveaway.
First Prize (RRP £385):
Runner-up Prize (RRP £155):
To Enter:
Padlock and selecting Everyone.)Start: 14th March 2011.
Finish: 12pm 31st March 2011.
Winner: Selected from valid entries as defined above. Announced via Twitter.
Friend us on Facebook and Twitter for winner notifications. Good luck.
Our Christmas Countdown contest has £2433 of prizes for you so there are plenty of chances to win.
Every other day a new competition starts for you to enter. The star prize is a Xbox 360 console and Kinect bundle worth £400.
All competitions run until 12pm 25th December - Christmas day.
Note the Start and End dates of each competition and read the instructions carefully - perform all of the listed tasks on each competition to qualify.
Friend us on Facebook and Twitter for winner notifications. Good luck.
Prize: Winner gets three copies of Goldeneye Wii plus limited edition Golden Gun classic controller.
Deadline: 15th November 12:00PM GMT
To enter:
Winners: To be announced via Facebook/Twitter.
Prize: Two winners (aged 6-15) get an exclusive family ticket (winner plus two friends and a parent) to the Rabbids Sleep Over in the Science Museum:
Deadline: 5th November 12:00PM GMT
To enter:
Winners: To be announced via Facebook/Twitter.
Prize: Winner will receive £260 worth of games:
Deadline: 30th September 12:00PM GMT
To enter:
Winners: To be selected and announced via Facebook.
Prize: Winner will receive three copies of Batman: The Brave and the Bold on Nintendo Wii (worth £90).
Deadline: 28th September 12:00PM GMT
To enter:
Winners: To be selected and announced via Facebook.
Prize:Winner will receive:
- Harry Potter™ Hogwarts (£24.99 each)
- Atlantis Treasure (£19.99 each)
- Orient Bazaar (£16.99 each)
- Shave A Sheep (£7.99 each).
Deadline: 30th September 12:00PM GMT
To enter:
Winners: To be selected and announced via Facebook.
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TM & Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Harry Potter Publishing Rights © JKR
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:
Winners: To be selected and announced via Facebook.
Prize: Winner will receive a copy of Blur on 360
Deadline: 25th June 12:00PM GMT
To enter simply:
Winners: To be selected and announced via Facebook.
Prize: Three winners will receive a copy of Pure Football on 360
Deadline: 20th June 12:00PM GMT
To enter simply:
Winners: To be selected and announced via Facebook.
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:
Winners: To be selected and announced via Facebook.
First prize: Play and review Super Mario Galaxy 2 Wii early.
Deadline: 5th June 12:00PM GMT
To enter simply:
Winners: To be selected and announced via Facebook.
First prize: 2100 Microsoft Xbox 360 Points.
Deadline: 11th June 12:00PM GMT
To enter simply:
Winners: To be selected and announced via Facebook.
First prize: Signed copy of Jamie Oliver What's Cooking on Nintendo DS.
Deadline: 1st June 12:00PM GMT
To enter simply:
Winners: To be announced via Facebook.
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:
Winners: To be selected at random and contacted via Twitter.
Prize: inFamous CD Soundtrack.
Deadline: 22nd May 12:00PM GMT
To enter simply:
Winners: To be selected at random and contacted via Twitter.
Prize: Nintendo DS Galactic Taz Ball game.
Deadline: 17th May 12:00PM GMT
To enter simply:
Winners: To be selected at random and contacted via Twitter.
Prize: Batman Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition 360/PS3.
Deadline: 12:00PM GMT 15th Aril 2010
To enter simply:
Winners: To be selected at random and contacted via Twitter.
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:
Winners: To be selected at random and contacted via Twitter.
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:
Winners: To be selected at random and contacted via Twitter.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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! "
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."
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."
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