Rockstar and Microsoft are gearing up for a special weekend of Grand Theft Auto IV from Friday, September 26th through Sunday, September 28th with Gold members of the Xbox Live community.
Those who register for the Play & Win contest will be eligible to win the Grand Prize Package, which includes, but is not limited to, an Xbox 360 Elite console, a 12-month Xbox LIVE Gold subscription card, as well as 4,000 Microsoft Points. Other prize packages include select Rockstar gear.
Check below for the full press release with contest info and details.
Please join Rockstar Games in celebrating our first Grand Theft Auto IV Live Weekend. Starting Friday, September 26th combatants with Gold accounts will be eligible to win prizes and given the opportunity to play against some of the developers of Grand Theft Auto IV. Additionally, new and current members who register and login to the Rockstar Social Club that weekend will also be entered into a drawing to win even more prizes.
Get your crew together, grab some heat and cause chaos with Grand Theft Auto IV. Rally your readers and have them rep your site – reputations live and die with competitions like this.
Players can test their skills by jumping into multiplayer matchmaking to go toe-to-toe with the actual Grand Theft Auto IV development team. Members of the team will be online between 3:00 pm – 9:00 pm/EST on Friday Sept 26th to play with fans. While online, players should be sure to add the following Grand Theft Auto IV gamertags to their friends list:
RSG0Josh RSG1Neil RSG2David
RSG3Ben RSG4Brian RSG5Robert
RSG6Chris RSG7Steve RSG8John
RSG9Justin RSG10Mark RSG11Bruce
RSG12Steve RSG13Mike RSG14Zach
RSG15Fred RSG16Paul RSG17Ethan
RSG18Hugh RSG19David RSG20Ben
RSG21Craig RSG22Laura RSG23Richard
RSG24Greg RSG25PJ
Everyone that plays will not only be elligible for one-of-a-kind GTA IV collectibles, but will receive exclusive gamer pics commemorating the weekend as well. Each hour a gamertag will be chosen at random from all those that played GTA IV that hour. That lucky winner will win random GTA IV merchandise like hooded sweatshirts, duffle bags, dartboards, and a host of other rare prizes.
On top of that, participants that either check their Rockstar Social Club stats that weekend, or who join, will be entered into a drawing to win a $6,000 home entertainment system.
The festivities kick off on the 26th and run through Sunday. For more information on the Grand Theft Auto IV Live Weekend please feel free to contact me at the information below. Assets available on request.
Links to more info:
Splash page
http://www.rockstargames.com/socialclub/events/liveweekendFlash page
http://socialclub.rockstargames.com/#/liveweekend
