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D.I.Y. Xbox Live Game Contest

by Terrence O'Brien on June 22, 2007 at 03:29 PM


Bad news for AMD and Intel: Microsoft has teamed up with another chip maker for its next endeavor, and that chip maker is Doritos. The two companies are running a contest in which users submit Doritos-themed video-game ideas. Submissions will be accepted through July 29th, after which Doritos and Xbox 360 developers will choose five finalists. The finalists will work with the developers to produce beta versions of their games, which will then be put up on Xbox Live for users to vote on. The winning game gets turned into a full-fledged Xbox Live game that will be available for six months.

Don't feel too bad for the losing finalists, though. For their troubles, each finalist (including the winner) gets a prize package that includes a 42-inch plasma TV, an Xbox 360 Elite, a home theater system and a host of games.

This sounds like a great idea, and a really interesting new area to expand user-generated content to. There's just one thing we can't figure out -- why in the hell Doritos needs a video game in the first place?

Submit your ideas here.

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Tags: doritos, microsoft, user created, user generated, UserCreated, UserGenerated, video game, VideoGame, xbox, xbox live, XboxLive

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