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Monster Madness design contest open

SouthPeak Interactive and video game Internet portal IGN are partnering in a contest related to the upcoming SouthPeak Xbox 360 game Monster Madness: Battle For Suburbia. Players who enter this contest will be asked to submit an original design for a monster "complete with super powers and weapons, for the chance to be incorporated in the final version of the game". Players must submit an image and description by Dec. 1 and winners will be selected by a panel including members from IGN.com, SouthPeak Interactive, Artificial Studios and Reverb Communications.

"Five contestants will be selected to win prizes supplied by IGN.com. The grand prize winner may have their winning monster character submission featured in the final version of Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia with their name credited in the game's manual, along with a 32" LCD high definition plasma TV, Xbox 360, a copy of the game for the Xbox 360 (upon release). The second prize winner will receive a laptop, Windows version of the game (upon release), and the third, fourth and fifth place winners will each receive a $100 Visa gift card and an Xbox 360 and Windows version of the game (upon release)."